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John Wyndhamstandalone novel1955

Tense in tone, about genetic engineering and psychic powers, set in secondary world.

“An early manuscript version was entitled Time for a Change.”
from the catalogue

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, tense in tone, about rebellion and revolution.

“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

Saint LeibowitzSeries

series6 books1955

completed

About faith and religion.

“Together the two novels form a sparse, decades-spanning series about memory, faith, and the cycles of civilization.”
from the catalogue

Start with A Canticle for Leibowitz →

Ship BreakerSeries

series3 books2010

Tense in tone, set in near future.

“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 →

Maze RunnerSeries

series11 books2009

Dystopia, tense in tone, 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 →

Moses ToddSeries

series2 books2010

Zombie horror.

“A 15 year old girl, wandering the Southeast after the zombie apocalypse, is continually forced to confront the nature of life, and survival, and morality.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Reapers Are the Angels →

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