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  • Cover of The 5th Wave
    The 5th WaveSeries

    series · 4 books · 2013

    Alien invasion, about aliens.

    “Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The 5th Wave →

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  • Cover of Earthseed
    EarthseedSeries

    series · 7 books · 1993

    About faith and religion.

    “The two-book series was left unfinished at Butler's death; a planned third novel, Parable of the Trickster, was never completed.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Parable of the Sower →

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  • Cover of Maze Runner
    Maze RunnerSeries

    series · 11 books · 2009

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

    “A 16 year old boy awakens with amnesia in a community of other youths in the center of a maze, and realizes they must cooperate to escape.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Maze Runner →

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  • Cover of Ship Breaker
    Ship BreakerSeries

    series · 3 books · 2010

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

    “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 →

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  • Cover of The Hunger Games Universe
    The Hunger GamesUniverse

    universe · 5 books · 2008

    About rebellion and revolution and totalitarianism, 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 →

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    includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels

  • Cover of Farnham's Freehold
    Farnham's FreeholdNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1964

    Time travel, about race and racism.

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