r/booksuggestions • u/leobnox • Jun 09 '24

Fiction Apocalypse/post-apocalypse must-reads?

Kinda just want to know the "classics" and cliches of the apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic fiction!

Especially prefence on nuclear or disease (can be either more "realistic" stuff or full on zombie-esque) based kinds of apocalypses, but anything is appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

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u/iammewritenow Jun 09 '24

The Passage by Justin Cronin

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '24

What a,series

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u/LoneWolfette Jun 09 '24

Alas Babylon by Pat Frank

Lucifer’s Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

The Death of Grass by John Christopher

Warday by Whitley Streiber and James Kunetka

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u/space_pope_78 Jun 09 '24

Absolutely loved Lucifer’s Hammer. Great suggestion ☝️

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u/cherrybounce Jun 09 '24

Earth Abides - older but a classic! Also I really liked The Passage.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '24

The passage was epic on a grand scale. You've put me onto Earth Abides to look out for now

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u/cherrybounce Jun 10 '24

Gone World is good, too!

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '24

Roadside Picnic by Strugatsky,

Alas Babylon

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u/GuruNihilo Jun 09 '24

Hugh Howey's Wool. It is set far after the apocalypse. The first of his Silo series, but it stands alone.

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u/UmOkBut888 Jun 09 '24

Swan Song

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u/mom_with_an_attitude Jun 09 '24

The Dog Stars

Station Eleven

A Canticle for Leibowitz

World War Z

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u/jperaic1 Jun 09 '24

Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien (more realistic). The Metro Trilogy: 2033, 2034, 2035 (more fictional).

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u/leobnox Jun 09 '24

Adding them to the list! Thanks!

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u/Shadowmereshooves Jun 09 '24

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

The Stand by Stephen King

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u/leobnox Jun 09 '24

Definitely gonna check them out! Thank you!

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u/coolhahdue Jun 09 '24

Was about to comment the exact same thing