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Yol Yol (Paperback)
by (shelved 778 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,098,679 ratings — published 2006
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Station Eleven Station Eleven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 714 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 4.06 — 654,744 ratings — published 2014
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The Stand The Stand (Audiobook)
by (shelved 645 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 4.35 — 868,737 ratings — published 1978
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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 557 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 4.02 — 584,520 ratings — published 2006
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The Passage (The Passage, #1) The Passage (The Passage, #1)
by (shelved 455 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 4.05 — 227,877 ratings — published 2010
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The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1) The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1)
by (shelved 404 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 4.00 — 486,497 ratings — published 2013
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 370 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,346,090 ratings — published 2008
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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)
by (shelved 332 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 3.95 — 251,755 ratings — published 2014
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Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1) Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1)
by (shelved 329 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 3.89 — 135,298 ratings — published 2006
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Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
by (shelved 323 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 4.00 — 296,639 ratings — published 2003
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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 291 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 4.37 — 4,370,138 ratings — published 2009
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Swan Song Swan Song (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 291 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 4.30 — 79,566 ratings — published 1987
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One Second After (After, #1) One Second After (After, #1)
by (shelved 281 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 3.98 — 79,650 ratings — published 2009
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Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1)
by (shelved 280 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 4.22 — 297,782 ratings — published 2012
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Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1) Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1)
by (shelved 277 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 4.09 — 201,152 ratings — published 2011
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 274 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,906,644 ratings — published 2010
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Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
by (shelved 260 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 4.18 — 303,174 ratings — published 1993
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Bird Box (Bird Box, #1) Bird Box (Bird Box, #1)
by (shelved 255 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 4.05 — 219,100 ratings — published 2014
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Alas, Babylon Alas, Babylon (Paperback)
by (shelved 249 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 4.09 — 49,744 ratings — published 1959
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The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1) The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
by (shelved 241 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,758,344 ratings — published 2009
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The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
by (shelved 222 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 4.28 — 357,850 ratings — published 2015
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I Am Legend I Am Legend (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 221 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 4.04 — 162,460 ratings — published 1954
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Earth Abides Earth Abides (Paperback)
by (shelved 219 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 3.94 — 35,764 ratings — published 1949
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The Dog Stars The Dog Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 217 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 3.91 — 94,232 ratings — published 2012
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On the Beach On the Beach (Paperback)
by (shelved 206 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 3.99 — 52,012 ratings — published 1957
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A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1) A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
by (shelved 205 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 3.99 — 124,835 ratings — published 1959
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Divergent (Divergent, #1) Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 201 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,507,052 ratings — published 2011
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The Day of the Triffids The Day of the Triffids (Paperback)
by (shelved 200 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 4.01 — 121,289 ratings — published 1951
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World After (Penryn & the End of Days, #2) World After (Penryn & the End of Days, #2)
by (shelved 189 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 4.13 — 109,370 ratings — published 2013
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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (Paperback)
by (shelved 189 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 4.25 — 850,660 ratings — published 1990
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The Twelve (The Passage, #2) The Twelve (The Passage, #2)
by (shelved 186 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 4.04 — 108,682 ratings — published 2012
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Severance Severance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 184 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 3.87 — 142,313 ratings — published 2018
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The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2) The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
by (shelved 180 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 4.07 — 136,518 ratings — published 2009
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The Infinite Sea (The 5th Wave, #2) The Infinite Sea (The 5th Wave, #2)
by (shelved 179 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 3.82 — 152,440 ratings — published 2014
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Ashfall (Ashfall, #1) Ashfall (Ashfall, #1)
by (shelved 167 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 3.99 — 26,987 ratings — published 2011
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The Dead and the Gone (Last Survivors, #2) The Dead and the Gone (Last Survivors, #2)
by (shelved 167 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 3.85 — 43,255 ratings — published 2008
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The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner, #2) The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner, #2)
by (shelved 163 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 3.90 — 671,065 ratings — published 2010
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Shift (Silo, #2) Shift (Silo, #2)
by (shelved 160 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 4.12 — 172,168 ratings — published 2013
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The Last Policeman (The Last Policeman, #1) The Last Policeman (The Last Policeman, #1)
by (shelved 159 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 3.77 — 36,807 ratings — published 2012
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Seveneves Seveneves (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 157 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 4.00 — 128,794 ratings — published 2015
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Feed (Newsflesh, #1) Feed (Newsflesh, #1)
by (shelved 157 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 3.85 — 62,434 ratings — published 2010
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The Death Cure (The Maze Runner, #3) The Death Cure (The Maze Runner, #3)
by (shelved 154 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 3.79 — 519,130 ratings — published 2011
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The Age of Miracles The Age of Miracles (Paperback)
by (shelved 152 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 3.67 — 96,328 ratings — published 2012
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Cell Cell (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 149 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 3.65 — 242,608 ratings — published 2006
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Insurgent (Divergent, #2) Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
by (shelved 147 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,662,130 ratings — published 2012
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I Am Legend and Other Stories I Am Legend and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 147 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 4.00 — 138,516 ratings — published 1954
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The Fireman The Fireman (Paperback)
by (shelved 145 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 3.92 — 68,813 ratings — published 2016
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Lucifer's Hammer Lucifer's Hammer (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 140 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 4.00 — 46,074 ratings — published 1977
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The Postman The Postman (Paperback)
by (shelved 139 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 3.89 — 38,220 ratings — published 1985
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Project Hail Mary Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 138 times as apocalyptic)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,929,076 ratings — published 2021
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Rick Yancey
“Cities are more than the sum of their infrastructure. They transcend brick and mortar, concrete and steel. They're the vessels into which human knowledge is poured.”
― Rick Yancey, The Last Star

William F. Nolan
“The seeds of the Little War were planted in a restless summer during the mid-1960s, with sit-ins and student demonstrations as youth tested its strength. By the early 1970s over 75 percent of the people living on Earth were under 21 years of age. The population continued to climb—and with it the youth percentage.
In the 1980s the figure was 79.7 percent.
In the 1990s, 82.4 percent.
In the year 2000—critical mass.”
― William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson; David Kraft; George Perez [Illustrator], Logan's Run

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