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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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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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