- fast-pace
- thrillers
- apocalyptic stories
- strong plot
- adventure
Jose Saramago
F SARAMAGO
A city is hit by an epidemic of "white blindness" whose victims are confined to a vacant mental hospital, while a single eyewitness to the nightmare guides seven oddly assorted strangers through the barren urban landscape. Blindness is an eerie, elegantly written dystopian novel about a society stricken with a sudden, debilitating epidemic. It emphasizes intimate psychological detail and incisive social commentary over action.
John Scalzi
F SCALZI
When a new virus sweeps the globe a discovery is made -- that a few rare individuals have brains that are receptive to being controlled by others, meaning that from time to time, those who are "locked in" or fully awake and aware, but unable to move or respond to stimulus, can "ride" these people and use their bodies as if they were their own. This skill is quickly regulated, licensed, bonded, and controlled. Nothing can go wrong. Or can it?
Karen Thompson Walker
F WALKER
Imagines the coming-of-age story of young Julia, whose world is thrown into upheaval when it is discovered that the Earth's rotation has suddenly begun to slow, posing a catastrophic threat to all life. This haunting dystopian novel is driven primarily by nuanced characterization, thought-provoking social commentary, and realistic, sensitively drawn human drama.
P.D. James
MYSTERY JAMES
The year is 2012. The country is under the absolute rule of the Warden. Then by chance, Theo Faron meets a young woman who seeks to challenge the power of the Warden's regime. A compelling, bleakly atmospheric dystopian novel about near-future industrial society plagued by mysterious and devastating medical phenomena. The suspenseful plot serves as an avenue for intimate character drama, thought-provoking social commentary, and haunting meditations on human behavior in extreme conditions.
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