What Are the Best Libertarian Books in Fiction?

What Are the Best Libertarian Books in Fiction?

By Christian | | Posted in Books
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This list was started by Christina Kotarski and filled in by the members of the Mises Caucus.

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1

Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand


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Score: 98%

Atlas Shrugged is a 1957 novel by Ayn Rand. Her fourth and final novel published during her lifetime, it was also her longest, and the one she considered to be her magnum opus in the realm of fiction writing.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_S...
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1984, by George Orwell


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Score: 97%

Nineteen Eighty-Four is a dystopian social science fiction novel and cautionary tale written by the English writer George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninetee...
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Animal Farm, by George Orwell


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Score: 98%

Animal Farm is a beast fable, in form of satirical allegorical novella, by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. It tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_...
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The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand


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Score: 98%

The Fountainhead is a 1943 novel by Russian-American author Ayn Rand, her first major literary success. The novel's protagonist, Howard Roark, is an intransigent young architect, who battles against conventional standards and refuses to compromise with an architectural establishment unwilling to accept innovation.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fou...
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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, by Robert A. Heinlein


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Score: 98%

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress is a 1966 science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein about a lunar colony's revolt against absentee rule from Earth. The novel illustrates and discusses libertarian ideals.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moo...
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Anthem, by Ayn Rand


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Score: 98%

Anthem is a dystopian fiction novella by Russian-American writer Ayn Rand, written in 1937 and first published in 1938 in the United Kingdom. The story takes place at an unspecified future date when mankind has entered another Dark Age.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthem_...
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Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley


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Brave New World is a dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley, written in 1931 and published in 1932.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_N...
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Dune, by Frank Herbert


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Net: 27
Score: 96%

Dune is a 1965 epic science fiction novel by American author Frank Herbert, originally published as two separate serials in Analog magazine. It tied with Roger Zelazny's This Immortal for the Hugo Award in 1966 and it won the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel. It is the first installment of the Dune saga.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(n...
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Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury


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Score: 86%

Fahrenheit 451 is a 1953 dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury. Often regarded as one of his best works, the novel presents a future American society where books are outlawed and "firemen" burn any that are found.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenh...
10

Starship Troopers, by Robert A. Heinlein


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Score: 100%

Starship Troopers is a military science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein. Written in a few weeks in reaction to the US suspending nuclear tests, the story was first published as a two-part serial in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction as Starship Soldier, and published as a book by G. P.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starshi...
11

That Hideous Strength, by C. S. Lewis


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Score: 100%

That Hideous Strength: A Modern Fairy-Tale for Grown-Ups is a 1945 novel by C. S. Lewis, the final book in Lewis's theological science fiction Space Trilogy. The events of this novel follow those of Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra and once again feature the philologist Elwin Ransom.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Hi...
12

Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert A. Heinlein


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Score: 88%

Stranger in a Strange Land is a 1961 science fiction novel by American author Robert A. Heinlein. It tells the story of Valentine Michael Smith, a human who comes to Earth in early adulthood after being ...

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange...
13

Alongside Night, by J. Neil Schulman


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Score: 100%

Alongside Night is a dystopian novel by science fiction writer J. Neil Schulman intended to articulate the principles of Agorism, a political philosophy created by Samuel Edward Konkin III, to whom Schulman dedicated the work.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alongsi...
14

The Giver, by Lois Lowry


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Net: 13
Score: 87%

The Giver is a 1993 American young adult dystopian novel written by Lois Lowry. It is set in a society which at first appears to be utopian but is revealed to be dystopian as the story progresses. The novel follows a 12-year-old boy named Jonas.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giver
15

Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson


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Net: 13
Score: 93%

Snow Crash is a science fiction novel by the American writer Neal Stephenson, published in 1992. Like many of Stephenson's novels, it covers history, linguistics, anthropology, archaeology, religion, computer science, politics, cryptography, memetics, and philosophy.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash
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The Expanse, by James S. A. Corey, Ty Franck


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Score: 93%

The Expanse is a series of science fiction novels by James S. A. Corey, the joint pen name of authors Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck. The first novel, Leviathan Wakes, was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2012. The complete series was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Series in 2017.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exp...
17

The Trial, by Franz Kafka


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Net: 11
Score: 85%

The Trial is a novel written by Franz Kafka in 1914 and 1915 and published posthumously on 26 April 1925. One of his best known works, it tells the story of Josef K., a man arrested and prosecuted by a remote, inaccessible authority, with the nature of his crime revealed neither to him nor to the reader.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trial
18

Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins


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Net: 11
Score: 92%

The Hunger Games is a series of young adult dystopian novels written by American author Suzanne Collins. The first three novels are part of a trilogy following teenage protagonist Katniss Everdeen, and the fourth book is a prequel set 64 years before the original.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hun...
19

Demons, by Fyodor Dostoevsky


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Demons pre-reform Russian: Бѣсы; post-reform Russian: Бесы, tr. Bésy, IPA; sometimes also called The Possessed or The Devils is a novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, first published in the journal The Russian Messenger in 1871–72.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demons_...
20

A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess


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Net: 10
Score: 83%

A Clockwork Orange is a dystopian satirical black comedy novel by English writer Anthony Burgess, published in 1962. It is set in a near-future society that has a youth subculture of extreme violence.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clock...
21

Monster Hunter International, by Larry Correia


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Score: 100%

Welcome to Monster Hunter International.Five days after Owen Zastava Pitt pushed his insufferable boss out of a fourteenth story window, he woke up in the hospital with a scarred face, an unbelievable memory, and a job offer.It turns out that monsters are real.
22

Time Enough for Love, by Robert A. Heinlein


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Net: 10
Score: 100%

Time Enough for Love is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, first published in 1973. The work was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1973 and both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 1974.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_En...
23

Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card


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Net: 9
Score: 90%

Ender's Game is a 1985 military science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card. Set at an unspecified date in Earth's future, the novel presents an imperiled humankind after two conflicts with an insectoid alien species they dub "the buggers".

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ender's...
24

Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe


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Net: 9
Score: 90%

Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. The first edition credited the work's protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author, leading many readers to believe he was a real person and the book a travelogue of true incidents.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinso...
25

The Probability Broach, by L. Neil Smith


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Net: 8
Score: 100%

The Probability Broach is a 1979 science fiction novel by American writer L. Neil Smith. It is set in an alternate history, the so-called Gallatin Universe, where a libertarian society has formed on the North American continent, styled the North American Confederacy.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pro...
26

Unintended Consequences, by John Ross


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Score: 100%

Unintended Consequences is a novel by John Ross, first published in 1996 by Accurate Press. The story chronicles the history of gun culture, gun rights, and gun control in the United States from the early 20th century through the late 1990s.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uninten...
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The Sword of Truth, by Terry Goodkind


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Net: 6
Score: 67%

The Sword of Truth is a series of twenty-two epic fantasy novels written by Terry Goodkind. The books follow the protagonists Richard Cypher, Kahlan Amnell, Nicci, Cara, and Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander on their quest to defeat oppressors who seek to control the world and those who wish to unleash evil upon the world of the living. While each novel was written to stand alone, except for the final three that were intended to be a trilogy, they follow a common timeline and are linked by ongoing events that occur throughout the series.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swo...
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Time Will Run Back, by Henry Hazlitt


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Score: 100%

Here is a splendid novel by Henry Hazlitt, first published in 1951 and revised in 1966. The plot line explores the economic theories of capitalism and socialism.

 https://mises.org/library/time-will-r...
29

Neuromancer, by William Gibson


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Net: 5
Score: 83%

Neuromancer is a 1984 science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer William Gibson. Considered one of the earliest and best-known works in the cyberpunk genre, it is the only novel to win the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the Hugo Award.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroma...
30

Enemies Foriegn and Domestic, by Matthew Bracken


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Net: 5
Score: 100%

Enemies Foreign And Domestic is a domestic terrorism thriller set in the near future. The novel begins on opening day of the NFL season, when bullets begin to rain down upon the upper deck of a packed football stadium. A panic stampede ensues, leading to mass casualties. The alleged sniper is found holding a smoking assault rifle, and is killed by a police marksman.
One week later, congress bans the private possession of all semi-automatic assault rifles. Gun owners are given one week to turn in their semi-automatic rifles, or face a five year mandatory sentence.

 https://www.amazon.com/Enemies-Foreig...
31

Lucifer's Hammer, by Jerry Pournelle, Larry Niven


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Net: 5
Score: 100%

Lucifer's Hammer is a science fiction post-apocalypse-survival novel by American writers Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle that was first published in 1977. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1978. Two issues of a planned six-part comic book adaptation were published by Innovation Comics in 1993.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer...
32

Oath of Fealty, by Jerry Pournelle, Larry Niven


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Net: 4
Score: 100%

Oath of Fealty is a 1981 novel by American writers Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, published originally by Phantasia Press, then by Timescape Books, with numerous reprints.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oath_of...
33

Silo, by Hugh Howey


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Score: 100%

Silo is a series of post-apocalyptic science fiction books by American writer Hugh Howey. The series started in 2011 with the short story "Wool", which was later published together with four sequel novellas as a novel with the same name.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silo_(s...
34

The First Law, by Joe Abercrombie


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Score: 100%

The First Law is a fantasy series written by British author Joe Abercrombie. The First Law is the title of the original trilogy in the series, but is also used to refer to the series as a whole.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fir...
35

Freehold, by Michael Z. Williamson


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Net: 3
Score: 75%

The Freehold book series by multiple authors includes books Freehold, The Weapon, Better to Beg Forgiveness, and several more. See the complete Freehold series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freehol...
36

An Enemy of the State, by Vince Flynn


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Net: 3
Score: 100%

After 9/11, the United States made one of the most secretive and dangerous deals in its history. The evidence against the powerful Saudis who coordinated the attack would be buried. In return, King Faisal would promise to keep the oil flowing and deal with the conspirators in his midst.

 https://www.amazon.com/Enemy-State-Mi...
37

Assassin, by Doug Casey, John Hunt


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Net: 3
Score: 100%

Charles Knight is released from an especially unpleasant stay in prison, only to rejoin a society overwhelmed by looting, riots, arson, viral panic, mob-think, and economic decay...with a presidential election in the balance. The cronies are in charge, abetted by their media lackeys and political puppets. They’ll do anything to get what they want. How can Charles stop the deadly crimes - crimes that push millions into poverty, servitude, and ignorance - committed by those who control the law, print the money, and confuse the minds of the people? Will a highly unorthodox presidential candidate and a cryptocurrency network that turns the surveillance state on its head be enough to expose and defeat them? Or do some people just need to be killed?
38

Dies the Fire, by S. M. Stirling


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Net: 3
Score: 100%

Dies the Fire is a 2004 alternate history and post-apocalyptic novel written by S. M. Stirling. It is the first installment of the Emberverse series and is a spin-off from S. M. Stirling's Nantucket series in which the Massachusetts island of Nantucket is thrown back in time from March 17, 1998 to the Bronze Age.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dies_th...
39

The Mandibles, by Lionel Shriver


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Net: 3
Score: 100%

The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047 is a 2016 novel by American author Lionel Shriver. It was first published by HarperCollins in the United Kingdom in May 2016 through the company's Borough Press imprint and in the United States in June of the same year under their Harper imprint.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man...
40

A Deepness in the Sky, by Vernor Vinge


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Net: 2
Score: 67%

A Deepness in the Sky is a science fiction novel by American writer Vernor Vinge. Published in 1999, the novel is a loose prequel to his earlier novel A Fire Upon the Deep.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Deepn...
41

Cider House Rules, by John Irving


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Net: 2
Score: 67%

The Cider House Rules is a novel by American writer John Irving, a Bildungsroman that was later adapted into a 1999 film and a stage play by Peter Parnell.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cid...
42

Daemon, by Daniel Suarez


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Net: 2
Score: 100%

Daemon and Freedom™ comprise a two-part novel by the author Daniel Suarez about a distributed, persistent computer application, the Daemon, that begins to change the real world after the original programmer's death.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_...
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It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis


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Score: 100%

It Can't Happen Here is a 1935 dystopian political novel by American author Sinclair Lewis. It describes the rise of a US dictator similar to how Adolf Hitler gained power. The novel was adapted into a play by Lewis and John C. Moffitt in 1936.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Can'...
44

Molon Labe, by Kenneth W. Royce


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Net: 2
Score: 100%

After a decade of retaking their stolen freedoms, the people of Wyoming (many of them newcomers) are forced to finally confront their jealous masters in the U.S. Government. Can a lone, courageous state successfully resist federal tyranny, or has the Bill of Rights been reduced to a myth?

 https://books.google.com/books/about/...
45

The Iron Web, by Larken Rose


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Net: 2
Score: 100%

The United States is fast losing its reputation as the land of happiness and prosperity. With a sinking economy at home and rising tensions abroad, fear and discontent are boiling over. The Great American Experiment is faltering. ..

 https://www.amazon.com/Iron-Web-Larke...
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Eumeswil, by Ernst Jünger


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Net: 1
Score: 50%

Eumeswil is a 1977 novel by the German author Ernst Jünger. The narrative is set in an undatable post-apocalyptic world, somewhere in present-day Morocco.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eumeswil
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Magellania, by Jules Verne


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Net: 1
Score: 50%

The Survivors of the "Jonathan", is a novel that was written by Jules Verne in 1897. However, it was not published until 1909, after it had been rewritten by Verne's son Michel under the title Les naufragés du "Jonathan".

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sur...
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Night, by Elie Weisel


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Net: 1
Score: 50%

Night is a 1960 memoir by Elie Wiesel based on his Holocaust experiences with his father in the Nazi German concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald in 1944–1945, toward the end of the Second World War in Europe.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_(...
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Change Agent, by Daniel Suarez


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Net: 1
Score: 100%

New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez delivers an exhilarating sci-fi thriller exploring a potential future where CRISPR genetic editing allows the human species to control evolution itself.On a crowded train platform, Interpol agent Kenneth Durand feels the sting of a needle—and his transformation begins.

 https://www.amazon.com/Change-Agent-D...
50

Delta-V, by Daniel Suarez


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Score: 100%

The bestselling author of Daemon returns with a near-future technological thriller, in which a charismatic billionaire recruits a team of adventurers to launch the first deep space mining operation--a mission that could alter the trajectory of human civilization.

 https://www.amazon.com/Delta-v-Daniel...
51

Drug Lord, by Doug Casey, John Hunt


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Score: 100%

Famed international man and #1 bestselling author Doug Casey-in collaboration with John Hunt-releases DRUG LORD, Book 2 of the High Ground Novels. Charles Knight returns to the United States after seven years traveling the world.

 https://www.amazon.com/Drug-Lord-Doug...
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Emphyrio, by Jack Vance


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Score: 100%

Emphyrio is a science fiction adventure novel by American writer Jack Vance. It tells the story of a young man who overturns the foundations of his world.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emphyrio
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Influx, by Daniel Suarez


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Net: 1
Score: 100%

New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez imagines a chilling future where technological advances are held hostage by the government in this thriller that perfectly blends “nail-biting suspense with accessible science” (Publishers Weekly).

 https://www.amazon.com/Influx-Daniel-...
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Kill Decision, by Daniel Suarez


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Net: 1
Score: 100%

Kill Decision is a science fiction novel by Daniel Suarez, published in 2012. It deals with themes of espionage, artificial intelligence, and warfare using robots and drones.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_De...
55

Santiago: a Myth of the Far Future by Mike Resnick


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Net: 1
Score: 100%

Santiago: A Myth of the Far Future is a novel by American science fiction author Mike Resnick. It was first published in 1986 and reprinted in 2004. The story is essentially a tall tale, in the style of the Wild West, with lonely heroes, shoot-outs and faithless companions.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiag...
56

Speculator, by Doug Casey, John Hunt


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Net: 1
Score: 100%

Halfway between Frederick Forsyth's Dogs of War and Ayn Rand's Fountainhead. The gold mine in the jungle, the mercenaries, and the child soldiers keep you turning the pages. A morality tale with modern twists.

 https://www.amazon.com/Speculator-Hig...
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The Gammage Cup, by Carol Kendall, Erik Blegvad


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Net: 1
Score: 100%

The Gammage Cup is a children's book by Carol Kendall. It was first published in 1959 in the United Kingdom as The Minnipins and in the United States as The Gammage Cup. It was later republished by Scholastic in November 1991 and by Harcourt in 2000.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gam...
58

The HERO Act, by Gene Greigh


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Net: 1
Score: 100%

A holiday weekend turns into a bloody massacre as the home front becomes the battlefield and The Kids from the Freedom School must fight their way out of the Mother of all Traffic Jams.Ripped from Tomorrow's Screaming Headlines, The H.E.R.O. Act is an Alt-Light Dystopian Thriller.

 https://www.amazon.com/R-Act-Tomorrow...
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The Sword of Kaigen, by M. L. Wang


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Net: 1
Score: 100%

Better to die sharp in war than rust through a time of peace. A mother struggling to repress her violent past, A son struggling to grasp his violent future, A father blind to the danger that threatens them all.
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Ashes Series, by William W. Johnstone, William Henry Johnstone


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Score: 0%

The worst-case scenario has come to pass: a nuclear strike has crippled America. Gangs, looters, and vandals have seized the streets. The decent few can only pray for a leader to protect them. Luckily, one of the survivors is Ben Raines.

 https://williamjohnstonebooks.com/pro...
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Garrett, P.I., by Glen Cook


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Garrett P.I. is a series of fantasy novels by American writer Glen Cook about Garrett, a freelance private investigator. The novels are written in a hard-boiled detective fiction style, with elements of traditional mystery and dialogue-based humor.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett...
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Ghost in the Machine, by Arthur Koestler


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The Ghost in the Machine is a 1967 book about philosophical psychology by Arthur Koestler. The title is a phrase coined by the Oxford philosopher Gilbert Ryle to describe the Cartesian dualist account of the mind–body relationship.
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Oblivion Engine, by Joshua Done


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With his closest friend dead, killed by an experimental virtual reality device, Jorg finds himself in more danger than he ever imagined. He suddenly has access to an endless fountain of hyper advanced technology- technology everyone else wants and is willing to kill him to get.

 https://www.amazon.com/Oblivion-Engin...
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Project Manticore, by Ryan Bunting


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Joseph Marquez's only crime was hunger, and taking back what was already stolen from him. In the Democratic Republic of the Americas, the sentence for theft of government property is public execution.

 https://www.amazon.com/Project-Mantic...
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The Coming Dawn, by Steven Konkoly


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The dawn of an inconceivable act of treason rises. The stakes for America's future have never been higher than in a gripping novel of suspense by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Deep Sleep.
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The Stainless Steel Rat, by Harry Harrison


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James Bolivar diGriz, alias "Slippery Jim" and "The Stainless Steel Rat", is a fictional character and a series of comic science fiction novels written by Harry Harrison.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sta...
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Old Man’s War, by John Scalzi


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4

Net: -2
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Old Man's War is a military science fiction novel by American writer John Scalzi, published in 2005. His debut novel was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2006. Old Man's War is the first novel in Scalzi's Old Man's War series.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man...
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The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. Le Guin


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5

Net: -5
Score: 0%

The Dispossessed is a 1974 anarchist utopian science fiction novel by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, one of her seven Hainish Cycle novels. It is one of a small number of books to win the Hugo, Locus and Nebulas Awards for Best Novel.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dis...

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