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EvaNovel
Peter Dickinsonstandalone novel1988
Mysterious in tone.
The Hybrid Chronicles (Kat Zhang)Series
series3 books2012
Tense in tone.
Start with What's Left of Me →
Jenna Fox ChroniclesSeries
series4 books2008
Science fiction, about identity, set in near future.
“The Jenna Fox Chronicles opens with a teenage girl waking from a year-long coma with gaps in her memory, only to uncover unsettling truths about the medical technology that saved her life.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Adoration of Jenna Fox →
A Clockwork OrangeSeries
series4 books1962
completed
Dark in tone, about totalitarianism, set in big city.
“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.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Clockwork Orange →
The Dreaming JewelsNovel
Theodore Sturgeonstandalone novel1950
About genetic engineering, set in contemporary.
The Lost GirlNovel
Sangu Mandannastandalone novel2012
Tense in tone, about cloning.