This is a list of the best post apocalyptic books out on the market. These zombie novels are a part of this list because of their story lines and how they are truly fitting of the post apocalyptic novel genre. Also, if you are interested in listening to any of these books for free make sure to check out Audible's one month free trial and download your two free books now!
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World War Z
By Max Brooks
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The Zombie War came extremely close to ending all of humanity. Max Brooks, traveled around American and throughout the world gathering testimonies of men, women, and even children who had encountered the undead. This is what resulted in World War Z.
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The Road
By Cormac McCarthy
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As a father and son walked through the deserted and destroyed America they listen as nothing moves. The weather is cold and dark and the sun is no more. The walk towards their destination, the coast. If something awaits them they don't know. They have nothing but a pistol, to defend themselves against robbers who search the lands, and some food.
This novel takes you through a moving story and journey. It boldly imagines a future were no hope or happiness remains. The only thing holding the father and son together is their love.
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Battlefield Earth
By L Ron Hubbard
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Stalwart science fiction writer L Ron Hubbard uses Battlefield Earth as a platform to tell the tale of an Earth which has been taken over by a sinister occupying alien force. Humanity has been decimated to the point that humankind is a rare species. Battlefield Earth is the epic tale of humanity’s struggle for survival. The story is full of action and is guaranteed to be an exciting ride for fans of the post-apocalyptic subgenre of science fiction (and it makes a great gift too!)
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Wool
By Hugh Howey
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This is a story of mankind clawing for survival and on the edge of death. The world has grown to be unkind and no one was allowed to go anywhere and talk about it was forbidden. Yet there are still those few who still dream and hope. They are the dangerous ones.
Their punishment is quite simple. They are given exactly what they wanted, they were allowed to go outside their walls and see what the world was like.
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Shift
By Hugh Howey
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The second book of the Wool series is based in 2007 at the Center for Automation in Nanobiotech Canada. Where the robots, smaller than human cells, would one day do human medical diagnoses, self-propagate, and even conduct repairs.
In that same year the CBS network re-aired their program about the effects of propranolol could do on those who suffered from sever trauma. The simple pill could wipe the memory of traumatic event that one experienced.
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The Year of the Flood
By Margaret Atwood
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Set in the near future, The Year Of The Flood is a tale of lasting friendship and a work of speculative fiction. This being the second book of the trilogy takes us through how Ren and Toby, the only few who remain, survive the altered Earth. Both being locked and barricaded places try to find ways in how they can get out to the corrupt world around them.
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The Stand
By Stephen King
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The world is being blasted by plague and is struggling through the good and evil forces that are separating it.
It all starts when one of the many patients escapes from the biological testing facility. The issue was the patient was unknowingly carrying a lethal weapon, a mutated strand of flu that would wipe out all but 1% of the worlds entire population. The people who remained were scared and in complete chaos. They were in need for a leader, someone to step up and take control. Two emerged, Mother Abagail and Randall Flagg...
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The Power
By Naomi Alderman
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In this novel, the world is all too normal. There's a Nigerian boy relaxing by his pool side. An orphan who parents try to hide their true religious nature. A girl from London with a tricky family. But that all quickly changes when a new force hits, leaving their lives in dismay and takes root and flourishes with devastating effects.
Teenage girls are now in power. With the ability to cause pain and even death to whom ever they choose. And with this small change in nature, they world resets and no one is ever the same.
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Galapagos
By Kurt Vonnegut
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Galapagos takes us back to one million years ago, A.D. 1986. Where a regular vacation cruise gets turned around and becomes an evolutionary journey. Because of the apocalypse the group of stranded survivors are having to face challenges they have never intended on facing before.
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Emergence
By David Palmer
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An eleven-year-old girl, Candidia Maria Smith-Foster, is not aware that she is a Homo post hominem, which is humanities next evolutionary step.
With the international relations growing out of control, Candy's father is called to work in Washington while Candy stays home. The next day a bio-nuclear plague attacks the world and Candy along with her pet bird Terry survive in a shelter under their home. After months in hiding they finally emerge only to realize no one is left and her genetic heritage makes her immune to the plague.
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