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It Can't Happen HereNovel
Sinclair Lewisstandalone novel1935
Dystopia, dark in tone, about totalitarianism and political intrigue.
The Outlaw of TornNovel
Edgar Rice Burroughsstandalone novel1927
Historical fiction, adventurous in tone, set in our world and medieval.
“Raised from childhood by a vengeful royal fencing master who wants him turned into a weapon against the English crown, Norman of Torn grows up in 13th-century England knowing only combat and contempt for the nobility.”
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Prester JohnNovel
John Buchanstandalone novel1911
Historical fiction, adventurous in tone, about colonialism, set in africa.
The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
Dystopia and science fiction, 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
TripodsSeries
series4 books1967
completed
Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, about aliens.
“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 →
The Handmaid's TaleSeries
series3 books1985
Dystopia and science fiction, about totalitarianism, set in near future.
“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 →