Shannon's "Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse Stories: A Reading List"

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Novels about the end of it all and then what happens next.

Note: With some exceptions, short story collections, young adult fiction and series have been eliminated if so identified. Also, I have striven to include high-quality books only.

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  1. 1.
    Alas, Babylon (Perennial Classics)
    by Pat Frank

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  2. 2.
    Always Coming Home (California Fiction)
    by Ursula K. Le Guin

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  3. 3.
    Amnesia Moon
    by Jonathan Lethem

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  4. 4.
    Bar None
    by Tim Lebbon

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  5. 5.
    A Canticle for Leibowitz (Bantam Spectra Book)
    by Walter M. Miller Jr.

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  6. 6.
    Cat's Cradle
    by Kurt Vonnegut

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  7. 7.
    Cell: A Novel
    by Stephen King

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    The Children's Hospital
    by Chris Adrian

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  9. 9.
    The Children of Men
    by P.D. James

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  10. 10.
    Childhood's End (Del Rey Impact)
    by Arthur C. Clarke

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  11. 11.
    Cloud Atlas: A Novel
    by David Mitchell

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  12. 12.
    The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower (King, Stephen)
    by Stephen King

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  13. 13.
    The Day of the Triffids (20th Century Rediscoveries)
    by John Wyndham

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  14. 14.
    The Disappearance (Bison Frontiers of Imagination)
    by Philip Wylie

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  15. 15.
    Doomsday Book
    by Connie Willis

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  16. 16.
    Down to a Sunless Sea
    by David Graham

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  17. 17.
    Earth Abides
    by George R. Stewart

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  18. 18.
    The Fifth Sacred Thing
    by Starhawk

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  19. 19.
    Footfall
    by Larry Niven

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  20. 20.
    The Genocides
    by Thomas M. Disch

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  21. 21.
    Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
    by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

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  22. 22.
    The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1)
    by Stephen King

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  23. 23.
    The Hab Theory
    by Allan W. Eckert

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  24. 24.
    The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel
    by Margaret Atwood

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  25. 25.
    I Am Legend (ties into movie)
    by Richard Matheson

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  26. 26.
    Just a Couple of Days
    by Tony Vigorito

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  27. 27.
    The Lathe of Heaven: A Novel (Perennial Classics)
    by Ursula K. Le Guin

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  28. 28.
    Level 7 (Library of American Fiction)
    by Mordecai Roshwald

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  29. 29.
    Lilith's Brood
    by Octavia E. Butler

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  30. 30.
    Lord of the World
    by Robert Hugh Benson

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  31. 31.
    Love in the Ruins
    by Walker Percy

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  32. 32.
    Lucifer's Hammer
    by Larry Niven

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  33. 33.
    Mara and Dann: An Adventure
    by Doris Lessing

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  34. 34.
    The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect
    by Roger, Williams

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  35. 35.
    The Mist
    by Stephen King

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    The More Than Complete Hitchhikers Guide
    by Douglas Adams

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  37. 37.
    The Mote in God's Eye
    by Larry Niven

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  38. 38.
    On the Beach
    by Nevil Shute

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  39. 39.
    Oryx and Crake
    by Margaret Atwood

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  40. 41.
    The Postman (Bantam Classics)
    by David Brin

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  41. 42.
    The Purple Cloud (Dodo Press)
    by M. P. Shiel

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  42. 43.
    Riddley Walker
    by Russell Hoban

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  43. 44.
    Ringworld
    by Larry Niven

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  44. 45.
    The Road (rough cut)
    by Cormac Mccarthy

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  45. 46.
    The Sheep Look Up
    by John Brunner

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  46. 47.
    The Stand
    by Stephen King

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  47. 48.
    Swan Song
    by Robert McCammon

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  48. 49.
    Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang: A Novel
    by Kate Wilhelm

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  49. 50.
    Wizard and Glass (The Dark Tower, Book 4)
    by Stephen King

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Created by Shannon on Jul 01, 2008.
 

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