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1969The GodfatherExplains the endingCompare with the filmCrime novel / Family sagaMario Puzo / United StatesRecap: Strong recapFamily / Power1969The Left Hand of DarknessExplains the endingScience fictionScience fiction / Speculative fictionUrsula K. Le Guin / United StatesRecap: Useful recapTrust / Gender1968Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?Explains the endingCompare with the filmScience fiction / Dystopian novelPhilip K. Dick / United StatesRecap: Useful recapArtificial life / Empathy1967One Hundred Years of SolitudeExplains the endingTime-bending storyNovel / Magical realismGabriel Garcia Marquez / ArgentinaRecap: Useful recapFamily / Memory1967The Master and MargaritaExplains the endingAdventureSatire / FantasyMikhail Bulgakov / Soviet UnionRecap: Useful recapArt / Power1967The OutsidersExplains the endingComing-of-age fiction / Young adult novelS. E. Hinton / United StatesRecap: Fast recapClass / Brotherhood1967The Power of the DogExplains the endingCompare with the filmWestern fiction / Psychological fictionThomas Savage / United StatesRecap: Useful recapRepression / Power1966The Last Picture ShowExplains the endingCompare with the filmComing-of-age novel / Western novelLarry McMurtry / United StatesRecap: Useful recapLoneliness / Desire1965DuneExplains the endingCompare with the filmScience fiction / EpicFrank Herbert / Based on DuneRecap: Useful recapPower / Prophecy
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