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Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

Type: Preset list created by bismarckfairy

Description: Compiled by the Arlington VA Public Library

Members: 4 participating members (show all)

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1
Oryx and Crake
by Margaret Atwood
15,113 members, 486 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

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Score: 3

2
Blindness
by José Saramago
11,303 members, 353 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

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Score: 3

3
A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller Jr.
10,092 members, 279 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

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Score: 3

4
The Passage
by Justin Cronin
8,054 members, 586 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

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Score: 3

5
The Children of Men
by P. D. James
5,066 members, 192 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

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Score: 3

6
On the Beach
by Nevil Shute
4,269 members, 159 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

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Score: 3

7
The Postman
by David Brin
3,715 members, 78 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

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Score: 3

8
Earth Abides
by George R. Stewart
3,165 members, 105 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

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Score: 3

9
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy
29,953 members, 1,321 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

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Score: 2

10
World War Z
by Max Brooks
13,237 members, 658 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

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Score: 2

11
The Man in the High Castle
by Philip K. Dick
11,522 members, 303 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

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Score: 2

12
Cell
by Stephen King
10,052 members, 247 reviews
3.45 stars (3.45 stars)

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Score: 2

13
The Year of the Flood
by Margaret Atwood
6,420 members, 342 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

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Score: 2

14
Parable of the Sower
by Octavia E. Butler
5,375 members, 165 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

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Score: 2

15
The Windup Girl
by Paolo Bacigalupi
5,358 members, 271 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

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Score: 2

16
Alas, Babylon
by Pat Frank
4,283 members, 136 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

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Score: 2

17
I Am Legend
by Richard Matheson
4,187 members, 163 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

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Score: 2

18
The Stand {1978}
by Stephen King
3,406 members, 67 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

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Score: 2

19
Y: The Last Man Vol. 01: Unmanned
by Brian K. Vaughan
3,340 members, 104 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

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Score: 2

20
The Years of Rice and Salt
by Kim Stanley Robinson
3,084 members, 90 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

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Score: 2

21
Planet of the Apes
by Pierre Boulle
2,332 members, 65 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

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Score: 2

22
Dies the Fire
by S. M. Stirling
2,229 members, 81 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

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Score: 2

23
One Second After
by William R. Forstchen
1,930 members, 134 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

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Score: 2

24
Into the Forest
by Jean Hegland
1,370 members, 46 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

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Score: 2

25
Clay's Ark
by Octavia E. Butler
957 members, 17 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

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Score: 2

26
The Unit
by Ninni Holmqvist
931 members, 106 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

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Score: 2

27
World Made By Hand
by James Howard Kunstler
883 members, 52 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

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Score: 2

28
The Reapers Are the Angels: A Novel
by Alden Bell
857 members, 107 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

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Score: 2

29
Far North
by Marcel Theroux
563 members, 51 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

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Score: 2

30
Sleepless
by Charlie Huston
451 members, 26 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

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Score: 2

31
Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days
by Tim LaHaye
6,335 members, 106 reviews
3.35 stars (3.35 stars)

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Score: 1

32
The Brief History of the Dead
by Kevin Brockmeier
2,408 members, 166 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

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Score: 1

33
In the Country of Last Things
by Paul Auster
1,666 members, 20 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

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Score: 1

34
Empire
by Orson Scott Card
1,371 members, 57 reviews
3.17 stars (3.17 stars)

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Score: 1

35
Riddley Walker
by Russell Hoban
1,163 members, 22 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

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Score: 1

37
A Friend of the Earth
by T. C. Boyle
904 members, 18 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

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Score: 1

38
The Stone Gods
by Jeanette Winterson
901 members, 42 reviews
3.47 stars (3.47 stars)

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Score: 1

39
Flood
by Stephen Baxter
815 members, 42 reviews
3.43 stars (3.43 stars)

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Score: 1

40
The Execution Channel
by Ken MacLeod
521 members, 24 reviews
3.51 stars (3.51 stars)

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Score: 1

41
Fiskadoro
by Denis Johnson
499 members, 6 reviews
3.33 stars (3.33 stars)

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Score: 1

42
The Things That Keep Us Here
by Carla Buckley
402 members, 52 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

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Score: 1

43
The Witch of Hebron
by James Howard Kunstler
243 members, 14 reviews
3.46 stars (3.46 stars)

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Score: 1

44
Salvation City
by Sigrid Nunez
241 members, 34 reviews
3.13 stars (3.13 stars)

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Score: 1

45
The War After Armageddon
by Ralph Peters
161 members, 9 reviews
3.38 stars (3.38 stars)

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Score: 1

46
The Suicide Collectors
by David Oppegaard
151 members, 13 reviews
3.28 stars (3.28 stars)

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Score: 1

47
The Island at the End of the World
by Sam Taylor
150 members, 20 reviews
3.23 stars (3.23 stars)

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Score: 1

48
Summer of the Apocalypse
by James Van Pelt
131 members, 4 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

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Score: 1

49
Darkness & Dawn
by Andre Norton
129 members, 4 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

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Score: 1

50
Ultimatum
by Matthew Glass
127 members, 12 reviews
3.14 stars (3.14 stars)

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Score: 1

51
Snowfall
by Mitchell Smith
103 members, 2 reviews
3.29 stars (3.29 stars)

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Score: 1

52
Kingdom River
by Mitchell Smith
75 members, 1 review
3.38 stars (3.38 stars)

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Score: 1

53
Moonrise
by Mitchell Smith
60 members, 3 reviews
3.4 stars (3.4 stars)

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Score: 1

54
Pop Apocalypse: A Possible Satire
by Lee Konstantinou
51 members, 3 reviews
3.41 stars (3.41 stars)

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Score: 1

55
But Not for Long
by Michelle Wildgen
47 members, 2 reviews
3.35 stars (3.35 stars)

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Score: 1

56
Buyout: A Novel
by Alexander Irvine
43 members, 0 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

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Score: 1

57
The Pesthouse
by Jim Crace
838 members, 40 reviews
3.52 stars (3.52 stars)

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Score: 0

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Started by: bismarckfairy (February 2016)

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