Hugh Howey’s **Wool** is set very far after the apocalypse. It’s the first in his Silo series.
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Cormac McCarthy – The Road
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Gravities Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
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How We End by LM Juniper. First in a new ongoing zombie apocalypse series set in the UK.
Until the End of the World by Sarah Lyons Fleming. First in a 3.5 complete series about a zombie apocalypse in the USA. 2 other series set during the same apocalypse if you like this one.
Grey by Lou Cadle. Comple trilogy about an environmental apocalypse set in USA.
The Book of M by Peng Shepard. Stand-alone about an apocalypse that begins when people start loosing their shadows.
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A Boy and his Dog at the End of the World by Charlie Fletcher
Bechimo on
h{{Dies the Fire by Stirling}}
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The Stand by Stephen King
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The Broken Earth trilogy by N K Jemisin
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Six top shelf ones to get you right:
The Road
The Gone Away World
Station Eleven
In the Country of Last Things
The Arrest
Seveneves
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Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman. Its tag line is “The apocalypse will be televised!”
Apocalypse Parenting by Erin Ampersand
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You might like John Wyndham’s books Day of the Triffids and THe Chrysalids. Both are really interesting post apocalypse stories.
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Metro 2033, Metro 2034 and Metro 2035 by Dmitry Glukhovsky are very good books! While they aren’t about the apocalypse itself, they deal with life about 20 years later
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Swan Song by Robert McCammon
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If you want a few classics of the genre these are good:
Earth Abides
Alas, Babylon
The Death of Grass
Riddley Walker
A Canticle for Leibowitz
Some more recently published examples I enjoyed:
The Road
Wool series
Book of the Unnamed Midwife
Last One at the Party
Station Eleven
Graphic novels/manga:
Y The Last Man
Dragon Head
The Drifting Classroom
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The Passage but only 1st book of 3….
Scary, unique…..
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metro!
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The postman
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Monk and Robot series by Becky Chambers
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Earth Abides by George R Stewart
The Death of Grass by John Christopher
Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban
A Canticle for Leibowitz by W Miller Jnr
Parable of the Sower/Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler
Radio Life by Derek B Miller
Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
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Maddaddam trilogy by Margaret Atwood. The story goes between a dystopian world and post apocalypse.
I really loved Moon of the Crusted Snow + Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice
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Octavia E. Butler’s Xenogenesis trilogy. The first book is Dawn. Several hundred years after a major catastrophic event, a woman wakes up in a white sterilized room and finds out that aliens have come to save the human race and the Earth but with conditions, of course. I loved these books!
She has another two book series, the first one is called The Parable of the Sower. I haven’t read them because post apocalyptic books are triggering to me now thanks to Covid but among Butler’s fans, they are considered her best work.
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oryx and crake series
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Canticle for Leibowitz
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Parable of the sower and its sequel Parable of the talents by Octavia Butler. Beyond prophetic
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Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton is a pretty unique take on a post-apocalyptic story. It’s told from the perspective of a crow.
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Mountain Man Series – Keith C Blackmore
Zombie Fallout Series – Marc Tufo
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The Dog Stars by Peter Heller.
Also, Dogstar is an awesome band.
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Not yet mentioned, and all of these are set many years after the apocalypse:
Dreamsnake by Vonda McIntyre
Eternity Road by Jack McDevitt
In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan
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It’s more dystopian than apocalyptic but The Hunger Games books are really good, esp the two newer prequels
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The Stand, Wool series, Sand series, and the Postman
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Try the Shattered Earth trilogy by NK Jemisin, starting with The Fifth Season
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A couple not mentioned:
One second after, probably the most plausible apocalypse scenario Ive read
Also the first two books of the World Made by Hand series are great imo
Alas Babylon is the genre archetype imo
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S. M. Stirling – Dies the fire
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Swan Song, Robert McCammon is a must IMO
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All The Water In The World
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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
I am Legend by Richard Matheson
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Hugh Howey’s **Wool** is set very far after the apocalypse. It’s the first in his Silo series.
Cormac McCarthy – The Road
Gravities Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
How We End by LM Juniper. First in a new ongoing zombie apocalypse series set in the UK.
Until the End of the World by Sarah Lyons Fleming. First in a 3.5 complete series about a zombie apocalypse in the USA. 2 other series set during the same apocalypse if you like this one.
Grey by Lou Cadle. Comple trilogy about an environmental apocalypse set in USA.
The Book of M by Peng Shepard. Stand-alone about an apocalypse that begins when people start loosing their shadows.
A Boy and his Dog at the End of the World by Charlie Fletcher
h{{Dies the Fire by Stirling}}
The Stand by Stephen King
The Broken Earth trilogy by N K Jemisin
Six top shelf ones to get you right:
The Road
The Gone Away World
Station Eleven
In the Country of Last Things
The Arrest
Seveneves
Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman. Its tag line is “The apocalypse will be televised!”
Apocalypse Parenting by Erin Ampersand
You might like John Wyndham’s books Day of the Triffids and THe Chrysalids. Both are really interesting post apocalypse stories.
Metro 2033, Metro 2034 and Metro 2035 by Dmitry Glukhovsky are very good books! While they aren’t about the apocalypse itself, they deal with life about 20 years later
Swan Song by Robert McCammon
If you want a few classics of the genre these are good:
Earth Abides
Alas, Babylon
The Death of Grass
Riddley Walker
A Canticle for Leibowitz
Some more recently published examples I enjoyed:
The Road
Wool series
Book of the Unnamed Midwife
Last One at the Party
Station Eleven
Graphic novels/manga:
Y The Last Man
Dragon Head
The Drifting Classroom
The Passage but only 1st book of 3….
Scary, unique…..
metro!
The postman
Monk and Robot series by Becky Chambers
Earth Abides by George R Stewart
The Death of Grass by John Christopher
Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban
A Canticle for Leibowitz by W Miller Jnr
Parable of the Sower/Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler
Radio Life by Derek B Miller
Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
Maddaddam trilogy by Margaret Atwood. The story goes between a dystopian world and post apocalypse.
I really loved Moon of the Crusted Snow + Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice
Octavia E. Butler’s Xenogenesis trilogy. The first book is Dawn. Several hundred years after a major catastrophic event, a woman wakes up in a white sterilized room and finds out that aliens have come to save the human race and the Earth but with conditions, of course. I loved these books!
She has another two book series, the first one is called The Parable of the Sower. I haven’t read them because post apocalyptic books are triggering to me now thanks to Covid but among Butler’s fans, they are considered her best work.
oryx and crake series
Canticle for Leibowitz
Parable of the sower and its sequel Parable of the talents by Octavia Butler. Beyond prophetic
Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton is a pretty unique take on a post-apocalyptic story. It’s told from the perspective of a crow.
Mountain Man Series – Keith C Blackmore
Zombie Fallout Series – Marc Tufo
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller.
Also, Dogstar is an awesome band.
Not yet mentioned, and all of these are set many years after the apocalypse:
Dreamsnake by Vonda McIntyre
Eternity Road by Jack McDevitt
In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan
It’s more dystopian than apocalyptic but The Hunger Games books are really good, esp the two newer prequels
The Stand, Wool series, Sand series, and the Postman
Try the Shattered Earth trilogy by NK Jemisin, starting with The Fifth Season
A couple not mentioned:
One second after, probably the most plausible apocalypse scenario Ive read
Also the first two books of the World Made by Hand series are great imo
Alas Babylon is the genre archetype imo
S. M. Stirling – Dies the fire
Swan Song, Robert McCammon is a must IMO
All The Water In The World
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
I am Legend by Richard Matheson
The Road 10/10