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William Goldingstandalone novel1954

About survival and coming of age, set in islands and our world.

“The plot concerns a group of prepubescent British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempts to govern themselves that lead to a descent into savagery.”
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Mother NightNovel

Kurt Vonnegut & Jr.standalone novel1962

Reflective in tone, about war, set in our world and europe.

“Howard W. Campbell Jr., an American playwright who grew up in Germany, writes his memoirs from an Israeli prison cell awaiting trial for war crimes.”
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MessiahNovel

Gore Vidalstandalone novel1954

Satire, about faith and religion, set in our world and north america.

Nova TrilogySeries

series3 books1961

completed

Postmodern, challenging in tone, set in our world.

“Across the three books, the shadowy Nova Mob, personified as viral, parasitic forces of language and image, is opposed by an equally strange Nova Police, in an allegory for how societies are manipulated through media and addiction.”
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Children of ViolenceSeries

series5 books1952

completed

Reflective in tone, about coming of age, set in africa.

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Of Love and ShadowsNovel

Isabel Allendestandalone novel1985

Emotional in tone, about forbidden love, set in latin america.

“The plotline was inspired by journalistic accounts taken from magazines, newspapers, and interviews that Allende herself gathered both working as a journalist in Chile before her exile and during her later career as a writer in Venezuela.”
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