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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Birthmarked
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Birthmarked

Caragh M. O'Brien

2010 · 2011 edition

361 pages

Day 21
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Day 21

Kass Morgan

2013 · 2014 edition

320 pages

Independent Study
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Independent Study

Joelle Charbonneau

2014 · 2017 edition

384 pages

How I Live Now
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How I Live Now

Meg Rosoff

2004 · 2013 edition

211 pages

The Wall
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The Wall

Marlen Haushofer

1985 · 2025 edition

246 pages

Tribulation Force
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Tribulation Force

Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins

1995 · 2002 edition

528 pages

Lucifer's Hammer
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Lucifer's Hammer

Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle

1977 · 1998 edition

628 pages

Fever
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Fever

Lauren DeStefano

2012 · 2013 edition

341 pages

Starters
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Starters

Lissa Price

2012 · 2013 edition

384 pages

Ship Breaker
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Ship Breaker

Paolo Bacigalupi

Published 2010

326 pages

Poison Princess
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Poison Princess

Kresley Cole

2012 · 2013 edition

498 pages

Eve
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Eve

Anna Carey

Published 2011

318 pages

The Walking Dead, Vol. 2
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The Walking Dead, Vol. 2

Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn

Published 2004

136 pages

The Dead and the Gone
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The Dead and the Gone

Susan Beth Pfeffer, 蘇珊·貝絲·佩弗

2008 · 2010 edition

308 pages

Borne
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Borne

Jeff VanderMeer

Published 2017

323 pages

Nicolae
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Nicolae

Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins

1997 · 1998 edition

420 pages