I’m looking for a book or a new series that takes place in a post apocalyptic world. I’ve read The Road, and currently rereading The Walking Dead graphic novels.
My favorite has always been a zombie apocalypse setting, but trying to branch out and open to different types of scenarios. I’m very interested in any books that have the main characters humanity and morality being tested from tough decisions and desperate situations.
Also love books/graphic novels/comics with a great villain. The more “realistic” to how people would act in their post apocalyptic scenario, the better.
I’ve heard the “Beyond these Walls” and “Echoes of the Dark Sun” series are good but would love to hear anyone’s opinion if they have read either series.
by CountGatik
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A Canticle for Leibovitz. I’ve read it twice, suggested to my wife and she read it twice.
Have a look at The Passage by Justin Cronin.
Similar setting to Walking Dead but the ‘zombies’ are much more intelligent and terrifying.
Check out Christopher Artinian’s books. I’m currently reading his Safe Haven series which is a zompoc, it has a sister series set in the same universe called The End of Everything too, so there’s plenty to keep you going.
If you’re after an apocalyptic book that’s not got zombies he has a series called The Burning Tree too, though I’ve not read that yet 🙂
You could also try the walking dead Governor series, they’re pretty good too, though they’re independent of the comics so the stories don’t exactly match up.
Severance
Station Eleven
The Dog Stars
World War Z
I highly recommend all of these.
Lucifer’s Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
Feed by Mira Grant
Black Tide Rising by John Ringo. Another zombie apocalypse but with a different take. Great action, solid characters and a lot of humor.
Shades of Grey and Red Side Story by Jasper Fforde are good, slightly different from most post apocalyptic stuff I’ve read.
World War Z is really brillant, really.
Riddley Walker probably even more.
Hugh Howey’s **Wool** The first of his *Silo* series but stands alone.