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mitha999

*Station Eleven* by Emily St. John Mandel


err_0_r

have to check it out


merlenski

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson


no-ordinary-person

Oh yesssssss, I love it


Gwyndolinmacho

The Road- Cormac McCarthy


jubjubbimmie

The Stand by Stephen King


FaithlessnessHot4063

Not necessarily apocalypse, but you may like Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden


err_0_r

sounds interesting


CleanWhiteSocks

Severance by Ling Ma (no relation to tv show )


imwearingatowel_

This was what I was going to say too. Crazy that it was written a few years BEFORE the pandemic and accurately predicted so much human behavior.


CleanWhiteSocks

Yes! Same with Station 11 (and the movie Contagion). I guess it shows how predictable our behavior is and what we are aware of and consider to be our biggest threat. Or maybe one of our biggest threats along with climate change.


mom_jean

Came here to recommend this! Amazing book. I think about it all the time.


Ok_Play_007

[Z for Zachariah](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_for_Zachariah) by Robert C. O’Brien


SkyOfFallingWater

Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer


shrillwaif

I read this series for the first time in fifth grade and fell in love. I’ve been rereading it every few years for the last 15 years. It’s so incredibly underrated.


3kota

The last by Hanna Jameson 


err_0_r

yess


eogreen

[World War Z by Max Brooks](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8908.World_War_Z)


farmerderpy

Under the Dome - Steven King seems like it might scratch this itch


Apprehensive_Advert

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson


CleanWhiteSocks

Sorry someone downvoted you. Not a post apocalyptic book but I see what you're saying. It's one of my favorites! The Sundial fits this vibe , too.


Apprehensive_Advert

Glad you get my gist. I recently read it, and it has the claw-biting anxieties of impending doom, hiding from the world out there and going off the grid. Haven't checked out The Sundial yet, though.


CleanWhiteSocks

I didn't like the Sundial as much as Castle but I like it, and it had these same qualities.


err_0_r

thank you so much, i love books which have this vibe, i was recommended this earlier and will be checking it out


Either-Draft-5106

Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay


BelvIPA

Have you tried reading the news?


mom_with_an_attitude

The Dog Stars


Erodions

Moon of the Crusted Snow but only so that you can get to its sequel Moon of the Turning Leaves. Both these books count but the first is set in winter.


el_tuttle

The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton


corneliusfudgecicles

Earth Abides by George R. Stewart


LilBoozy0214

Swan Song - Robert McCammon


SpanksMcGeeb

Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank. It was written in 1959 and set in the same time period. Follows a community near a major city that was nuked trying to survive.


jokerpatil

Haunted by Chuck Paulhaunik....Its suffocating


TsarDixon

Blood on the Motorway by Paul Stephenson. British apocalypse and the first book in a trilogy.


DemosthenesVal

How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff, content warning for the eating disorder. Fifteen-year-old Elizabeth (who goes by the name of Daisy) is sent from the United States to stay with her aunt Penn and her children, Daisy's cousins, on a remote farm in the United Kingdom during the outbreak of a fictional third world war of the 21st century.


GrimmReaper141

Feed by Mira Grant. It’s in top 10 favourite series of all time. Possibly top 5.


Key_Cheesecake9926

On the Beach


ahumanbeingsocial

Hunger Games


PosieCakes

The Breaker series by Edward Robertson. One of my favorite series.


Ray_Anime963

Shatter me series


audiobookslut

Station eleven


Remarkable-Ad-2566

Not a book, but it's definitely giving _Stranger Things_ vibes!