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The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
Dark in tone, about totalitarianism, 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.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Hunger Games →
includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels
DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Space opera, about political intrigue, set in other star systems.
“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue
Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Dune Sequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe
Pax / AstraSeries
series2 books1954
completed
Adventurous in tone.
“Star Flight appears to be a later omnibus or reissue rather than a third original novel.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Stars Are Ours! →
Captive UniverseNovel
Harry Harrisonstandalone novel1969
Mysterious in tone, about identity, set in otherworld.
“Chimal is an Aztec farmer's son in an isolated valley cut off from the world by a landslide generations back, split between two villages that live under strict, ancient law enforced by priests.”
from the catalogue
HainishSeries
series33 books1964
completed
Reflective in tone, set in other star systems.
“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
from the catalogue
Start with Rocannon's World →
Chaos WalkingSeries
series5 books2008
Dark in tone, set in other star systems.
Start with The Knife of Never Letting Go →