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Mataan wants to read: I'd like to read some speculative fiction novel that asks HUGE political questions. Like Octavia Butler/Ursula Le Guin.

Speculative fiction that I can read and philosophize about and apply to my real world!

Another book i've enjoyed thats related is Fi ...more
Jul 28, 2025 11:04AM  · 
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Books added: 57
Location: The United States


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The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
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1984 by George Orwell
1984
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The City & the City by China Miéville
The City & the City
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The Just City by Jo Walton
The Just City (Thessaly, #1)
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Jul 28, 2025 12:07PM  · 
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Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
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The Scar by China Miéville
The Scar (New Crobuzon, #2)
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Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy
Woman on the Edge of Time
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Jul 28, 2025 06:19PM  · 
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The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
The Martian Chronicles
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Jul 28, 2025 06:20PM  · 
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Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson
Midnight Robber
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The Practice Effect by David Brin
The Practice Effect
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Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
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The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
The Plot Against America
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
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The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
The Marrow Thieves
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Mataan's Favorite Books

Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler
Fledgling
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Adulthood Rites by Octavia E. Butler
Adulthood Rites
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Neuromancer by William Gibson
Neuromancer
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Dawn by Octavia E. Butler
Dawn
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The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk
The Fifth Sacred Thing
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Xenocide by Orson Scott Card
Xenocide
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
Gathering Blue
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Favorite Genres

Fantasy, Fiction, Science fiction, and Young-adult