Very Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

1.
The Stand
The Stand 4.35 avg rating — 814,329 ratings
2.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,705 ratings
3.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,594,622 ratings
4.
The Passage (The Passage, #1)
The Passage (The Passage, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 220,296 ratings
5.
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War 4.02 avg rating — 556,627 ratings
6.
Station Eleven
Station Eleven 4.07 avg rating — 590,270 ratings
7.
Swan Song
Swan Song 4.30 avg rating — 73,989 ratings
8.
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 650,149 ratings
9.
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,942 ratings
10.
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,733,127 ratings
11.
Alas, Babylon
Alas, Babylon
by: Pat Frank
4.09 avg rating — 47,859 ratings
12.
Dark Recollections (Adrian's Undead Diary #1)
Dark Recollections (Adrian's Undead Diary #1) 4.24 avg rating — 2,084 ratings
13.
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) 4.35 avg rating — 4,011,768 ratings
14.
Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1)
Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 367,357 ratings
15.
One Second After (After, #1)
One Second After (After, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 73,536 ratings
16.
On the Beach
On the Beach 3.98 avg rating — 48,159 ratings
17.
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 3,593,638 ratings
18.
The Twelve (The Passage, #2)
The Twelve (The Passage, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 104,806 ratings
19.
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 116,701 ratings
20.
Lucifer's Hammer
Lucifer's Hammer really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 45,031 ratings
21.
The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1)
The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 240,821 ratings
22.
The Dog Stars
The Dog Stars 3.95 avg rating — 69,777 ratings
23.
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
Divergent (Divergent, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 4,286,943 ratings
24.
I Am Legend and Other Stories
I Am Legend and Other Stories really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 135,096 ratings
25.
The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,136 ratings
26.
Earth Abides
Earth Abides 3.95 avg rating — 33,025 ratings
27.
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 130,988 ratings
28.
Cat’s Cradle
Cat’s Cradle 4.15 avg rating — 428,386 ratings
29.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,255 ratings
30.
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch 4.25 avg rating — 809,841 ratings
31.
The Children of Men
The Children of Men 3.67 avg rating — 51,105 ratings
32.
MaddAddam (MaddAddam, #3)
MaddAddam (MaddAddam, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 81,090 ratings
33.
The Remaining (The Remaining, #1)
The Remaining (The Remaining, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 12,447 ratings
34.
The Host (The Host, #1)
The Host (The Host, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 1,039,928 ratings
35.
The Postman
The Postman 3.89 avg rating — 36,990 ratings
36.
Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1)
Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 132,388 ratings
37.
The Reapers are the Angels (Reapers, #1)
The Reapers are the Angels (Reapers, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 12,472 ratings
38.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 1,969,998 ratings
39.
Blindness
Blindness 4.18 avg rating — 324,664 ratings
40.
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 238,933 ratings
41.
Shift (Silo, #2)
Shift (Silo, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 143,493 ratings
42.
Ashfall (Ashfall, #1)
Ashfall (Ashfall, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 26,372 ratings
43.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 4.09 avg rating — 495,973 ratings
44.
Day by Day Armageddon (Day by Day Armageddon, #1)
Day by Day Armageddon (Day by Day Armageddon, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 18,401 ratings
45.
Z for Zachariah
Z for Zachariah 3.68 avg rating — 17,459 ratings
46.
The Last Policeman (The Last Policeman, #1)
The Last Policeman (The Last Policeman, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 34,843 ratings
47.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,255 ratings
48.
After the Fall - Tales of the Apocalypse
After the Fall - Tales of the Apocalypse 3.62 avg rating — 157 ratings
49.
The Day of the Triffids
The Day of the Triffids 4.01 avg rating — 115,100 ratings
50.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,136 ratings
51.
I Am Legend
I Am Legend 4.05 avg rating — 147,526 ratings
52.
The Purge of Babylon (Purge of Babylon, #1)
The Purge of Babylon (Purge of Babylon, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 4,284 ratings
53.
Aftermath (The Remaining, #2)
Aftermath (The Remaining, #2) 4.26 avg rating — 8,981 ratings
54.
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse (Wastelands #1)
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse (Wastelands #1) 3.76 avg rating — 10,559 ratings
55.
Pines (Wayward Pines, #1)
Pines (Wayward Pines, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 165,995 ratings
56.
Hell Divers (Hell Divers, #1)
Hell Divers (Hell Divers, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 16,405 ratings
57.
Fractured (The Remaining, #4)
Fractured (The Remaining, #4) 4.33 avg rating — 6,465 ratings
58.
Refugees (The Remaining, #3)
Refugees (The Remaining, #3) 4.30 avg rating — 7,725 ratings
59.
World Made by Hand (World Made by Hand #1)
World Made by Hand (World Made by Hand #1) 3.69 avg rating — 7,474 ratings
60.
In the Country of Last Things
In the Country of Last Things 3.91 avg rating — 15,499 ratings
60.
The Windup Girl
The Windup Girl 3.75 avg rating — 77,343 ratings
62.
The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun, #1)
The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 33,788 ratings
63.
The Death of Grass
The Death of Grass 3.88 avg rating — 10,706 ratings
64.
The City of Mirrors (The Passage, #3)
The City of Mirrors (The Passage, #3) 4.22 avg rating — 60,094 ratings
65.
The Drowned World
The Drowned World 3.47 avg rating — 20,156 ratings
66.
The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds 3.83 avg rating — 340,288 ratings
67.
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 317,165 ratings
68.
The Fallen
The Fallen 3.53 avg rating — 95 ratings
68.
Music City Macabre (The Low Lying Lands #1)
Music City Macabre (The Low Lying Lands #1) 4.16 avg rating — 55 ratings
68.
Empty Cradle: The Untimely Death of Corey Sanderson
Empty Cradle: The Untimely Death of Corey Sanderson 4.67 avg rating — 55 ratings
71.
Empty Cradle: Shiloh in the Circle (Empty Cradle, #2)
Empty Cradle: Shiloh in the Circle (Empty Cradle, #2) 4.64 avg rating — 28 ratings
72.
After Sundown
After Sundown 4.02 avg rating — 6,592 ratings
73.
California
California 3.24 avg rating — 20,361 ratings
74.
The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1)
The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 295,213 ratings
75.
Sand (The Sand Chronicles, #1)
Sand (The Sand Chronicles, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 32,119 ratings
76.
The Last Man
The Last Man 3.38 avg rating — 6,558 ratings
77.
Year One (Chronicles of The One, #1)
Year One (Chronicles of The One, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 94,202 ratings
78.
The Gate to Women's Country
The Gate to Women's Country 4.06 avg rating — 13,951 ratings
79.
Riddley Walker
Riddley Walker 4.02 avg rating — 8,553 ratings
80.
Damnation Alley
Damnation Alley 3.56 avg rating — 5,626 ratings
81.
Little House on the Wasteland
Little House on the Wasteland really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 95 ratings
82.
Summer of the Apocalypse
Summer of the Apocalypse 3.71 avg rating — 800 ratings
83.
Rot & Ruin (Rot & Ruin, #1)
Rot & Ruin (Rot & Ruin, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 36,600 ratings
84.
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife (The Road to Nowhere, #1)
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife (The Road to Nowhere, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 25,622 ratings
85.
Shovel Ready (Spademan, #1)
Shovel Ready (Spademan, #1) 3.46 avg rating — 5,486 ratings
86.
Feed (Newsflesh, #1)
Feed (Newsflesh, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 60,902 ratings
87.
A Gift Upon the Shore
A Gift Upon the Shore
by: M.K. Wren
3.91 avg rating — 1,433 ratings
88.
The Last Ship
The Last Ship 3.55 avg rating — 4,288 ratings
89.
Messenger (The Giver, #3)
Messenger (The Giver, #3) 3.92 avg rating — 146,020 ratings
90.
Blood Crazy
Blood Crazy 4.03 avg rating — 2,492 ratings
91.
Gathering Blue (The Giver, #2)
Gathering Blue (The Giver, #2) 3.82 avg rating — 204,962 ratings
91.
Into the Forest
Into the Forest 3.82 avg rating — 16,910 ratings
93.
Sea of Rust (Sea of Rust, #1)
Sea of Rust (Sea of Rust, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 14,536 ratings
94.
Uglies (Uglies, #1)
Uglies (Uglies, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 701,280 ratings
95.
Pretties (Uglies, #2)
Pretties (Uglies, #2) 3.83 avg rating — 277,001 ratings
96.
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned 4.08 avg rating — 118,307 ratings
97.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,893 ratings
98.
The knight's tale, a story of the future
The knight's tale, a story of the future 4.40 avg rating — 15 ratings
99.
Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse
Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse 3.75 avg rating — 2,184 ratings
100.
Warm Bodies (Warm Bodies, #1)
Warm Bodies (Warm Bodies, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 108,778 ratings
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