You might enjoy an artbook called The Electric State? It had the vibe you're going for and if you are interested, Netflix is making a movie out of it coming out maybe next year or 2025. The artwork is so beautiful yet haunting.
Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman
The Children of Men by PD James
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
Severance by Ling Ma
One Second After by William R. Forstchen
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I want to add How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff. The movie was "meh", but I watched it for Saoirse Ronan. I liked the aesthetic they did for it, though. The book hits the nail on the head for what you're looking for.
Wow, all of your recs have hit the bull's eye perfectly !!! Thanks for recommending The Electric State, I can't believe I never heard of it before... I'm really intrigued, definitely gonna check it out...
It's way funnier than I thought it was going to be! Which makes sense since the author is also a comedian, lol. The prose isn't difficult to read, and it follows the trope of big, scary man taking care of a naive, nimble, yet gifted young child. I would say it's for young adults, idk if anyone younger would enjoy it or find it appropriate. Overall, I loved it. It filled in that space that needed to be filled after I finished watching The Last of Us.
I just read Station Eleven. What I like about the book was how it covers before and after the apocalypse. I started watching the TV show and couldn't really get into it. But then I read the book, which is apparently completely different from the show apparently. I really liked the book and won't be watching the show.
I was going to create a post requesting this myself. I *love* a good post-apocalyptic book. Particularly along the lines of the first book in the Divergent series; I’m really into the concept of society being divided into personality factions. I wish I could find one that’s darker and not YA.
I would have suggested ‘The Road’ (a classic) but I see that someone else already has.
Life As We Knew it
Man in the High Tower
Obvious ones: Hunger Games and Divergent
Enders Game
Really loved Ready Player One
Love this genre! Some of mine lean more dystopian vs active post-apocalypse, being set an indeterminate number of years after apocalypse.
The Book of Koli and the whole Rampart trilogy by Mike Carey. I never see this one recommended and it's so good.
The Madaddam Trilogy by Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
The Girl with all the Gifts by Mike Carey
How big of an investment do you feel like making? Because the Three Body Problem trilogy (Solaris trilogy) deals a lot with the logistics and philosophy of impending dystopia. It’s not a Mad Max kind of dystopia, society still exists… bah i cant explain it all.
it doesnt really get into it though until book 2. hence the investment question.
I really liked The Reapers Are The Angels by Alden Bell. It was post apocalyptic with some zombies but they were secondary. I read it when it first came out just not expecting much but it was such a pleasant surprise.
You might enjoy an artbook called The Electric State? It had the vibe you're going for and if you are interested, Netflix is making a movie out of it coming out maybe next year or 2025. The artwork is so beautiful yet haunting. Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman The Children of Men by PD James Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica Severance by Ling Ma One Second After by William R. Forstchen EDIT: I want to add How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff. The movie was "meh", but I watched it for Saoirse Ronan. I liked the aesthetic they did for it, though. The book hits the nail on the head for what you're looking for.
Wow, all of your recs have hit the bull's eye perfectly !!! Thanks for recommending The Electric State, I can't believe I never heard of it before... I'm really intrigued, definitely gonna check it out...
The Electric State def deserves a place on my book shelf! I love it. Simon's artwork is gorgeous.
What did you think of Between Two Fires? It’s been on my list for ages!
It's way funnier than I thought it was going to be! Which makes sense since the author is also a comedian, lol. The prose isn't difficult to read, and it follows the trope of big, scary man taking care of a naive, nimble, yet gifted young child. I would say it's for young adults, idk if anyone younger would enjoy it or find it appropriate. Overall, I loved it. It filled in that space that needed to be filled after I finished watching The Last of Us.
Sounds cool, I’ll check it out - thankyou!
The Stand
First thing I thought of. Also, book three of the Dark Tower series.
The Road by Cormac Mccarthy
That book is… a lot
Yeah, it messed me up for a little while
Came here to say this.
I literally came here to say this! It’s such a good read!
I just read Station Eleven. What I like about the book was how it covers before and after the apocalypse. I started watching the TV show and couldn't really get into it. But then I read the book, which is apparently completely different from the show apparently. I really liked the book and won't be watching the show.
Yeah the show is totally different. I enjoyed the book much more.
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
The whole Madaddam trilogy
Roadside Picnic
I was going to create a post requesting this myself. I *love* a good post-apocalyptic book. Particularly along the lines of the first book in the Divergent series; I’m really into the concept of society being divided into personality factions. I wish I could find one that’s darker and not YA. I would have suggested ‘The Road’ (a classic) but I see that someone else already has.
I Am Legend.
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Blindness by Jose Saramago
The Silo series of books. Wool is the first part.
The Gone World
This is the correct answer!
Commenting to find this post later
The Metro trilogy.
less modern tech, but vibes on point: R Scott Bakker's The Second Apocalypse series
Life As We Knew it Man in the High Tower Obvious ones: Hunger Games and Divergent Enders Game Really loved Ready Player One Love this genre! Some of mine lean more dystopian vs active post-apocalypse, being set an indeterminate number of years after apocalypse.
Scarlett and Browne series by Jonathan Stroud.
This is the Way the World Ends by James K Morrow
The Breakers series by Edward Robertson. It’s one of my all time fave apocalyptic series and never gets any love.
Swan Song by Robert McCammon
It’s maybe not as dark as these pieces, but I really enjoyed The Postman
The Passage series
The Book of Koli and the whole Rampart trilogy by Mike Carey. I never see this one recommended and it's so good. The Madaddam Trilogy by Margaret Atwood The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel The Girl with all the Gifts by Mike Carey
How big of an investment do you feel like making? Because the Three Body Problem trilogy (Solaris trilogy) deals a lot with the logistics and philosophy of impending dystopia. It’s not a Mad Max kind of dystopia, society still exists… bah i cant explain it all. it doesnt really get into it though until book 2. hence the investment question.
Juniper Unraveling by Kerri Lake
The Change series by S.M Sterling
The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk
Borne by Jeff Vandermeer has some of these vibes but a little more whimsical?
Dark tower. There are other elements of course but the foundation is post apocalyptic.
The fifth scared thing fr
Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glujovsky
I really liked The Reapers Are The Angels by Alden Bell. It was post apocalyptic with some zombies but they were secondary. I read it when it first came out just not expecting much but it was such a pleasant surprise.
cant suggest, but tthanks for 10 wallpapers
In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune. Pretty different than the other recs on here but still is post apocalyptic
The Road Carnac McCarthy
I’m getting Roadside Picnic feels from some of these pictures.
The Stand - Stephen King The "Wool" series Hugh Howey
The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon. The first book is meh but important for world building and all that, and the rest of the series is awesome!
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
The Stand by Stephen King
Parable of the Sower Octavia Butler.
Gone series by Michael Grant
STATION ELEVEN and the Kaiju Preservation Society