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Themes labels used: truth vs evidence, justice, criminal accountability, ethics of surveillance, privacy invasion, free will, consequences, morality of power, identity, reality vs simulation, human mortality, philosophical speculation, civil rights, institutional control

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Cover of Simulacron 3 by Daniel F. Galouye

Simulacron 3

Daniel F. Galouye · 1999

A corporate simulation designer starts doubting reality itself after a death and a string of impossible disappearances.

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Themes labels: reality vs illusion · simulation · consciousness · existential uncertainty · free will · identity · paranoia · data commodification · privacy · surveillance · corporate power · political manipulation · social control · epistemology · moral responsibility · choice · agency · opinion shaping

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Corpus Delicti: Ein Prozess

Juli Zeh · 2009

In a health-obsessed near future, a woman faces trial and turns against the system after her brother’s death.

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Themes labels: freedom vs security · health ethics · state power · personal autonomy · justice · bodily autonomy · individual rights · common good · conformity · morality · surveillance · reason vs belief · obedience · dissent

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The Wool Trilogy

Hugh Howey · 2014 · Silo

In a sealed underground silo, a mechanic turned sheriff uncovers secrets that could upend the last human society.

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Themes labels: truth versus lies · control · survival · hope · curiosity · authority · secrecy · social stratification · class system · freedom versus safety · knowledge control · human nature · moral compromise · community · rebellion · censorship · memory · trust · isolation · loyalty

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Golden State

Ben H. Winters · 2019

In a surveillance-heavy alternate California, a truth-detecting investigator probes a suspicious death—and the system he serves.

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Themes labels: truth vs lies · objectivity · subjectivity · reality · fake news · mendacity · freedom and control · surveillance · censorship · power and corruption · memory and record · epistemology · privacy · fiction vs fact · human freedom · resilience · hope · fear of the unknown

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Cover of プラチナデータ [Platina Data] by Keigo Higashino

プラチナデータ [Platina Data]

Keigo Higashino, 東野 圭吾 · 2012

A DNA-powered police system frames its creator, forcing him and a skeptical detective to uncover a deeper conspiracy.

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Themes labels: privacy · surveillance · social inequality · class hierarchy · technology ethics · humanism · state power · justice · identity · free will · truth · data misuse · political corruption · mental health · science vs humanity · art vs machine · secrecy · control

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Cover of Wool Omnibus by Hugh Howey

Wool Omnibus

Hugh Howey · 2012 · Silo

In a sealed underground silo, a new leader uncovers dangerous secrets that could expose a hidden truth.

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Themes labels: truth versus lies · control versus freedom · survival · resilience · manipulation · secrecy · information control · class stratification · authority · hope · human nature · morality of survival · collective ignorance · rebellion · censorship

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Cover of Civil War by Stuart Moore

Civil War

Stuart Moore · 2012 · Civil War: A Marvel Comics Event

A superhero registration law splits Marvel’s greatest heroes into opposing camps, forcing friends to choose sides.

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Themes labels: freedom vs security · privacy · civil liberties · responsibility · public trust · government power · surveillance · morality · authority · consequences · loyalty · identity · good intentions · collective safety · personal choice

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Cover of The Minority Report by Philip K. Dick

The Minority Report

Philip K. Dick · 2005

A police chief behind a future-crime system discovers he is slated to commit murder and must outrun his own prediction.

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Themes labels: free will · fate · predestination · moral responsibility · state power · justice · civil liberties · surveillance · innocence · ethics of punishment · human rights · institutional abuse

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Cover of We by Yevgeny Zamyatin

We

Yevgeny Zamyatin · 1959

A loyal engineer in a glass-walled future state records his orderly life until love and doubt unsettle his total system.

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Themes labels: freedom versus happiness · individualism · conformity · totalitarianism · surveillance · rationalism · emotion versus logic · imagination · identity · dehumanization · collectivism · power and control · technocracy · truth versus propaganda · revolution · censorship · human nature · privacy · social engineering

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Cover of The Pilgrims of Rayne by D.J. MacHale

The Pilgrims of Rayne

D.J. MacHale · 2007 · Pendragon

A teen Traveler races through shifting worlds to expose a hidden truth and stop a villain before history fractures forever.

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Themes labels: truth vs deception · free will · choice and consequence · moral ambiguity · identity · sacrifice · responsibility · history and change · hope · good vs evil · power and control · growth and maturity

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Cover of Play Dead by Ted Dekker

Play Dead

Ted Dekker · 2021

A true-crime writer probes a murder tied to a secret VR game and a suspect whose innocence may hide something far larger.

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Themes labels: reality vs illusion · perception · identity · spiritual transformation · truth vs lies · technology ethics · control · corruption · power · fear · faith · sacrifice · love · forgiveness · afterlife · sin and rebirth · privacy · racism · judgment · authentic self

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Cover of Masterminds by Gordon Korman

Masterminds

Gordon Korman · 2015 · Masterminds

A boy in a perfect New Mexico town uncovers a hidden experiment that makes him and his friends question everyone.

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Themes labels: trust · deception · truth vs lies · nature vs nurture · identity · curiosity · free will · control · surveillance · good vs evil · morality · secrecy · institutional betrayal · coming of age · societal engineering

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Cover of Boy in a White Room by Karl Olsberg

Boy in a White Room

Karl Olsberg · 2023 · Boy in a White Room

An amnesiac teen wakes in a sealed white room and must untangle reality, AI, and hidden lies to learn who he is.

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Themes labels: identity · reality vs illusion · truth and lies · humanity · consciousness · artificial intelligence · free will · ethics of technology · memory · self-discovery · doubt · existentialism · virtual life · philosophical inquiry · moral responsibility

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Falling Out of Time

Margaret Peterson Haddix · 2023 · Out of Time

In 2193, a sheltered 12-year-old uncovers a hidden truth about her perfect world and her family’s past.

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Themes labels: truth vs illusion · technology ethics · human connection · environmentalism · surveillance · misinformation · brainwashing · consumer comfort · utopia costs · social control · courage · present responsibility · collective action · resource use · justice

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Cover of Red Side Story by Jasper Fforde

Red Side Story

Jasper Fforde · 2024 · Shades of Grey

A color-ranked rebel and his forbidden lover race to survive a murder trial while uncovering the truth behind their society.

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Themes labels: social control · corruption · truth and secrecy · curiosity · rebellion · class hierarchy · justice · survival · identity · knowledge versus ignorance · oppression · love versus law

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Cover of Soulmatch by Rebecca Danzenbaker

Soulmatch

Rebecca Danzenbaker · 2025

A teen’s soul-reading upends a post-war society where past lives dictate punishment, privilege, and love.

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Themes labels: identity · fate vs choice · morality · justice · criminal punishment · atonement · reincarnation · corruption · power · political manipulation · privacy · autonomy · nature vs nurture · good vs evil · destiny · responsibility · grief · social commentary · class disparity · wealth disparity · criminal reformation

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Slated

Teri Terry · 2012 · Slated

A memory-wiped teen must survive a controlled new life while eerie flashes of her past suggest the government is lying.

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Themes labels: identity · memory · control · freedom · second chances · rehabilitation vs punishment · nature vs nurture · human rights · trust · propaganda · conformity · surveillance · choice · morality · discrimination · rebellion

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Cover of Hazards of Time Travel by Joyce Carol Oates

Hazards of Time Travel

Joyce Carol Oates · 2018

A punished teen from a surveilled future is exiled to 1950s Wisconsin, where identity, love, and reality blur.

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Themes labels: free will · conformity · control · surveillance · memory · identity · reality vs simulation · behavioral conditioning · women's status · psychological manipulation · state power · rebellion · historical comparison · truth · moral compliance

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Cover of The Circle by Dave Eggers

The Circle

Dave Eggers · 2013 · The Circle

A young employee joins a dominant tech giant whose promise of openness slowly turns into total surveillance.

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Themes labels: privacy vs transparency · surveillance · social media addiction · technology ethics · freedom vs control · democracy · memory · history · accountability · conformity · consumerism · dehumanization · public self · identity · social pressure · power and control · information access · connectedness · civility · loss of solitude

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