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Neal Stephensonstandalone novel1992

Cyberpunk, about virtual reality and organized crime.

“Like many of Stephenson's novels, its themes include history, linguistics, anthropology, archaeology, religion, computer science, politics, cryptography, memetics, and philosophy.”
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Ready Player OneSeries

series3 books2011

Cyberpunk, about virtual reality and quests, set in virtual world.

“The 2020 sequel, Ready Player Two, picks up after Wade has gained control of the OASIS and follows him and his friends into a new quest built around a brain-computer interface the creator left behind.”
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The Thousandth FloorSeries

series3 books2016

About class conflict, set in north america.

“Katharine McGee's trilogy imagines Manhattan in 2118 as a single thousand-story tower housing every stratum of society, following five teenagers whose ambitions collide as they climb toward, or fall from, its highest floors.”
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The Handmaid's TaleSeries

series3 books1985

Dark in tone, about totalitarianism and gender and society, 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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Legend (Marie Lu)Series

series5 books2011

About rebellion and revolution, set in north america.

“Lu draws inspiration from events and experiences throughout her life and media she has consumed such as the film Les Miserables.”
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DivergentSeries

series10 books2011

Set in north america.

Start with The Transfer →

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