This week's theme: GENRE FREEBIE.
And I was going to go with my favorite historical mysteries, because there are several series I'm currently reading and loving, but then at the last minute I changed my mind. Instead, here's a list of 10 of My Favorite Post-Apocalyptic Books:
Alas Babylon by Pat Frank
(Because it was the first one I ever read in this genre.)
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
(Because who didn't read and love this one?)
One Second After by William R. Forstchen
(This is one of my favs.)
Until the End of the World by Sarah Lyons Fleming
(Yes, there are zombies in this one.)
(I read this one with Melody.)
The Stand by Stephen King
(It'a classic!)
Day Zero by C. Robert Cargill
(This one has robots. And Pounce is the best!)
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Going Home by A. American
(Dystopian survival at its best.)
(A great YA survival novel.)
(You knew there would be a 2nd zombie book somewhere on this list.)
Other books I've read and loved that I could have added to this list: World War Z, The 5th Wave, Divergent, Autumn, Feed, Life As We Knew It, When the Power Is Gone, Devil's Wake...and the list goes on and on. I do love reading these kinds of dystopian novels. So if you know of any good books to add to my list, please let me know!
Happy Reading!
I like this genre, too! The Stand had some wild plot twists.
ReplyDeleteIt did. And some great characters, too.
DeleteI've really enjoyed C. Robert Cargill's work as a screenwriter. Sinister is one of my favorite horror movies ever! I didn't realize he also wrote novels. Definitely adding it to my list!
ReplyDeleteIt won't be as scary as Sinister, but it is really good.
DeleteI've read several of these and I think The Stand was practically my favorite book for many years. Nice list!
ReplyDeleteIt's a good one! I loved the tv mini series they did of it, too.
DeleteNice topic for this week's TTT. I am familiar with a couple of them, but have a lot of new to me ones to look into.
ReplyDeleteWell, I loved all of these. :D
DeleteI've seen the Hunger Games movies but haven't read the books.
ReplyDeleteI loved the first one...but didn't love the way she ended things in Mockinjay.
DeleteWhile not my normal genre, I did enjoy the Divergent series.
ReplyDeleteIt was a really good series.
DeleteI love these kinds of books but haven't read any from the ten here, but I have read and enjoyed World War Z and The 5th Wave. I'll keep these in mind for future reads! :)
ReplyDeleteThese were all 4- and 5- star reads for me.
DeleteThe only one of these that I've actually read is "Hunger Games" but some of the others look interesting to me and I might add them to my reading list.
ReplyDeleteThey're some of my favorite apocalyptic fiction.
DeleteAwesome list! I love post-apocalyptic books. The Stand is so good!
ReplyDelete:D It really is.
DeleteI'm not much for post-apocalyptic I'm afraid. The only one from you list I've read is Hunger Games.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why, but it's one of my favorite genres. Maybe because of the whole survival thing.
DeleteNot familiar with the genre at all🙁
ReplyDeleteIf you like survival/disaster books you might like these. They don't all have zombies or crazy things like that in them. Outtage would be a good one to try first.
DeleteI'm a fan of this genre! You mention a few of my favorites, and I'm always eager to hear about more good ones!
ReplyDeleteMe, too! :D
DeleteI have read The Wolves of Winter by Tyrell Johnson and World War Z. Others I have read are Station 11 by Emily St. John Mandel, The Last Policeman series by Ben Winters, which is both pre and post-apocalyptic, and On the Beach by Nevil Shute. I will check out those on your list that I haven't read.
ReplyDeleteI saw a movie based on Shute's On the Beach which was pretty good. And I read the first book in that Ben Winters series...I should read the rest of them. :D
DeleteNice list. I've read The Hunger Games books but not the long Stand yet (is that King's longest?). The Road by Cormac McCarthy is a scary one, and Station Eleven is a good one. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteI think it might be his longest. It's over 1,000 pages. I still need to read The Road. :D
DeleteGreat list! I’m not really into post-apocalyptic books, but I have read the Hunger Games books and watched the movies. Love them!
ReplyDeleteThey're great books...though I didn't love the last one.
DeleteI'm impressed! I tend to avoid post-apocolyptic books, so I haven't read any of these (nope, not even The Hunger Games!) I think the Lunar Chronicles quartet by Marisa Meyer is technically post-apocolyptic; those might be the only books in that genre I have ever read, or at least completed.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why I like this genre so much; you'd think it'd be depressing. But I guess I like see stories of survival. And better to read about them than live through them. ;D
DeleteI remember loving The Wolves of Winter and apparently, I need to meet Pounce.
ReplyDeletePounce is awesome!!
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