Another Top Ten List of End of the World books

[Dan]

A couple I had not heard on this list.

http://www.bookpage.com/the-book-case...

[Simon]

My Top 10 TEOTWAKI Books:

10 - Patriots (Rawles)
9 - The Children of Men (James)
8 -
7 - The Chrysalids (Wyndham)
6 - Wrinkle in the Skin (Christopher)
5 - Survivors (Nation)
4 - The Road (McCarthy)
3 - Earth Abides (Stewart)
2 - Day of the Triffids (Wyndham)
1 - Death of Grass (Christopher)

IMO Death of Grass wins hands down. It champions the genre for me. No apologies for the repetition of Christopher & Wyndham: they dominate this field. Rawles would have scored higher but was too preachy.

[Simon]

Oops, lost my number 8...

8 - Childhood's End (Clarke)

Normally I wouldn't put such blatant sci-fi in a post apoc top 10 but this is a peach.

[Dan]

Simon wrote: "My Top 10 TEOTWAKI Books:

10 - Patriots (Rawles)
9 - The Children of Men (James)
8 -
7 - The Chrysalids (Wyndham)
6 - Wrinkle in the Skin (Christopher)
5 - Survivors (Nation)
4 - The Road (McCart..."

Thanks for the list. I've not heard of about half of those. Always great to have new books. You may want to add them to the group bookshelf.

[Dan]

Simon wrote: "Rawles would have scored higher but was too preachy."

I'm not too impressed with James Wesley Rawles story telling abilities. In Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse he definitely gives a lot of useful information but very little plot or character development.