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33 Best Apocalyptic Books of All Time


Our goal: Find the best Apocalyptic books according to the internet (not just one random person's opinion).

    Here's what we did:
  1. Type "best apocalyptic books" into our search engine and study the top 5+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly for you here! 😊
    (It was a lot of work. But hey! That's why we're here, right?)

(Updated 2024)

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Last Updated: Monday 1 Jan, 2024

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  1. MOST RECOMMENDED!
    1
    The Road

    The Road

    Cormac McCarthy

  2. 2
    The Stand

    The Stand

    Stephen King

  3. 3
    Swan Song

    Swan Song

    Robert R. McCammon

  4. 4
    I Am Legend

    I Am Legend

    Richard Matheson

  5. 5
    Earth Abides

    Earth Abides

    George R. Stewart

  6. 6
    The Passage
  7. 7
    Oryx and Crake

    Oryx and Crake

    A Novel

    Margaret Atwood

  8. 9
    Station Eleven

    Station Eleven

    A Novel

    Emily St. John Mandel

  9. 10
    The Dog Stars

    The Dog Stars

    Peter Heller

  10. 11
    Parable of the Sower
  11. 12
    On the Beach

    On the Beach

    Nevil Shute

  12. 13
    One Second After

    One Second After

    William R. Forstchen

  13. 15
    Blindness

    Blindness

    Jose Saramago

  14. 16
    A Canticle for Leibowitz

    A Canticle for Leibowitz

    Walter M. Miller Jr.

  15. 17
    The Children of Men
  16. 18
    The Slynx

    The Slynx

    Tatyana Tolstaya

  17. 19
    Alas, Babylon

    Alas, Babylon

    Pat Frank

  18. 20
    Bird Box

    Bird Box

    A Novel

    Josh Malerman

  19. 21
    The Girl With All the Gifts
  20. 22
    Metro 2033

    Metro 2033

    Dmitry Glukhovsky

  21. 25
    The Postman

    The Postman

    David Brin

  22. 26
    The Book of M
  23. 27
    Into the Forest

    Into the Forest

    Jean Hegland

  24. 28
    The Drowned World
  25. 29
    The Last Man

    The Last Man

    Mary Shelley

  26. 30
    Riddley Walker

    Riddley Walker

    Russell Hoban

  27. 31
    Afterland

    Afterland

    Lauren Beukes

  28. 32
    Eternity Road

    Eternity Road

    Jack McDevitt

  29. 33
    Things We Didn't See Coming
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