The most popular post-apocalyptic fiction books

Post-apocalyptic fiction begins when the world ends. Plague, war, climate collapse or something stranger has swept civilization away, and the story follows the people left: what they keep, what they give up and whom they trust. Some of these books are brutal and some are surprisingly hopeful.

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Left Behind
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Left Behind

Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins

1995 · 1998 edition

474 pages

Iron Gold
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Iron Gold

Pierce Brown

Published 2017

624 pages

Cell
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Cell

Stephen King, 斯蒂芬-金

2006 · 2026 edition

416 pages

Thinner
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Thinner

Richard Bachman

1981 · 2022 edition

340 pages

Tovenaarsglas
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Tovenaarsglas

Stephen King

Published 1997

735 pages

The Passage
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The Passage

Justin Cronin

2010 · 2018 edition

843 pages

Gone
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Gone

Michael Grant

2008 · 2018 edition

567 pages

The Overstory
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The Overstory

Richard Powers

2018 · 2021 edition

542 pages

Specials
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Specials

Scott Westerfeld, 斯科特·维斯特费尔德

2006 · 2014 edition

298 pages

Death's End
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Death's End

Cixin Liu

2010 · 2025 edition

724 pages

Reached
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Reached

Ally Condie

Published 2012

528 pages

Dark Age
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Dark Age

Pierce Brown

Published 2019

758 pages

Anthem
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Anthem

Ayn Rand

1988 · 2017 edition

78 pages