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DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Space opera, about political intrigue.
“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue
Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
Saint LeibowitzSeries
series6 books1955
completed
Set in north america.
“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 →
The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution and 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.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Hunger Games →
includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels
Mortal EnginesUniverse
universe14 books2001
Steampunk, about survival.
“In a world where the cities were put on wheels to outrun a war that ended in a single afternoon, Municipal Darwinism is the law: big towns eat small ones, strip them for parts and take their people aboard as citizens or as scrap.”
from the catalogue
Start with Mortal Engines →
includes Hungry City Chronicles / Mortal Engines, Mortal Engines Prequels, Anna Fang
Deus IraeNovel
Philip K. Dick & Roger Zelaznystandalone novel1976
About gods and survival, set in north america.
SafeholdSeries
series11 books2006
About political intrigue.
Start with Off Armageddon Reef →