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Post Apocalyptic /Dystopian

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Magissa · 18/01/2020 22:24

I recently read The Earth abides. Since then I have read the Last Light trilogy, How I live now and Empty World. Can anyone recommend something similar? There something about surviving and starting again that I just really enjoy reading about.

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ShinyMe · 19/01/2020 18:32

I love John Wyndham too. ^^ The Chrysalids & Day of the Triffids especially.

I also really like John Christopher's The Death of Grass.

My favourite post apocalyptic book though is The Dog Stars, by Peter Heller. It's about a man who is a pilot of a small plane, living on a small airfield somewhere in the States with his dog and another man, using his plane to look for other survivors. It's just beautiful.

noblegiraffe · 19/01/2020 13:25

My favourite post-apocalyptic novel is The Chrysalids by John Wyndham (post nuclear apocalypse).

ScarlettDarling · 19/01/2020 10:02

For anyone who enjoyed The end of the world running club' , the sequel ' The end of the world survivor's club' is currently only 99p on kindle. I just finished it yesterday, its fab and I highly recommend.

isshoes · 19/01/2020 09:57

I really enjoyed Swan Song by Robert McCammon, and obviously there's The Stand by Stephen King. They're both extremely well written. More recently I've enjoyed a number of more 'trashy' post apocalyptic audiobooks, which aren't exactly classics but which I've thoroughly enjoyed. These include the Commune series, the Arisen series, the Mountain Man series and the Gray series. Arisen and Mountain Man are zombie series', the other two focus on other types of apocalypse.

YorkshireMummyof1 · 19/01/2020 09:49

Dust not dusy

YorkshireMummyof1 · 19/01/2020 09:49

They’re young adult books but I enjoyed the Hugh Howey series Dusy, Wool and I can’t remember the other book

ACupOfCoffee · 19/01/2020 09:48

I think you may enjoy Station 11 by Emily St John Mandel. It's set in the near future where a flu virus has wiped out most of the population. It then follows a group of survivors twenty years post-virus. They are a group of travelling actors moving around settlements performing Shakespeare plays.

www.amazon.co.uk/Station-Eleven-Emily-John-Mandel/dp/1447268970?tag=mumsnetforu03-21

LadyCurd · 19/01/2020 08:49

Read who runs the world by Virginia Bergin. It’s young adult so an easy read but a fun thought experiment around a world without men.
She also wrote the rain and the storm which are good reads.
Neville Shute the beach and all the John wyndhams are fab for 1950’s vibe.

Ofthread · 19/01/2020 08:42

The Road, Cormac McCarthy

Bluewavescrashing · 19/01/2020 08:41

I'm reading the Power. It's OK, not the best. I have Vox ready to read next.

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Magissa · 19/01/2020 08:40

Thank you. Just ordered The Penultimate Truth though the others look good too so they are next on my listSmile.

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hidingmystatus · 19/01/2020 01:49

Try Sheri Tepper - the Gate to Women's Country is a post-apocalyptic, her other stuff is largely dystopian.

esmerelda1988 · 18/01/2020 22:31

The carhullan army is really good!

fourquenelles · 18/01/2020 22:30

Just wanted to say that I absolutely love Earth Abides and have read it many times over the years.

The Penultimate Truth by Phillip K Dick might be worth a read too. From wiki : The story is set in a future where the bulk of humanity is kept in large underground shelters. The people are told that World War III is being fought above them, when in reality the war ended years ago.

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