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One Second After by William R. ForstchenSwan Song by Robert McCammonThe Road by Cormac McCarthyAlas, Babylon by Pat FrankOn the Beach by Nevil Shute
Nuclear Apocalypse
70 books — 175 voters
The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard RhodesCommand and Control by Eric SchlosserHiroshima by John HerseyAmerican Prometheus by Kai BirdVoices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich
History of the Nuclear Age
230 books — 84 voters

Mia's Magic Wand by Peter VolkofskySir Bennet by Nicolette BeebeInto The Dark by Emma H. FrostThe Scarlet Harvest by Kate AshbrookDeath by Laura Thalassa
Post-Apocalyptic & Dystopian Fiction - New Releases 2021
124 books — 49 voters
Red Storm Rising by Tom ClancyTeam Yankee by Harold CoyleRed Metal by Mark GreaneyRed Army by Ralph PetersGhost Fleet by P.W. Singer
World War 3/III/Three - Fiction
56 books — 33 voters

On the Beach by Nevil ShuteThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyAlas, Babylon by Pat FrankThe 40 Minute War by Janet E. MorrisSwan Song by Robert McCammon
Fictional Books About Nuclear War
23 books — 30 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous Huxley1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Dystopian Books (NOT The Hunger Games)
73 books — 27 voters

Command and Control by Eric SchlosserVoices from Chernobyl by Svetlana AlexievichThe Radium Girls by Kate MooreFull Body Burden by Kristen IversenThe Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
Nuclear Science Studies
118 books — 21 voters
The Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyOn the Beach by Nevil ShuteThe Atomic City Girls by Janet BeardThe OSSI Model - The Gannon Transcripts by Kent SternStorytellers at the Columbia River by Nancy Danielson Mendenhall
Atomic Fiction
67 books — 19 voters

1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodOn the Beach by Nevil ShuteBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Old School Dystopia and Post-Apocalyptic (20th century)
62 books — 16 voters
On the Beach by Nevil ShuteAssault by Fire by Hunter Ripley RawlingsWhen the Wind Blows by Raymond BriggsAlas, Babylon by Pat FrankHiroshima by John Hersey
Nuclear War, Nuclear Attack and World War Three Books
76 books — 15 voters

Dream Shatter by Ann HunterAll That’s Left in the World by Erik J. BrownThe Light We Lost by Kyla StoneSubversion by Ruhi ParikhDream Legacy by Ann Hunter
Post-Apocalyptic & Dystopian Fiction - New Releases 2022
38 books — 14 voters
Radiant Girl by Andrea WhiteLocket Full of Secrets by Dana BurkeyThe Boy from Reactor 4 by Orest StelmachLocket Full of Secrets by Dana BurkeyThe Dogs of Chernobyl by Justin Morgan
Fictional books about Chernobyl
20 books — 13 voters

The Compound by S.A. BodeenThe Shelter Trap by James L. SummersThe Children of Ashgaroth by Richard FordFallout Shelter by Steven SchindlerThe Fort by Gordon Korman
Fiction Set in Fallout and Bomb Shelters
54 books — 12 voters
Clean Break by Osha Gray DavidsonThe Quest by Daniel YerginThe Necessary Revolution by Peter M. SengeReinventing Fire by Amory B. LovinsEnergy Myths and Realities by Vaclav Smil
Top Renewable Energy Books
22 books — 11 voters

The Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol 3 by Richard P. FeynmanIntroduction to Quantum Mechanics by David J. GriffithsTheoretical Nuclear Physics by John M. BlattThe Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard RhodesDark Sun by Richard Rhodes
UK/US Nuclear Security for Physicists
14 books — 5 voters
The House of the Lost on the Cape by Sachiko KashiwabaHorses, Horses, in the End the Light Remains Pure by Hideo FurukawaStrong in the rain by Lucy BirminghamThe Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden by Heather Smithtsunami vs. the fukushima 50 by Lee Ann Roripaugh
Tohoku Earthquake
44 books — 4 voters

King of Hope by Kim ConklinA Serpent's Tooth by Robert SwindellsFukushima Devil Fish by Susumu KatsumataMonster in Our Midst by Peggy WoodfordThe Guilty Party by Joan Lingard
Anti-Atomic Energy, No Nukes - Fiction
75 books — 2 voters
The Man Who Wrecked 146 Locomotives by James J. ReisdorffDeadly Sunshine by David I. HarvieAtomic Awakening by James MahaffeyThe History of Nuclear Power by James MahaffeyDeadly Glow by Ross Mullner
Atomic Accidents Bibliography
24 books — 1 voter

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