Lists of Bests: Shannon's "Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse Stories: A Reading List" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/57066 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. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:00:21 GMT en-us 0 50 56 50 0 Alas, Babylon (Perennial Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/53833 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/53833"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060741872.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pat Frank</div> Always Coming Home (California Fiction) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23816 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23816"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0520227352.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ursula K. Le Guin</div> Amnesia Moon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/964340 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/964340"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/015603154X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Lethem</div> Bar None http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6629358 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6629358"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51kqshkiNtL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tim Lebbon</div> A Canticle for Leibowitz (Bantam Spectra Book) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15896 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15896"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0553379267.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056455569_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Walter M. Miller Jr.</div> Cat's Cradle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10107 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10107"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/038533348X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kurt Vonnegut</div> Cell: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2527593 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2527593"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000JSDPQO.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V49590950_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> The Children's Hospital http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2765557 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chris Adrian</div> The Children of Men http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2350221 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2350221"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307279901.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by P.D. James</div> Childhood's End (Del Rey Impact) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1140533 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1140533"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345444051.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056437137_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur C. Clarke</div> Cloud Atlas: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8947 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8947"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375507256.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V39328843_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Mitchell</div> The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower (King, Stephen) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2949216 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2949216"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01SWQ082BHL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> The Day of the Triffids (20th Century Rediscoveries) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25547 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25547"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812967127.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122578406_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Wyndham</div> The Disappearance (Bison Frontiers of Imagination) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/266345 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/266345"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0803298412.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Wylie</div> Doomsday Book http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15977 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15977"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553562738.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44912471_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Connie Willis</div> Down to a Sunless Sea http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3780661 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3780661"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41jFCZegUwL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Graham</div> Earth Abides http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/150447 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/150447"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345487133.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George R. Stewart</div> The Fifth Sacred Thing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15874 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15874"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553373803.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43044250_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Starhawk</div> Footfall http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/978986 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/978986"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345418425.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Larry Niven</div> The Genocides http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/149841 <div id="position">56</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/149841"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375705465.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V62208977_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas M. Disch</div> Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2119933 <div id="position">60</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman</div> The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14172 <div id="position">62</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14172"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452284694.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> The Hab Theory http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1837895 <div id="position">63</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1837895"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0595008208.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056458504_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Allan W. Eckert</div> The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10315 <div id="position">64</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10315"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/038549081X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Atwood</div> I Am Legend (ties into movie) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6534 <div id="position">68</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6534"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/031286504X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057189625_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Matheson</div> Just a Couple of Days http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2180510 <div id="position">73</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2180510"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156031221.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tony Vigorito</div> The Lathe of Heaven: A Novel (Perennial Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39253 <div id="position">77</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39253"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060512741.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ursula K. Le Guin</div> Level 7 (Library of American Fiction) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1359979 <div id="position">78</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1359979"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/0299200647.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1121313545_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mordecai Roshwald</div> Lilith's Brood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13302 <div id="position">80</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13302"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446676101.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Octavia E. Butler</div> Lord of the World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4026419 <div id="position">82</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4026419"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21cY0E%2B4ZZL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Hugh Benson</div> Love in the Ruins http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5944 <div id="position">83</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5944"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312243111.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Walker Percy</div> Lucifer's Hammer http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13421 <div id="position">84</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13421"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0449208133.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056444360_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Larry Niven</div> Mara and Dann: An Adventure http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67968 <div id="position">85</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67968"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/006093056X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Doris Lessing</div> The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2538999 <div id="position">86</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2538999"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1411602196.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roger, Williams</div> The Mist http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2919699 <div id="position">88</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2919699"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11Opun5pbYL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> The More Than Complete Hitchhikers Guide http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/264519 <div id="position">91</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglas Adams</div> The Mote in God's Eye http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18064 <div id="position">92</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18064"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671741926.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056463692_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Larry Niven</div> On the Beach http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1948738 <div id="position">96</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nevil Shute</div> Oryx and Crake http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10561 <div id="position">97</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10561"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385721676.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Atwood</div> A Planet for the President: The Political Satire to End All Political Satrires http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4404623 <div id="position">101</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4404623"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BVIAdyTbL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alistair Beaton</div> The Postman (Bantam Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15748 <div id="position">103</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15748"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553278746.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114040795_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Brin</div> The Purple Cloud (Dodo Press) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3846734 <div id="position">105</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3846734"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21xbkUw0r5L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by M. P. Shiel</div> Riddley Walker http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5168 <div id="position">108</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5168"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0253212340.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056427175_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Russell Hoban</div> Ringworld http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7547 <div id="position">110</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7547"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345333926.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056436928_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Larry Niven</div> The Road (rough cut) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/429456 <div id="position">112</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/429456"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307265439.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cormac Mccarthy</div> The Sheep Look Up http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/34507 <div id="position">118</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/34507"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1932100016.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Brunner</div> The Stand http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/795764 <div id="position">121</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div> Swan Song http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18060 <div id="position">123</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18060"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671741039.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert McCammon</div> Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6544 <div id="position">130</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6544"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312866151.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kate Wilhelm</div> Wizard and Glass (The Dark Tower, Book 4) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13722 <div id="position">132</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13722"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451210875.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1123826346_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen King</div>