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series3 books1985

About totalitarianism and gender and society, set in north america.

“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
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Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

series9 books1962

completed

Science fiction, set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
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DivergentSeries

series10 books2011

About identity, set in north america and big city.

Start with The Transfer →

Shade's Children milieuSeries

series2 books1997

About coming of age.

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The Children of MenNovel

P. D. Jamesstandalone novel1992

About totalitarianism, set in our world and british isles.

“Theo Faren, a cousin of the Warden, lives a solitary life in this ominous atmosphere.”
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The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

About totalitarianism, set in far future and north america.

“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
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includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels

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