Post-Apocalyptic Reads

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Post-Apocalyptic Reads

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Post-Apocalyptic Reads

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26 picks in “Post-Apocalyptic Reads”, curated by TheBookworm on TheLysts.

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Name	Title	Author	Year	Type	Setting	Brief Description
11Severance	Severance	Ling Ma	2018	Standalone	New York & post-pandemic USA	A satirical, millennial take on the end of the world, corporate burnout, and memory.
12The Passage	The Passage	Justin Cronin	2010	Series (The Passage Trilogy)	USA, vampire-virus outbreak	A government experiment unleashes vampiric beings — epic and cinematic in scale and scope.
13Blackfish City	Blackfish City	Sam J. Miller	2018	Standalone	Floating Arctic city	A futuristic, post-climate-collapse city faces revolution with the arrival of a mysterious woman and her orca.
14Zone One	Zone One	Colson Whitehead	2011	Standalone	New York City, post-zombie plague	A literary zombie novel that explores bureaucracy, trauma, and memory after the undead.
15The Fifth Season	The Fifth Season	N.K. Jemisin	2015	Series (Broken Earth Trilogy)	Apocalyptic supercontinent	A dying planet riven by tectonic disaster, magic, and systemic oppression — smart and shattering.
16On the Beach	On the Beach	Nevil Shute	1957	Standalone	Post-nuclear Australia	After a global nuclear war, survivors in Australia await the inevitable fallout — quietly devastating.
17The Lightest Object in the Universe	The Lightest Object in the Universe	Kimi Eisele	2019	Standalone	USA, post-economic collapse	A gentle, hopeful tale of love and rebuilding in a world without electricity or infrastructure.
18The Drowned Cities	The Drowned Cities	Paolo Bacigalupi	2012	Series (companion to Ship Breaker)	Flooded, war-torn future USA	Teenagers navigate warlords, biotech, and loyalty in a ruined tropical America.
19The Salt Line	The Salt Line	Holly Goddard Jones	2017	Standalone	Post-tick pandemic USA	In a future where nature is deadly, the wealthy buy dangerous safaris beyond the safety border.
20The Reapers Are the Angels	The Reapers Are the Angels	Alden Bell	2010	Standalone	American South, post-zombie apocalypse	A lyrical, violent tale of survival and spirituality featuring a teenage girl traveling alone.
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