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The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
About survival, set in north america.
“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.”
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includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels
This Perfect DayNovel
Ira Levinstandalone novel1970
About identity, set in our world.
“Levin won a Prometheus Award in 1992 for this novel.”
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When the Sleeper WakesNovel
H. G. Wellsstandalone novel1899
Time travel, about political intrigue, set in our world and british isles.
“Graham, an insomniac Englishman in 1890s London, takes a course of sleep-inducing drugs and falls into a coma that lasts two centuries.”
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The Handmaid's TaleSeries
series3 books1985
About gender and society, set in north america and near future.
“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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Chaos WalkingSeries
series5 books2008
Set in other star systems.
Start with The Knife of Never Letting Go →
The Penultimate TruthNovel
Philip K. Dickstandalone novel1964
About surveillance, set in underground & caves.
“The people are told that World War III is being fought above them, when in reality the war ended years ago.”
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