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series3 books1951

Dark in tone, set in our world and british isles.

“Together the three novels form a loose post-apocalyptic trilogy built on Wyndham's original premise rather than a tightly plotted single story.”
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Start with The Day of the Triffids →

The ChrysalidsNovel

John Wyndhamstandalone novel1955

About genetic engineering and coming of age, set in secondary world and far future.

“An early manuscript version was entitled Time for a Change.”
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Alas, BabylonNovel

Pat Frankstandalone novel1959

Hopeful in tone, set in north america and mid 20th century.

“Classic novel of nuclear war and aftermath in rural Florida.”
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I Am LegendNovel

Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1954

Horror, about vampires and last of their kind, set in our world.

“The last human survivor of the vampire epidemic has to maintain his defences against their onslaught, while attempting to research the cause and possibly solution to the plague.”
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Farnham's FreeholdNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1964

Time travel, about race and racism, set in near future and north america.

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, 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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Start with The Hunger Games →

includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels

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