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Hi might like 'It', by Stephen King.

Robert McCammon - "Swan Song" and "The Border" have both post-apocalyptic setting. My favorite though is "On the Beach" by Nevil Shute.

The remaining 25% or so of Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles has some post-apocalyptic elements, particularly the story "There Will Come Soft Rains."

I haven't yet read One Second After, but a very good friend of mine and fellow Goodreads member, Jeff Harshaw, recommends it highly.

And if your hubby is willing to consider a graphic novel, but rest assuredly a comic book that's intended for more mature audiences and not little kiddies, have him check out Cobalt-60 by Vaughn Bode.

The Postman by David Brin

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
The Death of Grass by John Christopher
The Last Canadian by William C. Heine (aka: The Last American and Death Wind)
The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters (1st book in a trilogy)
The City, Not Long After by Pat Murphy
A Wrinkle in the Skin by John Christopher
Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse by Victor Gischler
The Scarlet Plague by Jack London
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham

He might like the Mr. Mercedes series by Stephen King. I haven't read it yet but I plan to and have heard great reviews of it!

I would suggest Him giving The Road a try, Cormac McCarthy is a remarkable pen. Robert McCammon Swan Song is another I liked. Actually, The Stand is one of my all time favorites. And I've had 2 or 3 books going at the same time for 40 years! Dune is fantastic.

I recently read J.G. Ballard’s The Drowned World and thought it was very good. I haven't yet read his other apocalyptic books ( The Drought and The Crystal World ), but I can definitely recommend The Drowned World. (I have a review of it here.)

I've just read two books by Mark Gillespie - L-2011 and Mr Apocalypse. Both set in an alternative modern day London. I cannot recommend them highly enough. Given what's happening in parts of the world right now, what happens in L-2011 is entirely possible!

Am currently reading Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. Easy for me to relate to as it's set in L.A. in the late 1970s (granted, I was just a wee bitty toddler back then, but eh, what the heck). One of the all-time classics in the genre, about a comet striking Earth and the post-apocalyptic results, it was first recommended to me by a couple of real-life employees of Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL, which plays a prominent role in the early part of the novel) back when I was elementary school.

Riddley Walker, by Russell Hoban, is extraordinary.

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Station Eleven was the best

I recently read The Country of Ice Cream Star by Sandra Newman, and loved it!

Eti wrote: "I recently read The Country of Ice Cream Star by Sandra Newman, and loved it!"

wasn't that such an inventive book?? while i didn't quite love it, i have a deep appreciation for how newman told this story!!

I don't have a lot of dystopian books in my history, but the few I have read I really enjoyed. #1 on this short list is The Dog Stars by Peter Heller. This one of the few five star books on my list. Enjoy!