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Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

Type: Preset list created by bismarckfairy

Description: Compiled by the Arlington VA Public Library

Members: 3 participating members (show all)

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1
Oryx and Crake
by Margaret Atwood
15,782 members, 509 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

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Score: 2

2
Blindness
by José Saramago
11,878 members, 367 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

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Score: 2

3
A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller Jr.
10,646 members, 290 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

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Score: 2

4
The Passage
by Justin Cronin
8,492 members, 600 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

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Score: 2

5
The Children of Men
by P. D. James
5,315 members, 192 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

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Score: 2

6
On the Beach
by Nevil Shute
4,499 members, 166 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

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Score: 2

7
The Postman
by David Brin
3,864 members, 84 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

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Score: 2

8
Earth Abides
by George R. Stewart
3,324 members, 110 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

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Score: 2

9
Dies the Fire
by S. M. Stirling
2,289 members, 82 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

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Score: 2

10
One Second After
by William R. Forstchen
2,095 members, 137 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

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Score: 2

11
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy
31,219 members, 1,350 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

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Score: 1

12
World War Z
by Max Brooks
14,118 members, 681 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

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Score: 1

13
The Man in the High Castle
by Philip K. Dick
12,257 members, 323 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

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Score: 1

14
Cell
by Stephen King
10,764 members, 251 reviews
3.45 stars (3.45 stars)

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Score: 1

15
The Year of the Flood
by Margaret Atwood
6,713 members, 350 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

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Score: 1

16
Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days
by Tim LaHaye
6,617 members, 108 reviews
3.35 stars (3.35 stars)

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Score: 1

17
Parable of the Sower
by Octavia E. Butler
6,289 members, 187 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

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Score: 1

18
The Windup Girl
by Paolo Bacigalupi
5,647 members, 282 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

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Score: 1

19
Alas, Babylon
by Pat Frank
4,505 members, 140 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

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Score: 1

20
I Am Legend
by Richard Matheson
4,374 members, 169 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

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Score: 1

21
The Stand
by Stephen King
3,658 members, 72 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

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Score: 1

22
Y: The Last Man Vol. 01: Unmanned
by Brian K. Vaughan
3,441 members, 103 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

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Score: 1

23
The Years of Rice and Salt
by Kim Stanley Robinson
3,230 members, 95 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

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Score: 1

24
The Brief History of the Dead
by Kevin Brockmeier
2,470 members, 169 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

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Score: 1

25
Planet of the Apes
by Pierre Boulle
2,469 members, 72 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

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Score: 1

26
In the Country of Last Things
by Paul Auster
1,728 members, 21 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

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Score: 1

27
Into the Forest
by Jean Hegland
1,425 members, 46 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

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Score: 1

28
Empire
by Orson Scott Card
1,424 members, 57 reviews
3.17 stars (3.17 stars)

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Score: 1

29
Riddley Walker
by Russell Hoban
1,216 members, 22 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

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Score: 1

30
Clay's Ark
by Octavia E. Butler
1,047 members, 18 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

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Score: 1

32
The Unit
by Ninni Holmqvist
968 members, 105 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

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Score: 1

33
The Stone Gods
by Jeanette Winterson
938 members, 43 reviews
3.48 stars (3.48 stars)

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Score: 1

34
A Friend of the Earth
by T. C. Boyle
926 members, 19 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

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Score: 1

35
World Made By Hand
by James Howard Kunstler
910 members, 55 reviews
3.48 stars (3.48 stars)

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Score: 1

36
The Reapers Are the Angels: A Novel
by Alden Bell
880 members, 111 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

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Score: 1

37
Flood
by Stephen Baxter
855 members, 44 reviews
3.42 stars (3.42 stars)

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Score: 1

38
The Pesthouse
by Jim Crace
849 members, 41 reviews
3.52 stars (3.52 stars)

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Score: 1

39
Far North
by Marcel Theroux
583 members, 51 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

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Score: 1

40
The Execution Channel
by Ken MacLeod
529 members, 24 reviews
3.52 stars (3.52 stars)

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Score: 1

41
Fiskadoro
by Denis Johnson
516 members, 7 reviews
3.35 stars (3.35 stars)

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Score: 1

42
Sleepless
by Charlie Huston
463 members, 26 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

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Score: 1

43
The Things That Keep Us Here
by Carla Buckley
408 members, 51 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

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Score: 1

44
The Witch of Hebron
by James Howard Kunstler
251 members, 14 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

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Score: 1

45
Salvation City
by Sigrid Nunez
248 members, 35 reviews
3.17 stars (3.17 stars)

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Score: 1

46
The War After Armageddon
by Ralph Peters
168 members, 9 reviews
3.34 stars (3.34 stars)

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Score: 1

47
The Suicide Collectors
by David Oppegaard
154 members, 14 reviews
3.25 stars (3.25 stars)

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Score: 1

48
The Island at the End of the World
by Sam Taylor
149 members, 20 reviews
3.23 stars (3.23 stars)

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Score: 1

49
Summer of the Apocalypse
by James Van Pelt
138 members, 4 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

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Score: 1

50
Darkness & Dawn
by Andre Norton
138 members, 5 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

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Score: 1

51
Ultimatum
by Matthew Glass
133 members, 12 reviews
3.14 stars (3.14 stars)

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Score: 1

52
Snowfall
by Mitchell Smith
106 members, 3 reviews
3.21 stars (3.21 stars)

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Score: 1

53
Kingdom River
by Mitchell Smith
77 members, 1 review
3.33 stars (3.33 stars)

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Score: 1

54
Moonrise
by Mitchell Smith
62 members, 3 reviews
3.33 stars (3.33 stars)

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Score: 1

55
Pop Apocalypse: A Possible Satire
by Lee Konstantinou
53 members, 3 reviews
3.41 stars (3.41 stars)

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Score: 1

56
But Not for Long
by Michelle Wildgen
47 members, 2 reviews
3.35 stars (3.35 stars)

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Score: 1

57
Buyout: A Novel
by Alexander Irvine
46 members, 1 review
3.38 stars (3.38 stars)

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Score: 1

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Started by: bismarckfairy (February 2016)

Type: Unnumbered

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