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FirestarterNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel1980
Thriller & suspense, tense in tone, about psychic powers and parenthood.
“WorldCat: Innocence and beauty ignite with evil and terror...”
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FledglingNovel
Octavia E. Butlerstandalone novel2005
Paranormal, about vampires and identity.
MidnightNovel
Dean R. Koontzstandalone novel1989
Tense in tone, about nanotechnology and survival.
“A wealthy tech entrepreneur, intending to create superhumans by infecting them with nanotech to assist their physical and mental abilities, picks a California town as his secret pilot project, but things go terribly wrong.”
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SorrowlandNovel
Rivers Solomonstandalone novel2021
Gothic, about parenthood and race and racism.
The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
Dystopia, tense in tone, 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.”
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includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels
Flowers for AlgernonNovel
Daniel Keyesstandalone novel1966
Emotional in tone, about coming of age and identity.
“A man with a low IQ becomes the subject of an experimental medical procedure which raises his IQ well over genius level.”
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