3.81 avg rating — 15,907 ratings

"TLtL forecasts a deceptively utopian future -- with a lot going on under the surface. It's both a great extrapolation of current cultural trends, and an excellent description of how political systems can perpetuate the illusion of stability."

4.32 avg rating — 86,466 ratings

"The Earthseed duology is about an early-twenty-first century America that's fallen apart due to years of conservative misrule. Sound familiar? Parable of the Talents is, surprisingly, the less depressing of the two books -- it's about how one woman starts an intellectual movement that helps get the country back on the right track."

4.19 avg rating — 271,274 ratings

"The first book in the Earthseed duology."

4.50 avg rating — 119,376 ratings

"Do you hear the people sing? This book is all about taking to the streets to resist an oppressive government."

4.32 avg rating — 134,426 ratings

"Like Night Watch, this book is all about taking a humanitarian stand against a dictatorial ruler."

4.62 avg rating — 4,138,570 ratings

"The Harry Potter series has been, unexpectedly, the most common SF/F reference I've heard over the past few weeks. It is, of course, all about the rise of a fearmongering, anti-immigrant autocrat, and how he was defeated through love, unity, and self-sacrifice."