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I have a few on my "To Read" list that sound very good:
Swan Song
The Plague
Year of Wonders (about the plague of 1666)
Oryx and Crake
Earth Abides
World War Z An Oral History of the Zombie War
Wastelands Stories of the Apocalypse (a short story anthology)
I love post-apocalyptic & dystopian fiction... I will definitely be following this thread! :)

Here are some of my favorites in this genre:
Damnation Alley by Roger Zelazny
Skimming the Gumbo Nuclear by M.F. Korn
Blood Crazy by Simon Clark
Whisper of Death by Christopher Pike
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
The Conqueror Worms by Brian Keene
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. LeGuin
Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson
Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien
Dead Sea by Brian Keene
Obernewtyn by Isobelle Carmody (first of series)
Vanishing Point by Michaela Roessner
Shade's Children by Garth Nix
The Stone War by Madeleine E. Robins
The Rising by Brian Keene
City Of The Dead by Brian Keene (sequel to The Rising)
The Children of Men by P.D. James
I second Earth Abides.....
I read it right after The Road and followed it up with I Am Legend. That was my trilogy of Apocalypse......
I read it right after The Road and followed it up with I Am Legend. That was my trilogy of Apocalypse......

Here's a Wikipedia page I found for Apocalyptic and Post-apocalyptic books & movies, etc.


Thanks to everyone for all the recommendations and keep them coming.
Becky, I forgot that I read World War Z and enjoyed it ok. I also have Earth Abides in a pile around here waiting to be read.


I've read and recommend:
The Stand - Stephen King
Blindness - Jose Saramago
I Am Legend - R..."
I would recommend the S.M. Sterling series beginning with Dies the Fire (There are five so far in the series). Also Nick Sagan's Idlewild (3 books) series puts a different twist on endworld novels. Try also The Rift by Walter J. Williams.
Furthermore if you google apocolyptic fiction, there is an extensive list on Wikipedia. Some books are out of print, but it gives you a good start.

The Stand - best of the series (IMO)
World War Z - Very entertaining
The Road - a big thumbs down for me.
I'm actually moderating a discussion on The Road in the SciFi and Fantasy Book Club Group And there are some comparisons between The Stand and the Road.
It's a great book for a discussion as people either love it or hate it. It's a great discussion going on.
-- Wife of GR author Michael J. Sullivan: The Crown Conspiracy (10/08) | Avempartha (04/09)

City Of The Dead by Brian Keene
Dead Sea by Brian Keene
The Children of Men by P.D. James
World War Z An Oral History of the Zombie War
I Am Legend
The Road
I've read and enjoyed all of these and gladly recommend them.


Good Omens The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.
It is absolutely HILARIOUS :o)


The Girl who owned a city by OT Nelson
One second after by William Forstchen
-another book i cant remember the exact name it was translated into English but it was something like "the girl who never knew man" very good book.

A pair of scientists map morphology lines over the planet and discover an anomaly where no lines pass. Convinced this is significant and somehow connected to the fast-approaching disintegration of society, they journey to the anomaly. The choices they make there will impact both their pasts and futures.
Read it, I solemnly swear it is a worthy investment of your reading time.
Books mentioned in this topic
Year of Wonders (other topics)The Road (other topics)
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (other topics)
Swan Song (other topics)
The Plague (other topics)
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I've read and recommend:
The Stand - Stephen King
Blindness - Jose Saramago
I Am Legend - Richard Matheson
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
Cell - Stephen King
The Dark Tower series - Stephen King
Also, I've explored the Left Behind series by Tim LaHaye.
Do you guys have any other recommendations?