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  • Cover of The Handmaid's Tale
    The Handmaid's TaleSeries

    series · 3 books · 1985

    About gender and society and rebellion and revolution, 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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  • Cover of Left Behind
    Left BehindUniverse

    universe · 63 books · 1995

    Science fiction and dystopia, tense in tone, about faith and religion, set in near future and our world.

    “Pilots vanish from their cockpits, drivers from moving cars, children from their beds, clothing left folded where the faithful stood.”

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    Start with Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days →

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    Shade's Children milieuSeries

    series · 2 books · 1997

    Post-apocalyptic, about coming of age and rebellion and revolution.

    Start with Shade's Children →

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  • Cover of Stand on Zanzibar
    Stand on ZanzibarNovel

    John Brunner · standalone novel · 1968

    Challenging in tone, about genetic engineering and surveillance, set in big city.

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  • Cover of House of Stairs
    House of StairsNovel

    William Sleator · standalone novel · 1974

    Psychological thriller, set in otherworld.

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  • Cover of Shadow Children
    Shadow ChildrenSeries

    series · 7 books · 1998

    Set in north america.

    “In some cases, a parent may choose to forge a child's identification card so a shadow child can live a normal life.”

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    Start with Among the Hidden →

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