What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

This book was set in England and almost everyone in the country disappears. It is from multiple points of view. There are a couple survivors that have to band together and collect resources and figure out what is going on. Once about twenty people locate each other they establish a base of operations at a farmhouse and split up duties(such as defense, supply runs, farming, nurses, cooks, etc.) I read the book on my kindle, which I have not used for about a year, and the book seems to have disappeared from my library. I am almost certain I will know the book when I see it.

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When did you read it?

Sounds like the HBO series "The Leftovers", based off of a novel of the same name by Tom Perrotta

The Leftovers for the link.

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When did you read it?"

I read it about a year ago.

Adam wrote: "Sounds like the HBO series "The Leftovers", based off of a novel of the same name by Tom Perrotta"


No, thats not it. I do not believe it was based on a certain town in England.

Do you mean literally disappeared? There are a couple of books that spring to mind but it's a disease that causes most people to die in both of these:
There Falls No Shadow
After The Fire

The Dark by Jason Brant?

Andy Phillips wrote: "Do you mean literally disappeared? There are a couple of books that spring to mind but it's a disease that causes most people to die in both of these:
There Falls No Shadow
[book:Aft..."

No, neither of those are it. I think everyone just disappears and the survivors don't know why. I'm not 100% sure though since I don't remember if I finished the book.

Maybe The Children of Men?

There's a YA novel about a kid who misses the Singularity because at the moment humanity ascended, he had just been hypnotized, so from his point of view everyone has disappeared by the time he comes to. Unfortunately, I don't remember the name of this book...

Michele wrote: "Maybe The Children of Men?"

I think you can rule out 'The Children of Men' because nobody spontaneously disappears. The population is gradually growing older because no babies have been born for something like 20 years.

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Andy Phillips wrote: "I think you can rule out 'The Children of Men' because nobody spontaneously disappears. The population is gradually growing older because no babies have been born for something like 20 years."

It's a very sloooooooow disappearance lol

maybe The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham? There is an apocalypse and almost everyone is gone, though I think they were eaten by the triffids rather than completely disappeared. They do set up at a farmhouse at the end as far as I remember.

Could it be The Disappearance by Philip Wylie? Within the first few pages, the men suddenly disappear from the women's world & all the women from the men's. My mom went thru "what's the name of that book" with that particular book back in 1988 before the age of the internet. I have no idea how we found it but its an awesome book. It does show you how "dumbed down" our literature has become over the years but its a great read.

The Day of the Triffids (for deleted user's suggestion) and The Disappearance (for Amy's suggestion).

It is not The Day of the Triffids. People don't just disappear in that. There is illness, blindness and Triffids, but no mass disappearances.

Never mind. Lead character is a man, not a girl in this one.

Long shot, but maybe The Death of Grass (AKA "No Blade of Grass") also by John Christopher.

If this helps, the start of the book is a girl waking up to find her family missing, then she goes outside to find everyone has disappeared.

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Andy wrote: "There's a YA novel about a kid who misses the Singularity because at the moment humanity ascended, he had just been hypnotized, so from his point of view everyone has disappeared by the time he com..."

This one sounds like Human.4

Tabitha wrote: "Andy wrote: "There's a YA novel about a kid who misses the Singularity because at the moment humanity ascended, he had just been hypnotized, so from his point of view everyone has disappeared by th..."

Thanks. That's the one I was looking for.

But not the one the original poster was looking for...

Michele wrote: "But not the one the original poster was looking for..."

Sadly, true.

could it be the Left Behind series by Tim LaHaye?

This reminds me of How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

This is a long shot, but maybe Gone by Michael Grant? Everyone over a certain age suddenly disappears but it takes place in California.

Oooooh, I think this is Empty World by John Christopher

Empty World for Emma's link. It was already suggested (#19 above) but Sam hasn't been back to confirm or deny.

I don't think it's 'Empty World' as that features a virus/plague, not an unexplained disappearance. Sam also said that the, "the start of the book is a girl waking up to find her family missing, then she goes outside to find everyone has disappeared". I think the protagonist of 'Empty World' is a boy and his parents have already died in a car accident (although he does live with his grandparents I think, so they are family).

Gone? Although this one isn't set in England.

Haven't read it yet, but "Gone" doesn't sound right going by the blurb.

ETA: I've read Gone now and it doesn't match. Gone is set in California and has many more survivors.

I can confirm that it is *not* 'Empty World', which I read as a child (unless the OP has really badly misremembered it). Don't know what it actually is, though.

Sam, I added some plot details to the topic header, so your book might be recognized from the header alone. Feel free to update it by clicking the small "edit" link after the header. This only works on the full Desktop website – not the Mobile website or app.

Old YA/ Sci Fi: Post Apocalypse, everybody disappears bump.

No Death of Grass, I've read it and found none like you described.
Bargle wrote: "Never mind. Lead character is a man, not a girl in this one.

Long shot, but maybe The Death of Grass (AKA "No Blade of Grass") also by John Christopher."

Did the book seem new at the time you read it?

Are you sure it was YA? Were most of the perspectives from teenagers?

Do you think it was traditionally published as well, or did it seem more like e-book only?

Terry Nation author
Survivors title
Could this be it? There are several different book covers.

Edit: check the description of the one with all the people on the cover.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

My sparse review. The setting is England.

Jaye wrote: "Edit: check the description of the one with all the people on the cover."

Link to that edition. Survivors.

Post Apocalypse, everybody disappears bump.

Note to self: last post Aug. 18.

If it was on your Kindle, try to look at it in your account archives, maybe there is an entry that has been deleted/archived/whatever.

Bargle wrote: "Jaye wrote: "Edit: check the description of the one with all the people on the cover."

Link to that edition. Survivors."

Survivors by Terry "Dalek" Nation was about a virus that killed 98% of the people. There were bodies everywhere so does not sound like seeker's description.

A bit of a long shot, since it's not a perfect match, but maybe How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff?

Sam, are you still looking for this or did you find it?

Bargle wrote: "Post Apocalypse, everybody disappears bump.

Note to self: last post Aug. 18."

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