Apocalyptic

Apocalyptic is from the word apocalypse, referring to the end of the world.

Apocalyptic fiction focuses on the end of civilization either through nuclear war, plague, or other global catastrophic risk.

Apocalyptic literature is a genre of religious writing centered on visions of the end of time.

Many apocalyptic stories focus on stories that are on the brink of the end of the world of the civilization. Post-apocalyptic fiction is set in a world or civilization after such a disaster. Also called 'Holocaust'

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New Releases Tagged "Apocalyptic"

We Burned So Bright
The Faith of Beasts (The Captive's War, #2)
The Cellar Below the Cellar
Dating After the End of the World
How High We Go in the Dark
Edge of Valor (Edge of Collapse, #7)
Wake Up and Open Your Eyes
The Light Pirate
Defiance of the Fall 2 (Defiance of the Fall, #2)
Defiance of the Fall (Defiance of the Fall, #1)
Edge of Survival (Edge of Collapse, #6)
59 Minutes
Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend
Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, Vol. 2
System Change (System Universe #1)
Overgrowth
Hearing Red
American Rapture
The Road
Station Eleven
The Stand
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
The Passage (The Passage, #1)
The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1)
Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Swan Song
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
One Second After (After, #1)
Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1)
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)

Richard Finney
I’m now requesting you refrain from calling me this early in the morning, before I’ve had a chance to steel my defenses against hearing you utter the word ‘lizard.’” -- spoken by Dr. Jeri Asheer... to Chris Dixon.
Richard Finney

Nevil Shute
She had known for some time that his wife and family were very real to him, more real by far than the half-life in a far corner of the world that had been forced upon him since the war.
Nevil Shute, On the Beach

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