Books: To Read: By Genre: Apocalyptic

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  • 1826
  • The Last Man (1826) by Mary Shelley
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  • 1885
  • After London (1885) by Richard Jefferies
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  • 1901
  • The Purple Cloud (1901) by M.P. Shiel
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  • 1912
  • "The Scarlet Plague" by Jack London
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  • 1928
  • Deluge (1928) by S. Fowler Wright
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  • 1929
  • Dawn (1929) by S. Fowler Wright
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  • 1933
  • When Worlds Collide (1933) by Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer
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  • 1934
  • After Worlds Collide (1934) by Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer
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  • 1939
  • The Hopkins Manuscript (1939) by R.C. Sherriff
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  • 1947
  • Greener Than You Think (1947) by Ward Moore
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  • 1948
  • Ape and Essence (1948) by Aldous Huxley
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  • 1949
  • Earth Abides (1949) by George R. Stewart
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  • 1950
  • Gather, Darkness! (1950) by Fritz Leiber
  • Shadow on the Hearth (1950) by Judith Merril
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  • 1951
  • Day of the Triffids (1951) by John Wyndham
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  • 1952
  • The Long Loud Silence (1952) by Wilson Tucker
  • Star Man's Son (1952) by Andre Norton
  • Vault of the Ages (1952) by Poul Anderson
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  • 1953
  • The Kraken Wakes (1953) (aka Out of the Deeps) by John Wyndham
  • The Syndic (1953) by C.M. Kornbluth
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  • 1954
  • I Am Legend (1954) by Richard Matheson
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  • 1955
  • The Chrysalids (1955) (aka Re-Birth) by John Wyndham
  • The Long Tomorrow (1955) by Leigh Brackett
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  • 1956
  • The Death Of Grass (1956) (aka No Blade of Grass) by John Christopher
  • The World Jones Made (1956) by Philip K. Dick
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  • 1957
  • On the Beach (1957) by Nevil Shute
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  • 1958
  • A Canticle for Leibowitz (1958) by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
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  • 1959
  • Alas, Babylon (1959) by Pat Frank
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  • 1960
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  • 1961
  • Dark Universe (1961) by Daniel F. Galouye
  • Some Will Not Die (1961) by Algis Budrys
  • Twilight World (1961) by Poul Anderson
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  • 1962
  • The Drowned World (1962) by J.G. Ballard
  • Hothouse (1962) by Brian Aldiss
  • The Long Winter (1962) (aka The World in Winter) by John Christopher
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  • 1963
  • Cat's Cradle (1963) by Kurt Vonnegut
  • Triumph (1963) by Philip Wylie
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  • 1964
  • The Burning World (1964) by J.G. Ballard
  • Davy (1964) by Edgar Pangborn
  • The Day the Machines Stopped (1964) by Christopher Anvil
  • Greybeard (1964) by Brian Aldiss
  • The Penultimate Truth (1964) by Philip K. Dick
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  • 1965
  • Dr. Bloodmoney (1965) by Philip K. Dick
  • Farnham's Freehold (1965) by Robert A. Heinlein
  • The Genocides (1965) by Thomas M. Disch
  • A Wrinkle In The Skin (1965) (aka The Ragged Edge) by John Christopher
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  • 1966
  • Catastrophe Planet (1966) by Keith Laumer
  • The Judgment of Eve (1966) by Edgar Pangborn
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  • 1967
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  • 1968
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  • 1969
  • A Boy and His Dog (1969) by Harlan Ellison
  • Damnation Alley (1969) by Roger Zelazny
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  • 1970
  • Kelwin (1970) by Neal Barrett, Jr.
  • The Year Of The Quiet Sun (1970) by Wilson Tucker
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  • 1971
  • The Committed Men (1971) by M. John Harrison
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  • 1972
  • Malevil (1972) by Robert Merle
  • The Sheep Look Up (1972) by John Brunner
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  • 1973
  • Cemetery World (1973) by Clifford D. Simak
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  • 1974
  • Ice and Iron (1974) by Wilson Tucker
  • Z For Zachariah (1974) by Robert C. O'Brien
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  • 1975
  • The Company of Glory (1975) by Edgar Pangborn
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  • 1976
  • Patternmaster (1976) by Octavia E. Butler
  • Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (1976) by Kate Wilhelm
  • The Winter of the World (1976) by Poul Anderson
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  • 1977
  • Empty World (1977) by John Christopher
  • Lucifer's Hammer (1977) by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
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  • 1978
  • Dreamsnake (1978) by Vonda N. McIntyre
  • The Stand (1978) by Stephen King
  • Still I Persist in Wondering (1978) by Edgar Pangborn
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  • 1979
  • Engine Summer (1979) by John Crowley
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  • 1980
  • After the Fall (1980) by Robert Sheckley, Editor
  • Mockingbird (1980) by Walter Tevis
  • Riddley Walker (1980) by Russell Hoban
  • Shiva Descending (1980) by Gregory Benford and William Rotsler
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  • 1981
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  • 1982
  • The Gunslinger (1982) by Stephen King
  • Test of Fire (1982) by Ben Bova
  • The White Plague (1982) by Frank Herbert
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  • 1983
  • Ariel (1983) by Steven R. Boyett
  • Millennium (1983) by John Varley
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  • 1984
  • Emergence (1984) by David R. Palmer
  • The Wild Shore (1984) by Kim Stanley Robinson
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  • 1985
  • Beyond Armageddon (1985)
  • Dinner at Deviant's Palace by Tim Powers
  • Footfall (1985) by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
  • The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) by Margaret Atwood
  • In the Drift (1985) by Michael Swanwick
  • The Postman (1985) by David Brin
  • This is the Way the World Ends (1985) by James Morrow
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  • 1986
  • Hardwired (1986) by Walter Jon Williams
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  • 1987
  • Dawn (1987) by Octavia E. Butler
  • Dome (1987) by J. Michael Reaves and Steve Perry
  • Swan Song (1987) by Robert R. McCammon
  • Through Darkest America (1987) by Neal Barrett, Jr.
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  • 1988
  • The City, Not Long After (1988) by Pat Murphy
  • The Last Ship (1988) by William Brinkley
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  • 1989
  • Dawn's Uncertain Light (1989) by Neal Barrett, Jr.
  • The Folk of the Fringe (1989) by Orson Scott Card
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  • 1990
  • After Armageddon (1990) by Jerry Pournelle, Editor
  • A Gift Upon the Shore (1990) by M. K. Wren
  • Winterlong (1990) by Elizabeth Hand
  • Wolf and Iron (1990) and Gordon R. Dickson
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  • 1991
  • The Earth Is All That Lasts (1991) by Catherine Wells
  • Fallen Angels (1991) by Michael F. Flynn, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
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  • 1992
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  • 1993
  • Parable of the Sower (1993) by Octavia E. Butler
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  • 1994
  • Mother of Storms (1994) by John Barnes
  • Queen City Jazz (1994) by Kathleen Ann Goonan
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  • 1995
  • Amnesia Moon (1995) by Jonathan Lethem
  • Blindness (1995) by Jose Saramago
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  • 1996
  • '48 (1996) by James Herbert
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  • 1997
  • Eternity Road (1997) by Jack McDevitt
  • Glimmering (1997) by Elizabeth Hand
  • King Blood (1997) by Simon Clark
  • Mother Grimm (1997) by Catherine Wells
  • Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman (1997) by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
  • Shade's Children (1997) by Garth Nix
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  • 1998
  • Aftermath (1998) by Charles Sheffield
  • Chasm (1998) by Stephen Laws
  • Moonfall (1998) by Jack McDevitt
  • The New Madrid Run (1998) by Michael Reisig
  • Parable of the Talents (1998) by Octavia E. Butler
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  • 1999
  • The Rift (1999) by Walter J. Williams
  • Starfire (1999) by Charles Sheffield ~ Sequel to Aftermath (1998)
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  • 2000
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  • 2001
  • The Aftermath: A Novel of Survival by Samuel C. Florman
  • Empty Cities of the Full Moon (2001) by Howard V. Hendrix
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  • 2002
  • "The Tain" (2002) by China Mieville
  • Snowfall (2002) by Mitchell Smith
  • Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan
  • Year Zero (2002) by Jeff Long
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  • 2003
  • Oryx And Crake (2003) by Margaret Atwood
  • Parasites Like Us (2003) by Adam Johnson
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  • 2004
  • Cowl (2004) by Neal Asher
  • Dies the Fire (2004) by S.M. Stirling
  • Edenborn (2004) by Nick Sagan
  • Prince of Christler-Coke (2004) by Neal Barrett, Jr.
  • The Taking (2004) by Dean Koontz
  • The Walking Dead: Days Gone Bye (2004) by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore
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  • 2005
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  • 2006
  • Cell (2006) by Stephen King
  • The Road (2006) by Cormac McCarthy
  • Summer Of The Apocalypse (2006) by James Van Pelt
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  • 2007
  • The Apocalypse Reader by Justin Taylor, Editor
  • Jamestown: A Novel by Matthew Sharpe
  • The Pesthouse by Jim Crace
  • Plague Year (2007) by Jeff Carlson
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  • 2008
  • Wastelands : Stories of the Apocalypse