Wool by Hugh Howey

I am adding this to the list for the summer, to give you time to read as much as you want. I may change the date as we get into summer.

This author, Hugh Howey, has been recommended my a member.

He began the series in 2011, initially writing Wool as a stand-alone short story.[5] His first book was initially published with a small press.[6] After that, he decided to publish through [Amazon.com](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.com)'s Kindle Direct Publishing system, because of the freedom of self-publishing. After the series grew in popularity, he began to write more entries for it.[7] Howey began soliciting international rights in 2012, including signing a deal for Brazil.[8] Film rights to the series were sold to 20th Century Fox; Lionsgate also expressed interest.[9]
In 2012, Howey signed a deal with Simon & Schuster to distribute Wool to book retailers across the US and Canada. The deal allowed Howey to continue to sell the book online exclusively. He notably turned down seven figure offers in favor of a mid-six figure sum, in return for maintaining e-book rights.[10]
He has also signed publishing contracts with Random House Century UK for UK distribution of both his Wool and Sand series, published as novels of the same names.[11]
Howey became closely tied to both Amazon/Kindle Direct Publishing and self-publishing as a leader of the new paradigm of publishing. He opened up his Silo Saga to other authors, formalizing that effort when he signed with Kindle Worlds. Though authors like Fredric Shernoff (Atlantic Island), Jason Gurley (Eleanor), and Michael Bunker (Pennsylvania) all experienced some degree of success that can be attributed to Howey, Wool, and the Kindle Worlds project,[12] nobody was able to replicate Wool's success either through tie-in books or those authors' original stories. - Wikipedia

In the Silo Series, begin with the first short story and see where you go from there.

#### Silo series[edit]

1. Wool (July 30, 2011)
2. Wool: Proper Gauge (November 30, 2011)
3. Wool: Casting Off (December 4, 2011)
4. Wool: The Unraveling (December 25, 2011)
5. Wool: The Stranded (January 14, 2012)
6. First Shift: Legacy (April 14, 2012)
7. Second Shift: Order (November 20, 2012)
8. Third Shift: Pact (January 28, 2013)
9. Dust (August 17, 2013)

The story of Wool takes place on a post-apocalyptic Earth.[6] Humanity clings to survival in the Silo, a subterranean city extending 144 stories beneath the surface. The series initially follows the character of Holston, the sheriff of the Silo, with subsequent volumes focusing on the characters of Juliette, Jahns, and Marnes. An ongoing storyline of the series is the focus on the mystery behind the Silo and the secrets it holds. Shift, which encompasses books six through eight, comprise a prequel to the series. Book nine, Dust, pulls the storylines together.
Several studies frame the story within the dystopian genre, since Howey includes several of the main features of that type of literature, i.e. a totalitarian rule, rebellion of the main characters or a planned separation between human areas and wild natural spaces. - Wikipedia