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Post apocalyptic books - recommendations?

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Resilienceisimportant · 28/12/2024 22:22

Hello everyone. I have read the usual and really like this genre or very though provoking books. Last I read was Children of Time. I liked the concept but the spiders weren’t for me 😂.

Would anyone have any recommendations? Thank you!

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HomeCountyHome · 28/12/2024 23:06

Peter Heller, The Dog Stars, and Ben Winters, The Last Policeman trilogy.

Kibble29 · 28/12/2024 23:04

The Road.

TheDowagerCountessofPembroke · 28/12/2024 23:02

I came to say ‘The Passage’ and the Silo books.

Can I recommend The Last Man by Mary Shelly, yes, that Mary Shelly. Written in the 1820s it’s the very first post apocalyptic/dystopian future book.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Man

Onand · 28/12/2024 23:01

The Stand - Stephen King

qwerty222 · 28/12/2024 23:00

The age of miracles by Karen Thompson Walker

Greekcatmug · 28/12/2024 22:58

I liked the Silo trilogy by Hugh Howey. Couldn't put it down.

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Resilienceisimportant · 28/12/2024 22:57

MarmotMorning · 28/12/2024 22:43

The Passage series by Justin Cronin is excellent.

Ooooo! I missed this one but looks good! Thank you!

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Resilienceisimportant · 28/12/2024 22:56

squashyhat · 28/12/2024 22:25

Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel. Written before the pandemic but eerily prescient.

I’ve read it but this is exactly what I love to read - thank you for the recommendation. I completely agree!

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MarmotMorning · 28/12/2024 22:43

The Passage series by Justin Cronin is excellent.

squashyhat · 28/12/2024 22:25

Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel. Written before the pandemic but eerily prescient.

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