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Apocalypse & aftermath

Threatened worlds, global catastrophes, and what comes after.

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Space exploration2021

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir

4.5(185)Open Library rating out of 5

Artificial intelligence1985

Ender's Game

Orson Scott Card

4.4(417)Open Library rating out of 5

Apocalypse & aftermath1980

The Stand

Stephen King

4.3(93)Open Library rating out of 5

Alien life2015

Children of Time

Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.2(77)Open Library rating out of 5

Apocalypse & aftermath2022

House of Sky and Breath

Sarah J. Maas

4.6(17)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2022

Light Bringer

Pierce Brown

5.0(8)Open Library rating out of 5

Alien life2015

Seveneves

Neal Stephenson

4.4(22)Open Library rating out of 5

Apocalypse & aftermath1978

Swan Song

Robert R. McCammon

4.2(25)Open Library rating out of 5

Dystopian worlds2011

Wool

Hugh Howey

4.3(15)Open Library rating out of 5

Apocalypse & aftermath2020

Attack Surface

Cory Doctorow

4.5(8)Open Library rating out of 5

Alien life1987

Dawn

Octavia E. Butler

4.1(35)Open Library rating out of 5

Alien life2005

Spin

Robert Charles Wilson

4.1(33)Open Library rating out of 5

Apocalypse & aftermath2019

Wanderers

Chuck Wendig

4.3(10)Open Library rating out of 5

Dystopian worlds1998

Parable of the Talents

Octavia E. Butler

4.1(22)Open Library rating out of 5

Apocalypse & aftermath1924

The Millennium

Upton Sinclair

4.2(10)Open Library rating out of 5

Apocalypse & aftermath1979

Mockingbird (Bantam Science Fiction & Fantasy)

Walter S. Tevis

4.3(6)Open Library rating out of 5

Dystopian worlds2016

The Fireman

Joe Hill

4.3(6)Open Library rating out of 5

Artificial intelligence1997

Shade's children

Garth Nix

4.7(3)Open Library rating out of 5

Apocalypse & aftermath1991

The Verdant Passage (Dark Sun World)

Troy Denning

5.0(2)Open Library rating out of 5

Alien life2014

The Infinite Sea

Richard Yancey

4.1(10)Open Library rating out of 5

Apocalypse & aftermath2006

Armageddon's Children (The Genesis of Shannara, Book 1)

Terry Brooks

4.1(8)Open Library rating out of 5

Dystopian worlds2014

East of West Vol. 3

Jonathan Hickman; Nick Dragotta

4.3(4)Open Library rating out of 5

Apocalypse & aftermath1975

Z for Zachariah

Robert C. O'Brien

4.3(4)Open Library rating out of 5

Space exploration2001

Remnants

The Mayflower Project

Katherine Applegate

4.3(3)Open Library rating out of 5

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