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Beyond This HorizonNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1948
About rebellion and revolution, set in our world.
“For centuries, disease, hunger, poverty, and war have been things found only in the history tapes.”
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The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
Dark in tone, about rebellion and revolution and totalitarianism.
“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
DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Space opera, about political intrigue, set in other star systems.
“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
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Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Dune Sequels, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe
Saint LeibowitzSeries
series6 books1955
completed
Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, about faith and religion, set in far future and north america.
“Together the two novels form a sparse, decades-spanning series about memory, faith, and the cycles of civilization.”
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Start with A Canticle for Leibowitz →
The Obernewtyn ChroniclesSeries
series9 books1987
Fantasy.
“Carmody began writing it at the age of fourteen, and reworked the novel through high school and university.”
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Start with Obernewtyn →
Books of EmberSeries
series4 books2003
“The post-apocalyptic quartet continues with The People of Sparks, following survivors after they reach the world above, and concludes with The Prophet of Yonwood and The Diamond of Darkhold.”
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Start with The City of Ember →