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KINDRED

by Octavia E. Butler

Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported back in time to the time of slavery in the Southern United States. Dana is drawn back repeatedly through time to the slave quarters, and each time the stay grows longer, more arduous, and more dangerous until it is uncertain whether or not Dana's life will end, long before it has a chance to begin.

THE DOOR INTO SUMMER

by Robert Heinlein

Dan Davis thought the future might be a place where broken things could be made whole again. A brilliant young engineer betrayed by his partners takes a wild leap into the future armed with a genius invention, a grumpy cat, and one last chance to step through the door into the summer he was promised.
Packed with twisty time travel and quiet romance, The Door Into Summer is Robert A. Heinlein’s classic sci‑fi adventure.

THE TIME TRAVELER'S

WIFE

by Audrey Niffenegger

A sweeping, unforgettable novel about Clare and Henry, a couple bound by love and divided by time, as Henry’s uncontrollable leaps into the past and future test the limits of their marriage. Both heartbreaking and deeply romantic, it explores fate, loss, and the extraordinary resilience of love.

THE TIME MACHINE

H.G. Wells

In The Time Machine, H.G. Wells sends a daring inventor hurtling into the distant future, where he discovers a world both wondrous and deeply unsettling. As he uncovers the fate of humanity among the gentle Eloi and the sinister Morlocks, his journey becomes a haunting exploration of progress, class, and survival.

A SOUND OF THUNDER
Short Stories for English Language Learners
by Ray Bradbury

In Ray Bradbury’s "A Sound of Thunder," a daring time-travel expedition offers hunters the ultimate thrill — stalking prehistoric beasts in the age of dinosaurs. But as the adventure unfolds, the boundaries between past and future prove far more delicate than anyone imagined.

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Novels and Short Stories
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ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN NOVELS:
various genres that explore themes of authoritarianism, resistance, and individual freedom.

1984
by George Orwell

Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley

The Lost Cause
by Cory Doctorow

The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood

Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury

 "Then the King will say - 'Come, you who are blessed, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.'" 

"Then he will say - 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'   
 
[ -Matthew 25: verses 34 and 41 ]

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American Fight Against Fascism
by Rachel Maddow

Animal Farm
by George Orwell

Night Soldiers
by Alan Furst

The Wave
by Todd Strasser

The Plot Against America
by Philip Roth

The Iron Heel
by Jack London

Little Brother
by Cory Doctorow

It Can't Happen Here
by Sinclair Lewis

Alone in Berlin
by Hans Fallada

White Rose
by Kip Wilson

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