I need a new recommendation. I just read Children of Time. It was a bit… spidery… ! Looking for something with intelligence and suspense but perhaps not too much pretentious philosophy. A bit is okay !!
The Silo series by Hugh Howey. Start with Wool; then Dust; then Shift.
jkuutonen on
The Road by Cormac McCarthy.
Thunderhank on
*The Road* by Cormac McCarthy. Plenty of intelligent writing and suspense, not so philosophical as it is oddly hopeful in a crumbled world full of hopelessness.
youknowiamasussexnow on
The 1st book of The Passage trilogy…
Really scary….
Double_Jeweler7569 on
I wouldn’t say it’s the best by any stretch, but I’m about to finish Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky, and it showcases a very believable and depressing post apocalyptic earth. It’s like a robot uprising, but a realistic one.
RagingLeonard on
Earth Abides by George R Stewart is a really interesting take on the genre.
madamemimicik on
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
thewNYC on
Canticle for liebowitz
Anathem
The road
Loud-Bee-4894 on
Octavia Butler has a few.
Brucewayne1818 on
Station Eleven was really good. It’s the perfect contrast to The Road (which I also loved) because it offers a much a bit of optimistic take on a post-apocalypse event.
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The stand by Stephen King
The Silo series by Hugh Howey. Start with Wool; then Dust; then Shift.
The Road by Cormac McCarthy.
*The Road* by Cormac McCarthy. Plenty of intelligent writing and suspense, not so philosophical as it is oddly hopeful in a crumbled world full of hopelessness.
The 1st book of The Passage trilogy…
Really scary….
I wouldn’t say it’s the best by any stretch, but I’m about to finish Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky, and it showcases a very believable and depressing post apocalyptic earth. It’s like a robot uprising, but a realistic one.
Earth Abides by George R Stewart is a really interesting take on the genre.
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Canticle for liebowitz
Anathem
The road
Octavia Butler has a few.
Station Eleven was really good. It’s the perfect contrast to The Road (which I also loved) because it offers a much a bit of optimistic take on a post-apocalypse event.
Station Eleven