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The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
About 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.”
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includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels
When the Sleeper WakesNovel
H. G. Wellsstandalone novel1899
Time travel, set in our world and british isles.
“Graham, an insomniac Englishman in 1890s London, takes a course of sleep-inducing drugs and falls into a coma that lasts two centuries.”
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This Perfect DayNovel
Ira Levinstandalone novel1970
About identity, set in our world.
“Levin won a Prometheus Award in 1992 for this novel.”
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Red RisingSeries
series13 books2014
Space opera, about class conflict.
“Pierce Brown's Red Rising follows Darrow, a lowborn 'Red' miner on a colonized Mars who discovers his caste's suffering is a lie sustained by the ruling Gold elite, and infiltrates their ranks to destroy the system from within.”
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The Handmaid's TaleSeries
series3 books1985
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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The Children of MenNovel
P. D. Jamesstandalone novel1992
Post-apocalyptic, set in our world and british isles.
“Theo Faren, a cousin of the Warden, lives a solitary life in this ominous atmosphere.”
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