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1
A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
6,505 members, 168 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: steveclark (1), lawecon (1), RandyStafford (1), aulsmith (1), DaynaRT (1), Jarandel (1), timspalding (1), mkjones (1), prosfilaes (1), suitable1 (1), stellarexplorer (2) — 9 more, TLCrawford (2), calm (2), lquilter (2), staffordcastle (2), daschaich (4), gvmcgowan (4), seabear (5), sturlington (11), Aerrin99 (12)

Thumbs down: 2wonderY, EmScape, Jenni_Canuck

Score: 63.5

2
The Day of the Triffids
by John Wyndham
4,015 members, 112 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: seabear (1), imager (1), TLCrawford (1), SylviaC (1), JGKC (1), geitebukkeskjegg (1), steveclark (2), daschaich (2), mkjones (2), suitable1 (2), Edward (3) — 4 more, souloftherose (3), staffordcastle (4), sturlington (10), stellarexplorer (16)

Score: 50.61

3
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy
20,944 members, 1,017 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: artturnerjr (1), elvisettey (1), anglemark (1), SqueakyChu (1), Jenni_Canuck (1), DaynaRT (2), timspalding (2), sturlington (3), Jarandel (3), norabelle414 (3), Aerrin99 (10) — 1 more, Moomin_Mama

Thumbs down: stellarexplorer, 2wonderY, lquilter, auntSteelbreaker

Score: 34.1

4
Oryx and Crake
by Margaret Atwood
9,957 members, 276 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: sturlington (1), Pigletto (1), souloftherose (1), majkia (1), StephenBarkley (2), norabelle414 (2), stellarexplorer (3), JGKC (3), Jarandel (6)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan, Mr.Durick

Score: 27.36

5
The Chrysalids
by John Wyndham
2,597 members, 72 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: JGKC (2), Edward (2), steveclark (3), TLCrawford (3), SylviaC (3), seabear (4), mkjones (4), staffordcastle (5), sturlington (9), stellarexplorer (14)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 26.55

6
Lucifer's Hammer
by Larry Niven
2,687 members, 36 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: magnumpigg (1), gvmcgowan (3), 2wonderY (3), steveclark (4), suitable1 (4), TLCrawford (6), sturlington (7), stellarexplorer (7)

Score: 23.21

7
The Postman
by David Brin
2,562 members, 51 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: MikeBriggs (1), norabelle414 (1), suitable1 (3), sturlington (6), Aerrin99 (6), cthulhuslibrarian (6), daschaich (7), stellarexplorer (17), geitebukkeskjegg (21)

Thumbs down: DaynaRT, gvmcgowan

Score: 21

8
The White Mountains
by John Christopher
1,390 members, 22 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: paradoxosalpha (1), calm (3), _Zoe_ (3), SylviaC (4), cthulhuslibrarian (5), daschaich (5), Aerrin99 (11), stellarexplorer (15)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 20.49

9
On the Beach
by Nevil Shute
2,814 members, 80 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: seabear (2), lawecon (2), gvmcgowan (2), SylviaC (2), stellarexplorer (5), geitebukkeskjegg (6), TLCrawford (7), sturlington (8)

Thumbs down: 2wonderY, _Zoe_

Score: 19.52

10
The Stand
by Stephen King
2,529 members, 42 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

Lists: calm (1), Aerrin99 (2), StephenBarkley (3), stellarexplorer (4), cthulhuslibrarian (4), daschaich (6), geitebukkeskjegg (9), sturlington (12)

Thumbs down: TLCrawford, gvmcgowan

Score: 19.07

11
I Am Legend
by Richard Matheson
4,165 members, 156 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: cthulhuslibrarian (3), Jarandel (4), steveclark (5), mkjones (5), gvmcgowan (6), Aerrin99 (8), TLCrawford (8), geitebukkeskjegg (12)

Thumbs down: sturlington, stellarexplorer

Score: 16.68

12
Alas, Babylon
by Pat Frank
2,740 members, 82 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: gvmcgowan (1), keristars (1), TLCrawford (4), stellarexplorer (6), sturlington (13)

Thumbs down: lawecon

Score: 13.49

13
Earth Abides
by George R. Stewart
2,094 members, 73 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: stellarexplorer (1), TLCrawford (5), gvmcgowan (5), magnumpigg (6), geitebukkeskjegg (8), sturlington (14), 2wonderY

Thumbs down: Aerrin99, DaynaRT, timspalding

Score: 13.18

14
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
by Max Brooks
7,279 members, 361 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: Aerrin99 (1), magnumpigg (3), norabelle414 (4), geitebukkeskjegg (5), steveclark (7), sturlington (21)

Thumbs down: stellarexplorer, gvmcgowan

Score: 12.87

15
Riddley Walker
by Russell Hoban
1,647 members, 46 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: Edward (1), steveclark (6), mkjones (7), stellarexplorer (11), sturlington (15)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 11.24

16
Malevil
by Robert Merle
368 members, 7 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: Jarandel (5), geitebukkeskjegg (7), stellarexplorer (8), TLCrawford (9)

Score: 9.82

17
Galileo's Dream
by Kim Stanley Robinson
432 members, 30 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: seabear (3), lawecon (3), sturlington (5)

Score: 8.75

18
The Gunslinger
by Stephen King
11,872 members, 221 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: cthulhuslibrarian (1), JGKC (4), sturlington (22)

Score: 8.68

19
The Wild Shore
by Kim Stanley Robinson
677 members, 14 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: lquilter (1), stellarexplorer (9), geitebukkeskjegg (17)

Score: 8.28

20
Emergence
by David R. Palmer
401 members, 13 reviews
4.43 stars (4.43 stars)

Lists: suitable1 (5), 2wonderY (5), stellarexplorer (10)

Score: 7.6

21
The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition
by Stephen King
12,576 members, 205 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

Lists: artturnerjr (2), stellarexplorer (13), sturlington (16), geitebukkeskjegg (28)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 7.21

22
Dies the Fire
by S. M. Stirling
1,606 members, 59 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: Erke86joc (1), 2wonderY (4)

Score: 6.83

23
Devil on My Back
by Monica Hughes
115 members, 3 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: StephenBarkley (1), EmScape (1), _Zoe_ (5)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan, andyl

Score: 6.68

24
Hiero's Journey
by Sterling E. Lanier
315 members, 5 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: The_Froo (1), TLCrawford (10), geitebukkeskjegg (20)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 6.14

25
Ape and Essence
by Aldous Huxley
819 members, 11 reviews
3.45 stars (3.45 stars)

Lists: geitebukkeskjegg (2), artturnerjr (4), stellarexplorer (18)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 6.13

26
The Gate to Women's Country
by Sheri S. Tepper
1,418 members, 30 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: lquilter (3), sturlington (23), 2wonderY

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 5.69

27
The Waste Lands
by Stephen King
7,951 members, 79 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: cthulhuslibrarian (2), sturlington (24)

Score: 5.17

28
Xenogenesis, or Lilith's Brood
by Octavia E. Butler
1,121 members, 29 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: bestem (2), sturlington (25)

Score: 5.15

29
The Time of the Dark
by Barbara Hambly
888 members, 5 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: bestem (1), staffordcastle (3)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 5.04

30
Swan Song
by Robert McCammon
1,592 members, 45 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: magnumpigg (4), sturlington (17)

Score: 4.8

31
Dhalgren
by Samuel R. Delany
2,024 members, 46 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: mkjones (6), stellarexplorer (12)

Score: 4.71

32
Blindness
by José Saramago
7,664 members, 236 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: norabelle414 (5), sturlington (18)

Score: 4.62

33
The Scarlet Plague
by Jack London
161 members, 7 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: artturnerjr (5), geitebukkeskjegg (22)

Score: 4.52

34
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
by Kate Wilhelm
947 members, 36 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: suitable1 (6), sturlington (19)

Score: 4.47

35
Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind
by Hayao Miyazaki
89 members, 0 reviews
4.75 stars (4.75 stars)

Lists: daschaich (1), mkjones (9)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 4.31

36
Domain
by James Herbert
309 members, 4 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Lists: geitebukkeskjegg (10), Moomin_Mama

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 4.25

37
Feed
by Mira Grant
1,207 members, 126 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: Aerrin99 (3), lawecon (4), steveclark (8)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan, stellarexplorer

Score: 4.25

38
Brother in the Land
by Robert Swindells
104 members, 2 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: konallis (1)

Score: 4

39
The Shore of Women
by Pamela Sargent
200 members, 8 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: The_Froo (2)

Score: 3.36

40
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
by Harlan Ellison
589 members, 9 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: artturnerjr (3)

Score: 3.04

41
Souls In The Great Machine
by Sean McMullen
439 members, 10 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: daschaich (3)

Score: 3.04

42
Cloud Atlas
by David Mitchell
9,320 members, 351 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: sturlington (4)

Score: 2.83

43
Pulling Through
by Dean Ing
59 members, 2 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: 2wonderY (6)

Score: 2.56

44
Ice!
by Arnold Federbush
49 members, 1 review
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: 2wonderY (7)

Score: 2.46

45
The Drowned World
by J. G. Ballard
1,259 members, 22 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: mkjones (8), geitebukkeskjegg (16), sturlington (20)

Thumbs down: stellarexplorer, gvmcgowan

Score: 2.27

46
The Passage
by Justin Cronin
4,452 members, 367 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: sturlington (2), Aerrin99 (5)

Thumbs down: JGKC, stellarexplorer

Score: 2.04

47
The Breaking of Northwall
by Paul O. Williams
204 members, 3 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: _Zoe_ (1)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 2

49
Metro 2033
by Dmitry Glukhovsky
517 members, 20 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: geitebukkeskjegg (24)

Score: 1.81

50
Z for Zachariah
by Robert C. O'Brien
1,063 members, 44 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: stellarexplorer (19), geitebukkeskjegg (25)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 1.71

51
Radix
by A. A. Attanasio
337 members, 4 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: Jarandel (2)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 1.36

52
Lights Out
by David Crawford
35 members, 2 reviews
3.32 stars (3.32 stars)

Lists: magnumpigg (2)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 1.36

53
The City Under Ground
by Suzanne Martel
34 members, 1 review
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: _Zoe_ (2)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 1.36

54
The Crystal World
by J. G. Ballard
675 members, 16 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: mkjones (3)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 1.04

55
Children of the Dust
by Louise Lawrence
188 members, 7 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: geitebukkeskjegg (3)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 1.04

56
The Walking Dead, Volume 1: Days Gone Bye
by Robert Kirkman
1,286 members, 56 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: Aerrin99 (4)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 0.83

57
The Long Tomorrow
by Leigh Brackett
329 members, 11 reviews
3.51 stars (3.51 stars)

Lists: geitebukkeskjegg (4)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 0.83

58
Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse: A Novel
by Victor Gischler
226 members, 10 reviews
3.47 stars (3.47 stars)

Lists: magnumpigg (5)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 0.68

59
Mortal Engines
by Philip Reeve
1,347 members, 52 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: Myyst

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 0.56

60
Predator's Gold
by Philip Reeve
661 members, 13 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: Myyst

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 0.56

61
Infernal Devices
by Philip Reeve
505 members, 10 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: Myyst

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 0.56

62
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Volume 1
by Hayao Miyazaki
488 members, 4 reviews
4.41 stars (4.41 stars)

Lists: Myyst

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 0.56

63
A Darkling Plain
by Philip Reeve
450 members, 16 reviews
4.37 stars (4.37 stars)

Lists: Myyst

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 0.56

64
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Volume 2
by Hayao Miyazaki
317 members, 2 reviews
4.51 stars (4.51 stars)

Lists: Myyst

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 0.56

65
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Volume 3
by Hayao Miyazaki
286 members, 3 reviews
4.57 stars (4.57 stars)

Lists: Myyst

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 0.56

66
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Volume 4
by Hayao Miyazaki
255 members, 1 review
4.59 stars (4.59 stars)

Lists: Myyst

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 0.56

67
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Volume 5
by Hayao Miyazaki
246 members, 0 reviews
4.62 stars (4.62 stars)

Lists: Myyst

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 0.56

68
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Volume 7
by Hayao Miyazaki
237 members, 0 reviews
4.65 stars (4.65 stars)

Lists: Myyst

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 0.56

69
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Volume 6
by Hayao Miyazaki
234 members, 1 review
4.62 stars (4.62 stars)

Lists: Myyst

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 0.56

70
Zothique
by Clark Ashton Smith
135 members, 4 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: artturnerjr (6)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 0.56

71
Life As We Knew It
by Susan Beth Pfeffer
3,135 members, 301 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: Aerrin99 (7)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 0.46

72
Bones of Faerie
by Janni Lee Simner
450 members, 41 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: Aerrin99 (9)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 0.31

73
'48
by James Herbert
333 members, 10 reviews
3.32 stars (3.32 stars)

Lists: geitebukkeskjegg (11)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 0.2

74
Beyond Thirty
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
282 members, 8 reviews
3.49 stars (3.49 stars)

Lists: geitebukkeskjegg (13)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 0.11

75
The Land Leviathan
by Michael Moorcock
276 members, 4 reviews
3.45 stars (3.45 stars)

Lists: geitebukkeskjegg (14)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 0.07

76
Wolf of Shadows
by Whitley Strieber
55 members, 2 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: geitebukkeskjegg (15)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: 0.03

77
The Windup Girl
by Paolo Bacigalupi
2,799 members, 160 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: souloftherose (2), _Zoe_ (4), sturlington (26)

Thumbs down: steveclark, gvmcgowan, Aerrin99, aulsmith

Score: < 0

78
A Secret History of Time to Come
by Robie Macauley
71 members, 0 reviews
2.43 stars (2.43 stars)

Lists: geitebukkeskjegg (18)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: < 0

79
Warday
by Whitley Strieber
487 members, 4 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: geitebukkeskjegg (19)

Thumbs down: TLCrawford

Score: < 0

80
The White Plague
by Frank Herbert
1,110 members, 14 reviews
3.52 stars (3.52 stars)

Lists: geitebukkeskjegg (23)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: < 0

81
The Long Winter
by John Christopher
157 members, 5 reviews
3.6 stars (3.6 stars)

Lists: geitebukkeskjegg (26)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: < 0

82
Always Coming Home
by Ursula K. Le Guin
1,227 members, 15 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: sturlington (27)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: < 0

83
Japan Sinks: A Novel
by Sakyo Komatsu
48 members, 2 reviews
3.33 stars (3.33 stars)

Lists: geitebukkeskjegg (27)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: < 0

84
World Made by Hand: A Novel
by James Howard Kunstler
646 members, 42 reviews
3.55 stars (3.55 stars)

Lists: sturlington (28)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: < 0

85
The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
30,146 members, 2,418 reviews
4.42 stars (4.42 stars)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: < 0

86
Catching Fire
by Suzanne Collins
21,483 members, 1,148 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: < 0

87
The Dead and the Gone
by Susan Beth Pfeffer
1,360 members, 128 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Thumbs down: gvmcgowan

Score: < 0

88
Robopocalypse
by Daniel H. Wilson
902 members, 75 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Thumbs down: timspalding

Score: < 0

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