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FatherlandNovel
Robert Harrisstandalone novel1992
Set in big city.
SS-GBNovel
Len Deightonstandalone novel1978
Spy thriller, set in big city.
“Archer's investigation collides with occupation politics, the British resistance, and rival factions of the SS and the German Army, each wanting the case to go a different way.”
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DominionNovel
C. J. Sansomstandalone novel2012
Spy thriller.
“The point of divergence from actual history is that Lord Halifax, rather than Winston Churchill, succeeded Neville Chamberlain as Prime Minister in May 1940 leading to an armistice with Germany.”
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The Handmaid's TaleSeries
series3 books1985
Dystopia, about gender and society, set in north america and near future.
“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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The Plot Against AmericaNovel
Philip Rothstandalone novel2004
Historical fiction, about race and racism, set in north america.
“Roosevelt is defeated in 1940 by Charles Lindbergh, who guides the US towards fascism and anti-Semitism.”
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When the Sleeper WakesNovel
H. G. Wellsstandalone novel1899
Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution, set in our world and far future.
“Graham, an insomniac Englishman in 1890s London, takes a course of sleep-inducing drugs and falls into a coma that lasts two centuries.”
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