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Post Apocalyptic

Civilization lies in ruins as survivors navigate a harsh new world of scarce resources, deadly threats, and collapsed social orders. Through stories of resilience and reinvention, humanity faces its darkest hours while clinging to hope in landscapes forever altered by catastrophe.

Post Apocalyptic Book Summaries

Dust Summary
Dust
by Hugh Howey 2013 458 pages
4.24
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
The Death Cure Summary
The Death Cure
by James Dashner 2011 325 pages
3.78
400k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
The Maze Runner Summary
The Maze Runner
by James Dashner 2009 384 pages
4.05
1.6M+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Shift Summary
Shift
by Hugh Howey 2013 579 pages
4.13
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
World War Z Summary
World War Z
An Oral History of the Zombie War
by Max Brooks 2006 342 pages
4.02
500k+ ratings
Horror
Zombies
Science Fiction
Parable of the Sower Summary
Parable of the Sower
by Octavia E. Butler 1993 345 pages
4.21
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Fantasy
The Road Summary
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy 2006 241 pages
3.99
900k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
Station Eleven Summary
Station Eleven
by Emily St. John Mandel 2014 333 pages
4.07
500k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
The Hunger Games Summary
The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins 2008 374 pages
4.34
9.2M+ ratings
Young Adult
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Fortune Falls Summary
Fortune Falls
by Lou Vane 2021 372 pages
4.16
1k+ ratings
Dystopia
Fantasy
Young Adult
Oryx and Crake Summary
Oryx and Crake
by Margaret Atwood 2003 389 pages
4.01
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
The Rule of Three Summary
The Rule of Three
by Eric Walters 2014 405 pages
4.00
7k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Chronicles From The Future Summary
Chronicles From The Future
The amazing story of Paul Amadeus Dienach
by Achilleas Sirigos 1972 396 pages
3.76
500+ ratings
Time Travel
Memoir
Utopia
Metro 2033 Summary
Metro 2033
by Dmitry Glukhovsky 2002 458 pages
4.03
69k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Post Apocalyptic
The Kill Order Summary
The Kill Order
by James Dashner 2012 327 pages
3.71
200k+ ratings
Dystopia
Young Adult
Science Fiction
The Girl with All the Gifts Summary
The Girl with All the Gifts
by M.R. Carey 2014 461 pages
3.95
200k+ ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Zombies
Starters Summary
Starters
by Lissa Price 2012 352 pages
3.88
44k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Emperor of Thorns Summary
Emperor of Thorns
by Mark Lawrence 2013 434 pages
4.23
55k+ ratings
Fantasy
Dark Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
Life As We Knew It Summary
Life As We Knew It
by Susan Beth Pfeffer 2006 337 pages
3.89
100k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
The Scorch Trials Summary
The Scorch Trials
by James Dashner 2010 362 pages
3.90
600k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
The Stand Summary
The Stand
by Stephen King 1978 1152 pages
4.35
700k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Science Fiction
The Enemy Summary
The Enemy
by Charlie Higson 2009 406 pages
4.10
25k+ ratings
Horror
Zombies
Young Adult
The Cradle of Ice Summary
The Cradle of Ice
by James Rollins 2023 672 pages
4.07
3k+ ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Adult
The Passage Summary
The Passage
by Justin Cronin 2010 784 pages
4.05
200k+ ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Fantasy
The Year of the Flood Summary
The Year of the Flood
by Margaret Atwood 2009 431 pages
4.06
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
Cell Summary
Cell
by Stephen King 2006 449 pages
3.66
200k+ ratings
Horror
Zombies
Thriller
Defiance of the Fall 3 Summary
Defiance of the Fall 3
by TheFirstDefier 2021 868 pages
4.51
9k+ ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Magic
The 100 Summary
The 100
by Kass Morgan 2013 323 pages
3.58
81k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
I Am Legend and Other Stories Summary
I Am Legend and Other Stories
by Richard Matheson 1954 317 pages
4.00
100k+ ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Vampires
King of Thorns Summary
King of Thorns
by Mark Lawrence 2012 449 pages
4.18
68k+ ratings
Fantasy
Dark Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
The Walking Dead, Vol. 1 Summary
The Walking Dead, Vol. 1
Days Gone Bye
by Robert Kirkman 2004 144 pages
4.27
200k+ ratings
Graphic Novels
Comics
Horror
Partials Summary
Partials
by Dan Wells 2012 468 pages
3.93
59k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
The City of Mirrors Summary
The City of Mirrors
by Justin Cronin 2016 602 pages
4.21
59k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Science Fiction
The Twelve Summary
The Twelve
by Justin Cronin 2012 592 pages
4.03
100k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Science Fiction
The Silo Saga Omnibus Summary
The Silo Saga Omnibus
by Hugh Howey 2020 1663 pages
4.60
3k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
Under the Never Sky Summary
Under the Never Sky
by Veronica Rossi 2011 374 pages
3.99
100k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
Monument 14 Summary
Monument 14
by Emmy Laybourne 2012 304 pages
3.90
24k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
The Forest of Hands and Teeth Summary
The Forest of Hands and Teeth
by Carrie Ryan 2009 336 pages
3.60
86k+ ratings
Young Adult
Zombies
Horror
Blood Red Road Summary
Blood Red Road
by Moira Young 2011 459 pages
3.91
62k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
Ghosts Summary
Ghosts
by Nicholas Sansbury Smith 2017 288 pages
4.24
8k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Post Apocalyptic
Horror
The Butcher's Masquerade Summary
The Butcher's Masquerade
by Matt Dinniman 2022 732 pages
4.69
33k+ ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Humor
The Testing Summary
The Testing
by Joelle Charbonneau 2013 325 pages
4.05
80k+ ratings
Dystopia
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Commune Summary
Commune
Book One
by Joshua Gayou 2017 272 pages
4.17
2k+ ratings
Post Apocalyptic
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Novas Summary
Novas
by Lou Vane 2022 278 pages
4.34
1k+ ratings
Dystopia
Romance
Fantasy
Parable of the Talents Summary
Parable of the Talents
by Octavia E. Butler 1998 448 pages
4.32
72k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Fantasy
As Our World Ends Summary
As Our World Ends
by Jack Hunt 2020 388 pages
4.18
1k+ ratings
Post Apocalyptic
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Recruitment Summary
Recruitment
by K.A. Riley 2018 426 pages
3.93
5k+ ratings
Dystopia
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Day 21 Summary
Day 21
by Kass Morgan 2014 320 pages
3.72
43k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Malorie Summary
Malorie
by Josh Malerman 2020 301 pages
3.80
26k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Dystopia
A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World Summary
A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World
by C.A. Fletcher 2019 365 pages
4.15
19k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
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