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  • Cover of Have Space Suit - Will Travel
    Have Space Suit - Will TravelNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1958

    Space opera, adventurous in tone, about space exploration, set in space.

    “One minute Kip Russell was walking about in his own backyard, testing out an old space suit and dreaming about going to the moon - and the next he was out cold and the captive of an insidious space pirate.”

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  • Cover of Z for Zachariah
    Z for ZachariahNovel

    Robert C. O'Brien · standalone novel · 1975

    Post-apocalyptic, about coming of age and loneliness, set in countryside & village.

    “Sixteen-year-old Ann Burden, on an Amish family farm in an isolated valley, believes she is the only survivor of nuclear war and nerve gas.”

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  • Cover of Tripods
    TripodsSeries

    series · 4 books · 1967

    completed

    Post-apocalyptic, about rebellion and revolution.

    “The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”

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    Start with When the Tripods Came →

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  • Cover of The 5th Wave
    The 5th WaveSeries

    series · 4 books · 2013

    Post-apocalyptic, dark in tone.

    “Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.”

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    Start with The 5th Wave →

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  • Cover of Silver Metal Lover
    Silver Metal LoverSeries

    series · 2 books · 1981

    completed

    About robots, set in big city.

    “Jane feels adrift in the upper class of her dystopian society until she meets a robot built for pleasure she suspects is more than the sum of his parts.”

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    Start with The Silver Metal Lover →

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  • Cover of The Martian
    The MartianSeries

    series · 2 books · 2012

    Hard science fiction, hopeful in tone, about space exploration, set in mars.

    “Using scientific improvisation and dark humor, Watney works to keep himself alive long enough for a rescue to reach him.”

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    Start with The Martian →

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