Hello, I’m looking for a book that portrays humanity’s reaction to a world changing event (meteor, alien first contact, pandemic…). This can be either joining forces and organising against the threat or societal collapse. I specially like when geopolitics are taken into account. Some of the books I’ve read that I think fit this criteria are World War Z, Seveneves and Contact.
by TrantorTourist
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Oooh I like these too. I just finished listening to the Zoo by James Patterson and enjoyed it. And I’m still working on The Passage series by Justin Cronin. Really good so far and I think there’s 3 books in the series
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
Station Eleven?
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
Alas Babylon by Pat Frank is one of my favorites.
[Wikipedia link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alas%2C_Babylon)
Severance by Ling Ma. More individual but it interweaves some of the things you’re looking for!
Dies the Fire by S.M. Stirling
**Y: The Last Man** is GREAT and explores many interesting possible outcomes of [almost (not a spoiler it’s literally the title)] everything with a Y chromosome suddenly dying.
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