3.71 avg rating — 9,935 ratings

""The planet's population has exploded. The 35 million inhabitants of New York City run their TVs off pedal power, riot for water, loot and trample for lentil 'steaks' and are controlled by sinister barbed wire dropped from the sky.""

4.19 avg rating — 280,486 ratings

""...set in a near-future California (starting in 2024) ravaged by climate change, social inequality, and economic collapse, following a young woman named Lauren Olamina as she develops a new religion called Earthseed.""

4.20 avg rating — 5,616,719 ratings

""...who secretly rebels against the omnipresent "Big Brother" through forbidden love and a quest for individuality, ultimately leading to his capture, torture, and psychological destruction.""

3.89 avg rating — 11,399 ratings

""...a virus that wipes out all grasses, leading to global famine and societal collapse. The story follows the Custance family as they flee London for a remote farm, witnessing the rapid descent into barbarism as civilization breaks down... ""

3.95 avg rating — 4,982 ratings

""Now, in the After, terror attacks and deadly viruses have led the government to ban concerts, and Luce's connection to the world—her music, her purpose—is closed off forever.""

3.52 avg rating — 1,247 ratings

""The end of man was not signaled by marauding gangs or explosions, but with silence. People simply grew older knowing a younger generation would not be there to replace them.""

3.67 avg rating — 5,874 ratings

""America faces a full-scale socioeconomic collapse—the stock market plummets, hyperinflation cripples commerce and the mounting crisis passes the tipping point.""

3.77 avg rating — 31,354 ratings

""...a violent pandemic of rage turns everyday citizens into homicidal maniacs. The story follows the Colclough family... desperately trying to survive mobs and reach safety after their names are broadcast on a kill list.""

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,063,296 ratings

""...an unnamed father and son journeying through a desolate, ash-covered America after an unspecified cataclysm. The story focuses on their struggle for survival against starvation, extreme cold, and violent, cannibalistic survivors...""

3.40 avg rating — 14,205 ratings

""In a contaminated Japan, centenarian Yoshiro cares for his frail great-grandson Mumei, as a covert group seeks a cure to save the nation's dying children...""