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Why You Need to Read: These Books While Waiting for “The Winds of Winter”

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A list of suggested books to read while we continue to wait for the sixth book in "A Song of Ice and Fire" series.

Why You Need to Read: Battle Royale: The Novel
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Why You Need to Read: Battle Royale: The Novel

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  Battle Royale: The Novel By: Koushun Takami Translated by: Yuji Oniki Published: April 1999 (Japan); February 26, 2003 (in English) Genre: Science Fiction/Dystopian/Horror   PLEASE NOTE: The following contains spoilers from this novel. You have been warned. Shuya took a moment to think before he received his black day pack, and he did the… Continue reading Why You Need to Read: Battle Royale: The Novel

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It All Started With…Lord of the Flies

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Before The Hunger Games and Battle Royale: The Novel, many of us got exposure to dystopian fiction, which is a subgenre of science fiction, in high school. To those of us who actually read the book, Lord of the Flies provided many of us with a level of violence more extreme than in The Outsiders,… Continue reading It All Started With…Lord of the Flies