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The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
Dark in tone, about rebellion and revolution, 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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Start with The Hunger Games →
includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels
The Handmaid's TaleSeries
series3 books1985
Dark in tone, about gender and society and rebellion and revolution.
“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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Start with The Handmaid's Tale →
The Running ManNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel1982
Thriller & suspense, dark in tone.
Z for ZachariahNovel
Robert C. O'Brienstandalone novel1975
Post-apocalyptic, about loneliness, set in our world and 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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The Shockwave RiderNovel
John Brunnerstandalone novel1975
Cyberpunk, dark in tone, about surveillance, set in big city.
Shadow ChildrenSeries
series7 books1998
Dark in tone.
“In some cases, a parent may choose to forge a child's identification card so a shadow child can live a normal life.”
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Start with Among the Hidden →