Saturday, February 19, 2011

the ultimate post-apocalyptic, armageddon, dystopian, end of the world book list

bc my obsession is oh so healthy. hell yes for the end of the world and all it's awesomeness.
so yeah, if you know any goodies to add to my list, lemmy know, bc i am addicted.
my novel is also post-apocalyptic. someday it will be added here too. : )

(i rated the ones i've finished, didnt rate the ones i started but didnt finish)



BOOKS (all)
(while bks starting w “the” are in T and “a/an” in A, they will be then taken by their next letter
ex. “the passage” goes by passage under T)


#
1984 by george orwell - 3.5 stars
2084: a tale of post america by w. milton timmons
28 days later: the aftermath by steve niles

A
a canticle for leibowitz by walter m miller
a clockwork orange by anthony burgess
across the universe by beth revis
after london, or wild england by richard jefferies
after life by jaron lee knuth
aftermath by charles sheffield
after the end by bonnie dee
a gift upon the shore by m.k. Wren
a land of ash by david dalglish
alas, babylon by pat frank - 3.5 to 4 stars
american apocalypse: the beginning by nova (part of a series)
amnesia moon by jonathan lethem
among the barons (bk 4: shadow children series) by margaret peterson haddix – read
among the betrayed (bk 3: shadow children series) by margaret peterson haddix – read
among the brave (bk 5: shadow children series) by margaret peterson haddix – read
among the enemy (bk 6: shadow children series) by margaret peterson haddix
among the free (bk 7: shadow children series) by margaret peterson haddix
among the hidden (bk 1: shadow children series) by margaret peterson haddix – read
among the imposters (bk 2: shadow children series) by margaret peterson haddix – read
angel dust apocalypse by jeremy robert johnson
another place to die by sam north
ape and essence by aldous huxley
arclight by eric l. harry
ariel by steven r boyett
armageddon's children (the genesis of shannara, bk 1) by terry brooks
armageddon summer by jane yolen and bruce coville - read but don't remember
a scanner darkly by phillip k dick
ashwood by cynthia kraack
atlas shrugged by ayn rand
a wrinkle in the skin by john christopher

B
bedtime stories for the apocalypse by joel arnold
beyond armageddon by walter m miller
birthmarked by caragh m. o'brien
blindess by jose saramago
blood music by greg bear
brave new worlds by aldous huxley - 3.5 stars
buring for revenge by john marsden (bk 5: tomorrow series)
burning stones by steven mills
by the waters of babylon by stephen vincent benet
black hole sun by david macinnis gill

C
califia's daughters by leigh richards
camp concentration by thomas m. disch
catch-22 by joseph heller
catching fire (bk 2 of the hunger games trilogy) by suzanne collins – 4 to 4.5 stars
cat's cradle by kurt vonnegut
cell by stephen king
change (series) by s.m. stirling
children of the dust by louise lawrence
city by clifford d simak
clade by mark budz
clay’s ark by octavia e butler
cloud atlas by david mitchell
computer one by warwick collins
crache by mark budz

D
damnation alley by roger zelazny
darkness, be my friend by john marsden (bk 4: tomorrow series)
davy by edgar pangborn
day by day armageddon by j.l. bourne
day of sacrifice by s.w. benefiel
day of the triffids by john wyndham - 4 stars
dead water zone by kenneth oppel
deathlands (series) by james axler – doom helix
deep winter (series) by thomas sherry
delirium by lauren oliver
demons by john shirley
deus x by norman spinrad
the dispossessed by ursula k. le guin
do androids dream of electric sheep? by phillip k dick - 3.5 stars
dominion (series) by compasse
doomsday plus twelve by james d. forman
down to the sunless sea by david graham
drain by david schneiderman
dr. bloodmoney, or how we got along after the bomb by philip k dick
dues irae by philip k. dick
dust by charles r pellegrino
dying to live: a novel of life among the undead by kim paffenroth

E
earth abides by george p stewart
earth, the new frontier by adam celaya
ecotopia emerging by ernest callenbach
eden by tony monchinski
eden by matthew c plourde
emergence by david r palmer
empty world by john christopher
ender's game by orson scott card
endworld (series) by david l robbins
engine summer john crowley
epitaph road by david patneaude
eternity road by jack mcdevitt
everlost by neal shusterman
everything matters! by ron currie jr

F
fahrenheit 451 by ray bradbury - 3.5 to 4 stars
fallen angels by larry niven
false down by chelsea quinn yarbro
farnham’s freehold by robert a heinlein
far north by marcel theroux
first ark to alpha centauri by a. ahad
fiskadoro by denis johnson
fitzpatrick’s war by theodore judson
flight of the raven by stephanie s tolan - read but don't remember
flood by stephen baxter – 3.5 stars
folk of the fringe by orson scott card
footfall by j.e. pournelle
footprints of thunder by james f david
foundation by isaac asimov
free will flux by sage kalmus
friday by robert a heinlein

G
galapagos by kurt vonnegut
gather, darkness by sonia levitin
girl in landscape by jonathan lethem
go-go girls of the apocalypse by victor gischler
gone by michael grant
grant pass: a post-apocalyptic anthology by jay lake etc
gravity's rainbow by thomas pynchon
greatwinter (trilogy) by sean mcmullen
greybeard by brian w aldiss
gulf of the plains by derek a murphy

H
harmony by project itoh
herland by charlotte perkins gilman
hollowland by amanda hocking
hothouse by brian w aldiss
hunter -after the fall (bk 1) by john phillip backus

I
i am legend by richard matheson - 3 stars
i am number four by pittacus lore
ice by anna kavan
idlewild by nick sagan
i have no mouth and i much scream by harlan ellison
immortality by kevin bohacz
indivisible by troy grice
inside out by maria v. snyder
in the country of last things by paul auster
into the forest by jean hegland
island in the sea of time by s.m. stirling (also: on the oceans of eternity)

J

K
kallocain by karin boye
koolaids by rabih alameddine

L
last light by alex scarrow
left behind (series) by tim lahaye and jerry b jenkins
level 7 by mordecai roshwald
life as we know it by susan beth pfeffer
lights out by david crawford
lilith's brood by octavia e butler
logan's run by william f nolan
long voyage back by luke rhinehart
lord of the flies william golding
love in the ruins by walker percy
love in the time of the apocalypse by gregory blecha
lucifer's hammer by j.e. pournelle

M
make room! make room! by harry harrison
mara and dann by doris lessing
matched by ally condle
minnesota cold by cynthia kraack – 3.5 to 4 stars
mizora by mary e bradley lane
mockingjay (bk 3 of the hunger games trilogy) by suzanne collins – 5 stars
monsters of men (chaos walking: bk 3) by patrick ness – 4 to 4.5 stars
moonfall by jack mcdevitt
moonlight by keith knapp
mother mars corwyn green
mother of storms by john barnes
mr. adam by pat frank

N
nature’s end by whitley stieber and james kunetka
nightfall by issac asimov
night work by thomas glavinic
nomansland by lesley hauge

O
oil dust by john m cape and laura buckner
one by conrad williams
on the beach by nevil shute
oryx and crake by margaret atwood - 5 stars
out of ashes by william w. johnstone

P
parable of the sower by octavia e butler
patriots: a novel of survival in the coming collapse by james westley rawles
pebble in the sky by issac asimov
plague year by jeff carlson (also: plague war and plague zone)

Q
quentel by deric r budendorf
quarantined by joe mckinney



R
red alert by peter george
red shadows by yvonne navarro
remembering green by lesley beake
restoring harmony by joelle anthony
resurrection day by brendan dubois
resurrection planet by lucas cole
riddley walker by russell hoban

S
shades children by garth nix - 5 stars
shard mountain by joseph mitchell
ship breaker by paolo bacigalupi
shiva descending by gregory benford
sleepless by charlie huston
snowfall (trilogy) by mitchell smith
some will not die by algis budrys
spin by robert charles wilson
stand on zanzibar by john brunner
star man’s son by andre norton
static mayhem by edward aubry
summer of the apocalypse by james van pelt
swan song by robert r mccammon

T
tea from an empty cup by pat cadigan
the adoration of jenna fox by mary e. pearson
the afterblight chronicles: the culled by simon spurrier; kill or cure by rebecca levene; school's out by scott andrews; dawn of doomsday by jaspre bark; arrowhead by paul kane; operation motherland by scott andrews; death got no mercy by al ewing; broken arrow by paul kane; children's crusade by scott andrews)
the aftermath: a diary from the future by cassandra lepanto
the aftermath: a novel of survival by samuel c florman
the amtrak wars (series) by patrick tilley
the ashes (series) by william w. johnstone (out of the ashes, fire in the ashes…etc, like 35 bks)
the ask and the answer (chaos walking: bk 2) by patrick ness – 4.5 stars
the barcode tattoo (series) by suzanne weyn
the book by m. clifford
the book of dave by will self
the bridge by d keith mano
the brief history of the dead by kevin brockmeier - 3.5 stars
the children of men by p.d. james
the chrysalids by john wyndham and david harrower
the city, not long after by pat murphy
the city of embers series by jeanne duprau - read but dont remember
the collapse by jeff stanfield
the coming global superstorm by art bell and whitley strieber
the compound by s.a. bodeen
the crystal world by j.g. ballard
the dazzle of day by molly gloss
the dead and gone by susan beth pfeffer
the dead of night by john marsden (bk 2: tomorrow series) – read
the death of grass by john christopher (same as: no blade of grass)
the drought by j.g. Ballard
the drowned world by frances romero
the eight by steve powers
the emberverse (series) by s.m. stirling
the end of the dream by philip wylie
the fall of eden by richard michaels
the fifth horseman by larry collins
the fifth sacred thing by starhawk
the forest of hands and teeth (bk 1 of series) by carrie ryan – 1.5 to 2 stars
the gate to women’s country by sheri s tepper
the girl who owned a city by o.t. nelson - read but dont remember
the giver by lois lowry - read but don't remember
the genocides by thomas m. disch
the god machine by martin caidin
the gold coast: three californias by kim stanley robinson (also: the wild shore and pacific edge)
the gone-away world by nick harkaway
the handmaid's tale by margaret atwood - 4.5 stars
the hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy by douglas adams
the hunger games (bk 1 of the hunger games) by suzanne collins - 5 stars
the jakarta pandemic by steven konkoly
the kin of ata are waiting for you by dorthy bryant
the knife of never letting go (book 1:chaos walking) by patrick ness – 5 stars
the kraken wakes by john wyndham
the last book in the universe by rodman philbrick - 5 stars
the last centurion by john ringo
the last gasp by trevor hoyle
the last man (comic series) by laura fitzpatrick
the last man by mary shelley
the last ship by william brinkley
the line by teri hall
the long tomorrow by leigh brackett
the maze runner (series) by james dashner
the metamorphosis of prime intellect by roger williams
the mist by stephen king
the new madrid run by michael reisig
the night is for hunting by john marsden (bk 6: tomorrow series)
the noah countdown by b.t. post
the obernewtyn chronicles (series) by isobelle carmody
the other eden by ben elton
the other side of dawn by john marsden (bk 7: tomorrow series)
the other side of the island by allegra goodman
the passage by justin cronin - 4.5 to 5 stars
the pelbar cycle (the breaking of northwall) by paul o williams
the penultimate truth by philip k dick
the peshawar lancers by s.m. stirling
the pesthouse by jim crace - 4.5 stars
the postman by david brin
the purple cloud by m.p. shiel
the quiet earth by craig harrison
the raggedy edge by michael turnlund
the reapers are the angels by alden bell – 4.5 to 5 stars
the rift by walter jon williams
the rising by brian keene
the road by cormac mccarthy - 4 stars
the secret apocalypse by jame harden
the scarlet plague by jack london
the secret under my skin by janet mcnaughton
the shape of things to come by h.g. wells
the sheep looking up by john brunner
the sleep of the gods by james sperl – 4 stars
the slynx by tatyana tolstaya
the snow by adam roberts
the stand by stephen king
the suicide collectors by david oppegaard
the third day, the frost by john marsden (bk 3: tomorrow series)
the things that keep us here by clara buckley
the uglies (trilogy) scott westerfeld
the unidentified by rae mariz
the unit by ninni holmqvist
the unit by terry dehart
the valley-westside war by harry turtledove
the walk by lee goldberg
the wanting seed by anthony burgess
the water wars by cameron stracher
the war after armageddon by ralph peters
the war of the worlds by h.g. wells
the white plague by frank herbert
the windup girl by paolo bacigalupi
the winter of the world by poul anderson
the world ends in hickory hollow by ardath mayhar
the world in winter (the long winter) by john christopher
the world jones made by philip k dick
the world made by hand by james howard kunstler
the world we live in by susan beth pfeffer
the world without us by alan weisman
the years of rice and salt by kim stanley robinson
the year of the flood by margaret atwood - 5 stars
the year of the quiet sun by wilson tucker
things fall apart: a novel of survival and honor by fred heiser
this is the way the world ends by james morrow
this perfect day by ira levin
three mokes east by philip revene
time of the great freeze by robert silverberg
tomorrow by philip wylie (also: triumph)
tomorrow, when the war began by john marsden (bk 1: tomorrow series) – read
tooth and nail by craig dilouie
twilight world by poul anderson
two journeys by clemens p suter

U
under the dome by stephen king
unwind by neal shusterman
utopia x by scott wilson



V
vanishing point by michaela roessner
v for vendetta by alan moore

W
walk-about by rebecca smith
wastelands: stories of the apocalpyse by john joseph adams
warday: and the journey onward by whitley strieber and james kunetuka
we by yevgeny zamyatin
welcome to the arc by stephanie s tolan – read but dont remember
what so proudly we hailed by james howard
where late the sweet bird sang by kate wilhelm
wind in the ashes by william w johnstone
wolf and iron by gordon r dickson
world war z: an oral history of the zombie war by max brooks
wormwood, nevada by david oppegaard
wraeththu by storm constantine

X
x-isle by steve augarde – 4.5 stars
xvi by julia karr

Y
year zero by jeff long

Z
z for zachariah by robert c o'brien

1 comment:

  1. *Adds to bookmarks*
    I'm glad you're here. ^_^ A fine list to refer to.

    ReplyDelete