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Post-Apocalypse, Dystopian, Zombies ...

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LinghamStyle · 06/06/2013 21:12

Any recommendations please?

I've just finished The Fall of Society (Book 1) which was free on Kindle and I'm half-way through the sequel but stuck for what to get next.

Thanks Smile

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ThreeBeeOneGee · 08/06/2013 09:11

I loved 'Afterlight' and 'Flood'.

There was another book in the same series as Flood (called Ark I think) about the group that attempted to survive by going off into space. There was another group that built a city at the bottom of the ocean so I'm hoping he'll write a book about them too.

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LinghamStyle · 08/06/2013 01:32

VerySmallSqueak thank you! I've had a look at some of those and I'll be adding them ASAP!

I had a look at the Rhiannon Frater ones before but they weren't available on Kindle and the paper books were quite expensive - I'll look again though now you've reminded me about them.

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VerySmallSqueak · 08/06/2013 01:17

'Afterlight' by Alex Scarrow
'Flood' Stephen Baxter
'Down to a sunless sea' David Graham
'The Snow' Adam Roberts.

The other two Rhiannon Frater ones are 'Fighting to survive' and 'Seige'.

VerySmallSqueak · 08/06/2013 01:04

'48' James Herbert
'Plague' Graham Masterton
'Plague 99' Jean Ure

VerySmallSqueak · 08/06/2013 00:54

'Apocalypse of the dead','Flesh Eater' and 'Dead City' by Joe McKinney
'Death of Grass' John Christopher
'On the Beach' Nevil Shute
'Zombie Britannica' Thomas Emson
'The First days:As the world dies' Rhiannon Frater (she's written two after this but I can't remember what they are called - both also worth a read though)
'Zombie Apocalypse' Stephen Jones
'Survivors' Terry Nation
'The day of the Triffids' John Wyndham

VerySmallSqueak · 08/06/2013 00:46

'Day by Day Armageddon' J L Bourne
'Aftermath' Roger Williams

VerySmallSqueak · 08/06/2013 00:41

'Last Light' Alex Scarrow
'Allison Hewitt is trapped' and 'Sadie walker is stranded' by Madeleine Roux
The 'Autumn' series by David Moody
The Morningstar Strain series by Z A Recht

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LinghamStyle · 08/06/2013 00:34

Thanks everyone! I've read some of those and now I have some to look at. I downloaded Angelfall earlier so I'll start that once I've finished The Fight of Society.

I should have said and/or Zombies in my title as there doesn't have to be Zombies - just chaos and/or oppression :-D

Stella if you don't want to put the book on thread would you mind sending me the title via PM pretty please? You've piqued my interest now!

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RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 07/06/2013 20:23

Brother In The Land
Z For Zaccharia

StellaNova · 07/06/2013 20:20

Children of the Dust
The Book of Dave

One of my favourite books ends up post apocalyptic and I always want to rec it on threads like this but it is kind of a spoiler to do so.

ThreeBeeOneGee · 07/06/2013 19:05

Wool, by Hugh Howey.

I'm now reading the sequel, Shift, and it's even better!

No zombies though.

QueenFaeriecakes · 07/06/2013 19:00

The enemy series by Charlie higson. Group of children surviving on their own in London after all the adults turn into zombies. Addictive reading!

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 07/06/2013 17:14

World War Z
The Passage / The Twelve
Pride & Prejudice with Zombies
Myra Grant's Feed series

The above are all zombie books.

The Stand - Stephen King
Brave New World
War Of The Worlds
Any John Wyndham
Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep
Lord Of The Flies
A Clockwork Orange
The Running Man / The Long Walk - both King
The Road
Michael Grant's YA Gone series
The Knife Of Never Letting Go YA series
1984

The above are dystopian, or vaguely

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LinghamStyle · 07/06/2013 10:47

Thank you, I'll go look now.

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Dunlurking · 07/06/2013 07:50

Today's kindle daily deal is very good - Angelfall by Susan Ee. Can't remember whether there are zombies in it but it has everything you could ask for from a dystopian book and very gripping. I paid full price last year and it was worth it

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LinghamStyle · 06/06/2013 21:13

Oh and they don't have to be free books!

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