TOP 10 POST APOCALYPTIC BOOKS

Seven Eves by Neal Stephenson

Lesser known post-apocalytpic SF novels:
No Night Without Stars, Andre Norton
A Heritage of Stars, Clifford Simak
Vault of the Ages, Poul Anderson
Space Viking, H. Beam Piper
Farnham's Freehold, Robert Heinlein
some more obvious picks, but not mentioned in the video:
The Stand, Steven King
Lucifer's Hammer, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

Now for a vote, which book are we most likely on a trajectory to fulfill?

I agree with Earth Abides as the greatest apocalypse book.

Dystopian Novel : The End Of Silence by George Ernest

Swan Song by Robert McMammon. Great book, good vs evil in an apocalyptic world.

Metro 2033 wasn’t here…

what about level 7?

My favorite apocalypse book is Lucifer's Hammer. It's about an asteroid impact and life afterwards. It's very disturbing because it is so accurate.

Where's Riddley Walker?!?

Another good one (if you can look past the heavy handed libertarianist/pseudo-Objectivist messaging) is “The Girl Who Owned a City,” which takes place after a plague kills everyone above the age of 13.

Thank you for mentioning “A Canticle for Leibowitz.” I read it at 14 and as a teen whose education was steeped in Catholic history it blew my mind.

The Stand (deffo) and possibly the Passage should be on this list.

Cannibal Reign is prolly my fav.

Where's Robert R Mccammon's Swan Song?

Dog Stars was a good book.

Some that you might want to check out: One Second After by James Forstchen, about the aftermath of an EMP; Alas, Babylon by Pat frank, about life after nuclear war; and Luciver's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, about life after the Earth is struck by a large comet.

Another post-apocalyptic series that crosses over with fantasy - The Dying Earth series by Jack Vance. TBH it's more fantasy than post-apocalypse, where high technology is described as magic, but it's definitely both.

I can't get over how much I like Phillip K. Dick's "Dr. Bloodmoney." Maybe I just read it at an early age. It's odd, like a lot of his stuff, but it gets better each time I read it. Once again, maybe because I read it at a young age.

IMO the book form I am Legend is an almost completely different story than the movie and is 10x better :)

Ok the 'Your mum' joke got you my subscription. 😆

On The Beach nearly broke me… amazing book!

I loved Oryx and Crake and the second book in the series but didn't really like the 3rd
I probably should give it more of a chance

Earth Abides is one of my favorite books of any genre. I grew up in the Bay Area so it was local to me. Stewart’s other books like Fire and Storm are also great.

A very good list. Many thanks for the video. If you could expand your list to the top 13 post-apocalyptic novels, I would suggest adding:

Alas, Babylon (Pat Frank)
One Second After (W.R. Forstchen)
Farnham's Freehold (R. Heinlein)

FYI, the movie "On the Beach" (original version) has always made me lose sleep. The remake is also well done, but the original, filmed in black and white, sets a darker tone, especially in the last few scenes.

Nice list.

I like Swan Song by McCammon and In Iron Years by Gordon R. Dickson.

“Just like your mom” made me lol in public, as i listen alone with ear pods😂😂

Yes it does. The protagonist in I am Legend discovers its a mutated bacteria.

me: "Hmm, is this guy British or Australian?"

Media Death Cult: "This book is very easy to penetrate, like your Mom."

me: "Ok, Australian then."

Adrians undead diary is a must read I believe there 12 books altogether.

The girl with all the gifts was simply amazing. I couldn't put it down and the ending is still vividly in my memory. The descriptions of everything happening at the ending are still burned into my imagination. I wish everyone could experience the end of that book.

My new favorite would be The Passage, Justin Cronin. And the rest of the trilogy. Blindness was pretty messed up. I think World War Z is the best zombie book. The movie shouldn't even share the same name.

the book of unnamed midwife

You should read Swan Song by Robert McCammon. It's much better then The Stand.

As a teenager I read "Pig On a Lead"by Derek Ingrey. I have been unable to find another copy of it, since moving away from my family.

Great list dude!

I loved reading “Life as we knew it” & “the dead & the gone” & “the world we live in” by Susan Beth Pfeffer are post apocalyptic novels. In these novels a huge meteor hits the earth thus pushing the moon into a much closer orbit & causing a catastrophic change in the weather leading to mass starvation & chaos.

There's a 1972 French post apocalyptic book called "Malevil" by acclaimed popular author Robert Merle. I know it was translated into English. I find it brilliant. If you can get a copy I highly recommend it. To give you a taste it starts with some French guys going into a wine cellar in some country castle called Malevil, an old English castle left over from the Hundred Years' war, in the South West, and suddenly a big noise, everything starts heating up, wine bottles are popping, the guys are getting crazy dehydrated in a matter of seconds, and are drinking up the boiling wine bottles popping etc... They just survived a nuclear holocaust. The rest of the book is these survivors recreating a society, and having to fight with neighborhing survivors and shit. Just a cool book by a great author who's better known for historic novels in post war France.

Heinlein, farnhams freehold, doomsday preppers with a few twists

I think The Road will stay on my shelf a little longer.

Have you read Z for Zachariah? And what do you think about it?

My candidates would be:
Engine Summer by John Crowley
The White Plague by Frank Herbert
Through Darkest America by Neal Barrett
Damnation Alley by Roger Zelazny
The Einstein Intersection by Samuel Delaney
Davy by Edgar Pangborn
Ridley Walker by Russell Hoban

The Will Smith I Am Legend movie is not the original movie its a remake The Omega Man is the original movie of the book

I am so glad you added Nevil Shute's On the Beach! Everything I've read by Shute has been stellar!!

Good list of great reads, sir. It always takes me by surprise that no one's dystopia/post-apocalypse list ever includes: Engine Summer, by John Crowley and Davy, by Edgar Pangborn. Both books are bloody brilliant; unlike anything on your list, just as they are from each other. If I added both to your excellent list (making 12) and then told to pare that down to a top 5, both of them would make my list; they really are that good. Just saying.

Earth abides, read it ya c** ssst

You should read Alas, Babylon if you haven’t, it’s a cozy catastrophe book that follows a small community living in Florida after a nuclear war devastated the nation.

Some books I didn't see mentioned are Triumph by Philip Wylie, The White Plague by Frank Herbert, Dust by Charles Pellegrino, Through Darkest America by Neal Barrett.