GOOD Apocalyptic Post-Apocalyptic and Plague Fiction
Explore the best apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic, and plague fiction books. Dive into gripping tales of survival, disaster, and dystopian worlds in this curated list of must-read novels.
Book
The Cobra Event
by Richard Preston
“One of those books you literally can’t put down . . . makes The Hot Zone virus—far away in a rainforest—look like no big deal.”—Detroit …
Book
Lucifer's Hammer
by Larry Niven
“The first satisfying end-of-the-world novel in years . . . an ultimate one . . . massively entertaining.”—Cleveland Plain-Dealer The gigantic comet had slammed into …
Book
Year of Wonders
by Geraldine Brooks
"When an infected bolt of cloth carries plague from London to an isolated mountain village, a housemaid named Anna Frith emerges as an unlikely heroine …
Book
The Rift
by Walter J. Williams
A massive earthquake centered in New Madrid, Missouri, wreaks destruction on America's heartland, leaving a huge fracture in the earth and chaos in its wake, …
Book
A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller
Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel and widely considered one of the most accomplished, powerful, and enduring classics of modern speculative fiction, …
Book
Dreamsnake
by Vonda N. McIntyre
Back in print, McIntyre's tender and compassionate adventure story--a Hugo and Nebula Award-winner and a New York Times bestseller. In a far-future, post-holocaust Earth, a …
Book
Swan Song
by Robert McCammon
An ancient evil roams the desolate landscape of an America ravaged by nuclear war. He is the Man with the Scarlet Eye, a malevolent force …
Book
The Stand
by Stephen King
Horrific disaster as a plague virus sweeps the U.S., leaving only a handful of survivors.
Book
Mutineer's Moon
by David Weber
On a flight over the moon, Lt Commander Colin MacIntyre's ship is seized by Dahak, an ancient warship from the Galactic Imperium. Contact with the …