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Your favourite apocalyptic novels?

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JesusInTheCabbageVan · 10/05/2018 19:09

Not my favourite necessarily, but I've recently finished the Last Policeman trilogy and loved it. The premise sounded a bit Hmm, but it was actually really good - the slow unravelling of society as the trilogy progressed was gripping, and very convincing.

There also used to be a lot of kids'books about nuclear war around in the 80s, remember them? I must have read Z For Zacharia and Brother in the Land 20 Times each.

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exLtEveDallas · 10/05/2018 19:20

There's a huge series on kindle by Frank Tayell called Surviving the Evacuation. I think there are about 14 books (I'm on 10), plus 2 stand-alones called Here we Stand: Infected and Here we stand: divided.

TheVicarOfNibbleswicke · 10/05/2018 19:19

The Road!

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JesusInTheCabbageVan · 10/05/2018 19:18

Chicken The Stand drove me up the wall! I usually love long books, but my god.

Lots of good recommendations there Dub, will have a look on Amazon now.

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ChickenInPants · 10/05/2018 19:15

Its got to be The Stand by Stephen King, my all time favourite book, I do reread it on a regular basisGrin

Dubdoor · 10/05/2018 19:13

The Wool trilogy is good, for a modern one.

For older books I still love The Postman by David Brin. Awful film, fab book.

I loved Brother in the Land, Empty World, the Prince in waiting trilogy, the tripods etc.