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Earlier this year I read Station Eleven and absolutely loved it. Before that I had never read any apocalypse books.

Now I need your recommendations. I want the good stuff, the award winning, the journey, the action, the well-written books.

Provide me with the best the apocalypse has to give!

A Canticle for Leibowitz is required. It established a lot of the genre's style and has inspired many forms of media that are post-apocalyptic (e.g. Fallout video game series).

Earth Abides by George R Stewart is my favourite of the many post-apocalyptic books I've read.

Thank you. Both very interesting books I've never heard of!

The Stand by King (plague)

Swan Song by McCammon (nukes)

Fifth Wave trilogy by Yancey (aliens)

One Second After by Marsden (EMP)

Aaron wrote: "Earth Abides by George R Stewart is my favourite of the many post-apocalyptic books I've read."

I would have recommended this next.