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universe5 books2008

Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution, set in far future.

“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.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Hunger Games →

includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels

Lucifer's HammerNovel

Larry Niven & Jerry Pournellestandalone novel1977

About ecological collapse.

SurvivalistSeries

series41 books1981

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, tense in tone, about war and survival, set in north america and near future.

Start with Total War →

The Change / The EventSeries

series41 books1998

Adventurous in tone.

“Sixteen different authors, coordinated by Stirling, each contribute stories set in various corners of the suddenly de-industrialized world as survivors scramble to rebuild.”
from the catalogue

Start with Island in the Sea of Time →

Ship BreakerSeries

series3 books2010

“Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker follows Nailer as helping her pulls him out of his abusive father's orbit and into a much larger, more dangerous game involving her family's fortune.”
from the catalogue

Start with Ship Breaker →

One Second After / John MathersonSeries

series4 books2009

Set in small town.

Start with One Second After →

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