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    House of StairsNovel

    William Sleator · standalone novel · 1974

    Psychological thriller, dark in tone, about survival.

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    John Brunner · standalone novel · 1975

    Cyberpunk, dark in tone, set in north america and big city.

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    Nick Harkaway · standalone novel · 2017

    Mystery & detective, challenging in tone, about murder investigation, set in our world.

    “A detective investigates a murder through unconventional methods that leads to questions about her society's very nature.”

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  • Cover of The Handmaid's Tale
    The Handmaid's TaleSeries

    series · 3 books · 1985

    Dark in tone, about gender and society and rebellion and revolution, set in north america.

    “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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    James P. Hogan · standalone novel · 1987

    Thriller & suspense and alternate history, about political intrigue, set in space station.

    “With its power and influence waning, the Soviet Union has launched Valentina Tereshkova, a giant space station capable of housing 12,000 citizens, into orbit around the earth.”

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    The Circle (Eggers)Series

    series · 2 books · 2013

    Dark in tone, set in north america and big city.

    “Dave Eggers's The Circle follows Mae's rise inside the company as she buys further and further into its ideology, at increasing cost to her own privacy and the people around her.”

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