Books like Akira, Vol. 5
12 books with a reading profile close to Akira, Vol. 5 by Katsuhiro Otomo. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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Akira, Vol. 1
narrative, science fiction
Set in the year 2019, thirty-one years after a nuclear explosion leveled Tokyo, the story follows a teenage biker gang navigating the neon-lit ruins of Neo-Tokyo.
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Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1: Back on the Street
by Warren Ellis
narrative, science fiction
Spider Jerusalem is a cynical gonzo journalist who spent five years in self-imposed exile before returning to the City to fulfill a forgotten book contract.
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The Heart Goes Last
narrative, science fiction
Set in a near-future economic collapse, the story follows Stan and Charmaine, a couple living in their car to avoid roving gangs.
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Snow Crash
narrative, science fiction
In a near-future Los Angeles partitioned into sovereign corporate franchises, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizzas for the Mafia and hacks within the Metaverse, a three-dimensional virtual reality landscape he helped build.
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5
Foundation's Fear
narrative, science fiction
In this prequel to the original series, Hari Seldon maneuvers through the dangerous bureaucracy of Trantor while seeking the post of First Minister under Emperor Cleon I.
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Battle Royale
narrative, experimental
In a totalitarian alternative-timeline Japan known as the Republic of Greater East Asia, a class of junior high students is kidnapped for the Program.
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The Power
narrative, science fiction
Teenage girls across the globe suddenly develop a physical organ called a skein, located near their collarbones, which allows them to discharge lethal electricity from their fingertips.
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8
Ender's war
narrative, science fiction
Ender’s War is an omnibus collection containing the military science fiction novels Ender’s Game and Speaker for the Dead.
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Earth is Room Enough
by Isaac Asimov
narrative, science fiction
This collection of fifteen short stories and two poems focuses on the idea that humanity does not need to colonize the stars to find conflict or wonder.
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Y: The Last Man, Vol. 5: Ring of Truth
narrative, science fiction
In this fifth installment, Yorick Brown, the final human male on Earth, travels to San Francisco with Agent 355 and Dr.
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Y: The Last Man, Vol. 7: Paper Dolls
narrative, science fiction
Yorick Brown and his capuchin monkey, Ampersand, travel across post-apocalyptic Australia as they continue their search for Yorick’s fiancée, Beth.
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Julia
narrative, science fiction
Julia is a feminist retelling of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, shifting the perspective from Winston Smith to his lover, Julia Worthing.
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