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  • Cover of The Children of Men
    The Children of MenNovel

    P. D. James · standalone novel · 1992

    Tense in tone, about political intrigue and rebellion and revolution, set in british isles.

    “Theo Faren, a cousin of the Warden, lives a solitary life in this ominous atmosphere.”

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  • Cover of Level 7
    Level 7Novel

    Mordecai Roshwald · standalone novel · 1959

    Tense in tone, set in underground & caves.

    “X-127 fulfills the role of 'push-button' offensive initiator of his nation's nuclear weapons capacity against an unspecified enemy.”

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  • Cover of A Clockwork Orange
    A Clockwork OrangeSeries

    series · 4 books · 1962

    completed

    Challenging in tone, about surveillance, set in big city.

    “After his crimes catch up with him, Alex is made the subject of a controversial state program meant to forcibly reform his behavior, and the novel uses his ordeal to question whether imposed goodness is worth the loss of free will.”

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  • Cover of Earthseed
    EarthseedSeries

    series · 7 books · 1993

    Set in north america.

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

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  • Cover of Down to a Sunless Sea
    Down to a Sunless SeaNovel

    David Graham · standalone novel · 1979

    Tense in tone, set in north america.

    “The title of the book is taken from a line of the poem Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.”

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  • Cover of I Am Legend
    I Am LegendNovel

    Richard Matheson · standalone novel · 1954

    Horror, about vampires and last of their kind, set in mid 20th century.

    “The last human survivor of the vampire epidemic has to maintain his defences against their onslaught, while attempting to research the cause and possibly solution to the plague.”

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