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Oryx and Crake
Author: Margaret Atwood, Setting: A dystopian future shaped by genetic engineering, Brief Plot Outline: Snowman, once known as Jimmy, navigates a world populated by engineered beings and recounts his interactions with his friend Crake and the woman they both loved, Oryx.
The Road
Author: Cormac McCarthy, Setting: Post-apocalyptic America, Brief Plot Outline: A father and son journey through a barren landscape, trying to survive while evading cannibals and dealing with their own despair.
The Day of the Triffids
Author: John Wyndham, Setting: Post-apocalyptic England, Brief Plot Outline: Most of humanity is blinded by a meteor shower, and a new species of plant, the Triffids, pose a new threat to the surviving population.
Swan Song
Author: Robert R. McCammon, Setting: United States after a nuclear war, Brief Plot Outline: Survivors face the ultimate battle between good and evil as the world tries to rebuild itself amidst radiation and chaos.
The Girl With All The Gifts
Author: M.R. Carey, Setting: United Kingdom following a fungal infection, Brief Plot Outline: A gifted girl, who is both human and infected, may hold the key to understanding the disease. She tries to survive in a world where humans are the minority.
Wool
Author: Hugh Howey, Setting: Inside a giant underground silo post-catastrophe, Brief Plot Outline: The silo's inhabitants follow strict laws, but when one of them starts to uncover the truth, it could lead to their undoing or their liberation.
The Passage
Author: Justin Cronin, Setting: United States after a viral outbreak, Brief Plot Outline: A government experiment gone wrong unleashes a vampire-like epidemic, leading to the fall of civilization and a fight for survival.
Cell
Author: Stephen King, Setting: Boston and surrounding areas, Brief Plot Outline: A cell phone signal termed 'The Pulse' turns users into violent killers, and one man struggles to find and save his son.
I Am Legend
Author: Richard Matheson, Setting: Los Angeles, California, Brief Plot Outline: The last human survivor in a vampire-dominated world tries to survive and understand the new society.
A Boy and His Dog
Author: Harlan Ellison, Setting: Post-nuclear war United States, Brief Plot Outline: A teenage boy and his telepathic dog scavenge the wastelands, struggling to survive and finding themselves in a bizarre underground society.
Station Eleven
Author: Emily St. John Mandel, Setting: The Great Lakes region before and after a pandemic, Brief Plot Outline: The novel follows several interconnected characters, including a traveling group of actors and musicians, as they navigate the world after civilization collapses.
The Drowned World
Author: J.G. Ballard, Setting: A flooded, dystopian future Earth, Brief Plot Outline: Global warming has left the planet unrecognizable, and the remaining humans experience strange dreams as they adapt to the new environment.
The Stand
Author: Stephen King, Setting: United States after a plague, Brief Plot Outline: Survivors of a deadly flu that killed most of the population are drawn into a final confrontation between good and evil.
Bird Box
Author: Josh Malerman, Setting: An unspecified region following an outbreak, Brief Plot Outline: Survivors must live blindfolded to avoid seeing creatures that drive people to insanity and death.
On the Beach
Author: Nevil Shute, Setting: Australia after a nuclear war, Brief Plot Outline: As deadly radiation approaches, the people in Melbourne live out their final days, grappling with the inevitable end of humanity.
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