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series3 books1985

Science fiction, about gender and society, set in north america and 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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This Perfect DayNovel

Ira Levinstandalone novel1970

Science fiction, set in far future and our world.

“Levin won a Prometheus Award in 1992 for this novel.”
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A Clockwork OrangeSeries

series4 books1962

completed

Science fiction, set in near future and our world.

“After his crimes catch up with him, Alex is made the subject of a controversial state program meant to forcibly reform his behavior, and the novel uses his ordeal to question whether imposed goodness is worth the loss of free will.”
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The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Science fiction, set in far future and 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.”
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includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels

Red QueenSeries

series14 books2015

Fantasy, about class conflict.

“Victoria Aveyard's debut novel opens a four-book main sequence - Red Queen, Glass Sword, King's Cage, War Storm - plus the interstitial novella Cruel Crown and the epilogue novella Broken Throne.”
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The FerrymanNovel

Justin Croninstandalone novel2023

Science fiction, mysterious in tone, about reincarnation, set in far future.

“Proctor gradually realizes that his utopian life is not what it seems.”
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