Best apocalyptic fiction by new authors?

The Mammoth book of apocalyptic sci-fi has great stories and it only 99p at the moment.

There's a series called Redaction by Linda Andrew that I enjoyed, and seemed plausible.

Zombie Takeover is the political satire. The action moves back and forward between the more usual start and progression of an outbreak, and the prime minister's office and a more 'Yes, Minister' style of story.

I was just going to recommend Mark Tufo/Zombie Fallout! Definitely one of the better ones.

Also like RR Haywood - The Undead. Each book is a single day in the zompoc. Very readable, good characters, set in the uk.

There's also All The Dead Are Here by Pete Bevan. It's a compilation of short stories (most or all of them zombified) but reads a bit like a collection of spooky victorian ghost stories. Really recommend (and it's an mn-er's dh who wrote it!).

I have read pretty much all the zombie books out there on kindle. Any new recommendations mucho appreciated!

I'm currently reading dEaDINBURGH, which is an interesting twist on the zombie genre. I'm not sure if I'm going to go on and read the rest of the series though.

I can't find that political satire, sorry. I have over 1,700 kindle books and I can't remember which month I read it in or what it was called so it's a bit of a needle in a haystack.

Blueemerald- I've just finished "The Girl with all the gifts"- it was excellent.

Last light has a good female protagonist in it not the usual love interest / making up numbers.

If you like zombie apocalypse then Mark Tufo's Zombie Fallout series is pretty good.

I also recently read a zombie short-ish story that was a political satire about the UK govt. I'll have to see if I can look it up.

Just ordered it WireCat, looks easy reading? I don't like zombie books/films either,it's all just too unlikely for me. I like to scare myself a bit with possible - or even probable - scenarios.

Last light by Alex Sparrow is really good.

I like apocalyptic books, but not zombies.

Last light by Alex sparrow and Computer One by Warwick Collins were good as it was about the UK as America falling apart doesn't hold the same pull.

Oh yes belle that Chaos Walking trilogy is really good too.
Malcolm Pryce in my wish list now pom thanks!

I would definitely second the recommendation for Atwood's Oryx and Crake series, though actually, it's the MaddAddams trilogy. I have just finished Oryx and Crake for the third or forth time. Just waiting for a friend to finish The Year of The Flood so I can read it for the second time then on to MaddAdam! Cannot wait! I would also highly recommend Ness's Chaos Walking triology.

and Amazon do a nifty "people who bought this also like" thingy too, at the bottom of the page...
I've found loads of new authors that way.
I particularly like PS Power, LM Pruitt, (both YA but fun and easy read) Ben Aaronovitch (sp?) Shelly Laurenston (she writes paranormal romance and they are pretty steamy and explicit, just to warn you and MUCH better than 50 shades of shite )
Has anyone read Malcolm Pryce? If you like Jasper Fforde, he is well worth a look, it's sort of "film noir" detective but also so absurd you can't help but giggle away to yourself like a loon - not dystopian as such, in the traditional sense of the word, but ever so good.
I also read a couple of really excellent series recently the "Laundry Files " series, here and the St. Mary's series here
JR Rain is good too - his stuff tends to be short, but is cheap - I particularly like his "Knighthorse" and "Vampire for Hire" series.

Does everyone know This Site exists?
It is wonderful for finding things because of the links and recommendations from page to page/book to book/author to author.

lesson - for reading PERN, if you start with DragonFlight, then Dragon Quest, then take an "aside" and read Masterharper of Pern, Dragon Song, Dragon Singer, and Dragon Drums, then go back and read The White Dragon, Renegades of Pern, and All the Weyrs of Pern, then get the four story collection Chronicles of Pern, then Dolphins of Pern, then go back for DragonsDawn and Red Star Rising, and if you can find a special limited edition called "A Gift of Dragons" it has some more short stories in it. Then ignore all the rest because Todd spoiled it
Oh and read "Nerilka's Story" and "Moreta" whenever you like once you have got as far as White Dragon.
(Can you tell I know them off by heart and have done since I first found Dragonsinger when I was 12? )

anywhere you can blend triffids with spaceships with magic with mutants with people with dragons. One day this will be my home.

Inside Out I checked, I have a strong leaning towards female authors or protagonists. Maria V. Snyder.

Oh yes. Triffids I discovered in my friend's car on a long drive to France when I was fourteen. I was so shocked it was such a little book when I finally read it, on audio it was fascinating, and I usually sleep on car journeys.

The girl with all the gifts by MR Carey is brilliant.

fan is it by Christopher Moore? A poster called ThursdayLast recommended him to me.
If that's not the author you were talking about, you might like him. And Jasper Fforde too. And the London Underground series by Ben Aaronvich.

Agreed PomBear. Stick with Anne.

Ooooh! Blood Red Road is a really good youth dystopian novel.
And the follow up too, Rebel Heart. Think they're by Moira Young?

I bought my dad Wool for Christmas so I could read it after him!

Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde is my fave book ever.
And Divided Kingdom is good but I can't remember who wrote it.

I think this is going to become my new favourite place on Mumsnet. Books and apocalypse. Oh my little heart is fluttering.

Amazon is going to be busy for a while. When I finish the series I am reading now. Urban fantasy style stuff, so not quite on topic, but another type of sub-culture versus the world type thing.