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Best of Dystopian
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“My favorite dystopian books.”
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Superhero fiction
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“TNT was a superhero with a selfless agenda: helping humanity. When certain humans evolved into super beings, TNT embraced his god-like powers and...”
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The Hunger Games: Book 1The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
May the odds be ever in your favor.
In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. In the previous war the Capitol took over and now, the Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line... (learn more about this book)
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The Hunger Games: Book 2Catching Fire
by Suzanne Collins
SPARKS ARE IGNITING.... (learn more about this book)
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The Hunger Games: Book 3Mockingjay
by Suzanne Collins
MY NAME IS KATNISS EVERDEEN.... (learn more about this book)
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1984
by George Orwell
Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, 1984 is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmare vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to... (learn more about this book)
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The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger
A dazzling and alluring novel in the most untraditional fashion, this is the remarkable story of Henry DeTamble, a dashing, adventuresome librarian who travels involuntarily through time, and Clare Abshire, an artist whose life takes a natural sequential course. Henry and Clare's passionate... (learn more about this book)
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Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
Firefighters today have the great task of putting out fires. But unlike this day and age, firemen in this book start fires. Fireman Guy Montag loves to rush to a fire and watch books burn up. Then he met a seventeen-year old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid, and a... (learn more about this book)
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Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
"Community, Identity, Stability" is the motto of Aldous Huxley's Utopian World State. Here everyone consumes daily grams of Soma, to fight depression. Babies are born in laboratories, and the most popular form of entertainment is a "Feelie," (a movie that stimulates the senses of sight,... (learn more about this book)
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The Ender Quartet: Book 1Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card
In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more... (learn more about this book)
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Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
One of the world's great anti-war books and centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we are afraid to know.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Book 1The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
It’s an ordinary Thursday lunchtime for Arthur Dent until his house gets demolished. The Earth follows shortly afterwards to make way for a new hyperspace bypass and his best friend has just announced that he’s an alien. At this moment, they’re hurtling through space with nothing but their... (learn more about this book)