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🏚️ Dystopian Collapse

Stories set at the breaking point of an oppressive system, when the structures of control begin to fracture and chaos rushes in to fill the void.
The Mandibles
by Lionel Shriver • 2016
The Mandibles waited decades for an inheritance that disappears the night America defaults.
3.71
12k+
🏚️ Economic Collapse💸 Failed Inheritance👁️ Surveillance State
The Mandibles Summary
The Mandibles 91%
The Mandibles waited decades for an inheritance that disappears the night America defaults.
by Lionel Shriver 2016
3.71
12k+ ratings
🏚️ Economic Collapse💸 Failed Inheritance👁️ Surveillance State
In the Country of Last Things. by Paul Auster
by Paul Auster • 1987
Anna searches a nameless, crumbling city for her brother while hunger and forgetting consume all.
3.91
16k+
✉️ Epistolary Dystopia🏚️ Collapsing City🤝 Found Family
In the Country of Last Things. by Paul Auster Summary
In the Country of Last Things. by Paul Auster 91%
Anna searches a nameless, crumbling city for her brother while hunger and forgetting consume all.
by Paul Auster 1987
3.91
16k+ ratings
✉️ Epistolary Dystopia🏚️ Collapsing City🤝 Found Family
As Our World Ends
by Jack Hunt • 2020
A fractured family navigates a lawless America after a cyberattack, racing to rescue their daughter.
4.18
1k+
🖥️ Grid-Down Survival💔 Broken Family Bonds👥 Ragtag Survivors
As Our World Ends Summary
As Our World Ends 91%
A fractured family navigates a lawless America after a cyberattack, racing to rescue their daughter.
by Jack Hunt 2020
4.18
1k+ ratings
🖥️ Grid-Down Survival💔 Broken Family Bonds👥 Ragtag Survivors
One Second After
by William R. Forstchen • 2009
An EMP erases civilization. A widowed professor must keep his daughters alive as his town starves.
3.98
77k+
🏕️ Survivalist Fiction⚡ Grid Collapse🫡 Reluctant Leader
One Second After Summary
One Second After 90%
An EMP erases civilization. A widowed professor must keep his daughters alive as his town starves.
by William R. Forstchen 2009
3.98
77k+ ratings
🏕️ Survivalist Fiction⚡ Grid Collapse🫡 Reluctant Leader
The Sheep Look Up
by John Brunner • 2003
America is dying of its own poison, and the people who warned us are being hunted.
3.91
6k+
☣️ Ecological Dystopia🗣️ Reluctant Prophet🧩 Fragmented Narrative
The Sheep Look Up Summary
The Sheep Look Up 90%
America is dying of its own poison, and the people who warned us are being hunted.
by John Brunner 2003
3.91
6k+ ratings
☣️ Ecological Dystopia🗣️ Reluctant Prophet🧩 Fragmented Narrative
The Camp of the Saints
by Jean Raspail • 1987
When a refugee fleet sails for the French coast, the West discovers it has already surrendered.
3.85
2k+
🏚️ Societal Collapse🪦 Collapse From Within🧊 Moral Paralysis
The Camp of the Saints Summary
The Camp of the Saints 90%
When a refugee fleet sails for the French coast, the West discovers it has already surrendered.
by Jean Raspail 1987
3.85
2k+ ratings
🏚️ Societal Collapse🪦 Collapse From Within🧊 Moral Paralysis
How Everything Can Collapse
by Pablo Servigne • 2015
Collapse follows a recognizable script. Industrial civilization is already past the first scene.
4.16
1k+
📉 Collapsology🏚️ Civilizational Collapse🔗 Systems Thinking
How Everything Can Collapse Summary
How Everything Can Collapse 90%
Collapse follows a recognizable script. Industrial civilization is already past the first scene.
by Pablo Servigne 2015
4.16
1k+ ratings
📉 Collapsology🏚️ Civilizational Collapse🔗 Systems Thinking
Station Eleven
by Emily St. John Mandel • 2014
A pandemic erases the world; a traveling Shakespeare troupe becomes what remains of human culture.
4.07
623k+
🖋️ Literary Dystopia🌫️ Quiet Apocalypse🕸️ Interconnected Lives
Station Eleven Summary
Station Eleven 90%
A pandemic erases the world; a traveling Shakespeare troupe becomes what remains of human culture.
by Emily St. John Mandel 2014
4.07
623k+ ratings
🖋️ Literary Dystopia🌫️ Quiet Apocalypse🕸️ Interconnected Lives
BEYOND EXTINCTION
by John Keeble • 2018
A geneticist's refuge becomes a lab; his lover, a numan; his DNA, a museum of extinction.
3.83
138
🧬 Genetic Dystopia🧬 Species Replacement🧠 Genetic Memory
BEYOND EXTINCTION Summary
BEYOND EXTINCTION 90%
A geneticist's refuge becomes a lab; his lover, a numan; his DNA, a museum of extinction.
by John Keeble 2018
3.83
138 ratings
🧬 Genetic Dystopia🧬 Species Replacement🧠 Genetic Memory
The Rule of Three
by Eric Walters • 2014
A tech collapse forces a teen to lead his neighborhood's defense against a ruthless enemy.
4.00
8k+
💻 Tech Collapse🫂 Found Family🛡️ Makeshift Militia
The Rule of Three Summary
The Rule of Three 90%
A tech collapse forces a teen to lead his neighborhood's defense against a ruthless enemy.
by Eric Walters 2014
4.00
8k+ ratings
💻 Tech Collapse🫂 Found Family🛡️ Makeshift Militia
The Tower
by Colin Wilson • 1987
Giant telepathic spiders rule the earth, and one boy's mind holds the power they cannot break.
4.02
509
🧠 Psychic Dystopia🕷️ Giant Spiders🏭 Engineered Society
The Tower Summary
The Tower 90%
Giant telepathic spiders rule the earth, and one boy's mind holds the power they cannot break.
by Colin Wilson 1987
4.02
509 ratings
🧠 Psychic Dystopia🕷️ Giant Spiders🏭 Engineered Society
Commune
by Joshua Gayou • 2017
After a plague, a lone survivor leads three strangers across a dead America to Wyoming.
4.18
3k+
🦠 Plague Apocalypse🌍 Grounded Apocalypse🫂 Found Family
Commune Summary
Commune 90%
After a plague, a lone survivor leads three strangers across a dead America to Wyoming.
by Joshua Gayou 2017
4.18
3k+ ratings
🦠 Plague Apocalypse🌍 Grounded Apocalypse🫂 Found Family
A Better World
by Marcus Sakey • 2014
When a serum that makes anyone enhanced emerges, a fractured America erupts into shadow war.
4.17
19k+
🏚️ Near-Future Collapse⚡ Superpowered Divide🕵️ Government Conspiracy
A Better World Summary
A Better World 90%
When a serum that makes anyone enhanced emerges, a fractured America erupts into shadow war.
by Marcus Sakey 2014
4.17
19k+ ratings
🏚️ Near-Future Collapse⚡ Superpowered Divide🕵️ Government Conspiracy
Shift
by Hugh Howey • 2013
An architect wakes from frozen sleep to learn his shelters were built to cull, not save.
4.13
157k+
💣 Engineered Apocalypse🏚️ Underground Bunker🧠 Memory Erasure
Shift Summary
Shift 89%
An architect wakes from frozen sleep to learn his shelters were built to cull, not save.
by Hugh Howey 2013
4.13
157k+ ratings
💣 Engineered Apocalypse🏚️ Underground Bunker🧠 Memory Erasure
Anti-Tech Revolution
by Theodore John Kaczynski • 2016
The technological world system is a self-driving machine no one steers and nothing stops.
3.95
630
🏕️ Anarcho-Primitivism✊ Revolutionary Theory🔄 Systems Thinking
Anti-Tech Revolution Summary
Anti-Tech Revolution 89%
The technological world system is a self-driving machine no one steers and nothing stops.
by Theodore John Kaczynski 2016
3.95
630 ratings
🏕️ Anarcho-Primitivism✊ Revolutionary Theory🔄 Systems Thinking
The Inverted World
by Christopher Priest • 1974
A city rolls north to outrun a twisted world. An apprentice bound by secrecy doubts reality.
3.95
11k+
📖 New Wave Science Fiction👁️ Unreliable Reality🔍 Secret Societies
The Inverted World Summary
The Inverted World 89%
A city rolls north to outrun a twisted world. An apprentice bound by secrecy doubts reality.
by Christopher Priest 1974
3.95
11k+ ratings
📖 New Wave Science Fiction👁️ Unreliable Reality🔍 Secret Societies
The Year of the Flood
by Margaret Atwood • 2009
A plague destroys civilization. Two women survive alone, living by the eco-cult's rules.
4.07
134k+
🌿 Eco-Spiritual Commune🏢 Corporate Dystopia🧬 Biopunk Fiction
The Year of the Flood Summary
The Year of the Flood 89%
A plague destroys civilization. Two women survive alone, living by the eco-cult's rules.
by Margaret Atwood 2009
4.07
134k+ ratings
🌿 Eco-Spiritual Commune🏢 Corporate Dystopia🧬 Biopunk Fiction
Severance
by Ling Ma • 2018
The fever traps victims in habit loops. Candace Chen, office worker, was already there.
3.88
134k+
🏢 Office Apocalypse🧧 Immigrant Daughter🌫️ Quiet Apocalypse
Severance Summary
Severance 89%
The fever traps victims in habit loops. Candace Chen, office worker, was already there.
by Ling Ma 2018
3.88
134k+ ratings
🏢 Office Apocalypse🧧 Immigrant Daughter🌫️ Quiet Apocalypse
Goliath's Curse
by Luke Kemp • 2025
Hierarchy was a 12,000-year mistake. Its final collapse could take our species with it.
4.06
1k+
💥 Societal Collapse☢️ Existential Risk📜 Big History
Goliath's Curse Summary
Goliath's Curse 89%
Hierarchy was a 12,000-year mistake. Its final collapse could take our species with it.
by Luke Kemp 2025
4.06
1k+ ratings
💥 Societal Collapse☢️ Existential Risk📜 Big History
La hija de la española
by Karina Sainz Borgo • 2019
After burying her mother in lawless Caracas, a woman steals a dead neighbor's identity to escape.
3.72
9k+
🏚️ Societal Collapse💔 Mother Loss🎭 Identity Theft
La hija de la española Summary
La hija de la española 89%
After burying her mother in lawless Caracas, a woman steals a dead neighbor's identity to escape.
by Karina Sainz Borgo 2019
3.72
9k+ ratings
🏚️ Societal Collapse💔 Mother Loss🎭 Identity Theft
Dust
by Hugh Howey • 2013
Every exile poisons the world further; survivors must cross dead land to reach the only green.
4.23
141k+
🏚️ Post-Apocalyptic Bunker🕵️ Global Conspiracy✊ Dystopian Rebellion
Dust Summary
Dust 89%
Every exile poisons the world further; survivors must cross dead land to reach the only green.
by Hugh Howey 2013
4.23
141k+ ratings
🏚️ Post-Apocalyptic Bunker🕵️ Global Conspiracy✊ Dystopian Rebellion
Metro 2033
by Dmitry Glukhovsky • 2013
To stop the creatures menacing his home, a young man journeys through the haunted Moscow metro.
4.03
78k+
🌃 Russian Dystopia☢️ Nuclear Winter🚇 Underground City
Metro 2033 Summary
Metro 2033 89%
To stop the creatures menacing his home, a young man journeys through the haunted Moscow metro.
by Dmitry Glukhovsky 2013
4.03
78k+ ratings
🌃 Russian Dystopia☢️ Nuclear Winter🚇 Underground City
The Future
by Naomi Alderman • 2023
Three tech billionaires trust an AI to outrun the apocalypse. Their private island becomes a cage.
3.84
25k+
🤑 Tech Billionaire Satire🏙️ Near Future Dystopia📖 Literary Science Fiction
The Future Summary
The Future 89%
Three tech billionaires trust an AI to outrun the apocalypse. Their private island becomes a cage.
by Naomi Alderman 2023
3.84
25k+ ratings
🤑 Tech Billionaire Satire🏙️ Near Future Dystopia📖 Literary Science Fiction
The Collapse of Complex Societies
by Joseph A. Tainter • 1988
Society's greatest threat isn't invasion; it's the rising cost of keeping itself organized.
4.15
2k+
🏚️ Societal Collapse🕸️ Complex Systems📉 Diminishing Returns
The Collapse of Complex Societies Summary
The Collapse of Complex Societies 89%
Society's greatest threat isn't invasion; it's the rising cost of keeping itself organized.
by Joseph A. Tainter 1988
4.15
2k+ ratings
🏚️ Societal Collapse🕸️ Complex Systems📉 Diminishing Returns
The Fifth Season
by N.K. Jemisin • 2015
Her son murdered, her daughter taken, an orogene mother must wield the power that broke the earth.
4.28
339k+
💀 Dying Earth⛓️ Oppressed Mages🔪 Mother'S Vengeance
The Fifth Season Summary
The Fifth Season 89%
Her son murdered, her daughter taken, an orogene mother must wield the power that broke the earth.
by N.K. Jemisin 2015
4.28
339k+ ratings
💀 Dying Earth⛓️ Oppressed Mages🔪 Mother'S Vengeance
Moon of the Crusted Snow
by Waubgeshig Rice • 2018
The power fails in a remote Anishinaabe community. A stranger arrives. The cities have fallen.
3.82
46k+
🖤 Literary Horror🌾 Indigenous Futurism😈 Charismatic Outsider
Moon of the Crusted Snow Summary
Moon of the Crusted Snow 89%
The power fails in a remote Anishinaabe community. A stranger arrives. The cities have fallen.
by Waubgeshig Rice 2018
3.82
46k+ ratings
🖤 Literary Horror🌾 Indigenous Futurism😈 Charismatic Outsider
Commune
by Joshua Gayou • 2018
A mountain commune is occupied. To reclaim it, survivors must risk becoming monsters themselves.
4.32
1k+
🏚️ Post-Apocalyptic Community⚖️ Survivor Politics👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family
Commune Summary
Commune 89%
A mountain commune is occupied. To reclaim it, survivors must risk becoming monsters themselves.
by Joshua Gayou 2018
4.32
1k+ ratings
🏚️ Post-Apocalyptic Community⚖️ Survivor Politics👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family
Monument 14
by Emmy Laybourne • 2012
Trapped in a superstore by a freak hailstorm, fourteen kids discover the air outside is lethal.
3.90
25k+
🌀 Disaster Survival👦 Kids Without Adults🫂 Found Family
Monument 14 Summary
Monument 14 89%
Trapped in a superstore by a freak hailstorm, fourteen kids discover the air outside is lethal.
by Emmy Laybourne 2012
3.90
25k+ ratings
🌀 Disaster Survival👦 Kids Without Adults🫂 Found Family
The Slynx
by Tatyana Tolstaya • 2007
In frozen, mutated Russia, a scribe copies a tyrant's decrees as a forest beast steals minds.
3.81
6k+
📚 Forbidden Books🧠 Cultural Amnesia😈 Dark Absurdist Humor
The Slynx Summary
The Slynx 89%
In frozen, mutated Russia, a scribe copies a tyrant's decrees as a forest beast steals minds.
by Tatyana Tolstaya 2007
3.81
6k+ ratings
📚 Forbidden Books🧠 Cultural Amnesia😈 Dark Absurdist Humor
A Guardian and a Thief
by Megha Majumdar • 2025
Stolen passports trap a mother in a climate-ravaged Kolkata with a thief who knows her secret.
3.77
31k+
🔥 Climate Dystopia🛂 Climate Refugees💔 Desperate Mother
A Guardian and a Thief Summary
A Guardian and a Thief 89%
Stolen passports trap a mother in a climate-ravaged Kolkata with a thief who knows her secret.
by Megha Majumdar 2025
3.77
31k+ ratings
🔥 Climate Dystopia🛂 Climate Refugees💔 Desperate Mother
The Last Policeman
by Ben H. Winters • 2012
Earth has six months left. A detective investigates a suicide that looks like murder.
3.77
36k+
🕵️ Pre-Apocalypse Mystery🔍 Obsessive Detective🖤 Melancholy Noir
The Last Policeman Summary
The Last Policeman 89%
Earth has six months left. A detective investigates a suicide that looks like murder.
by Ben H. Winters 2012
3.77
36k+ ratings
🕵️ Pre-Apocalypse Mystery🔍 Obsessive Detective🖤 Melancholy Noir
Lights Out
by Ted Koppel • 2015
A grid cyberattack could kill most Americans in a year; no agency has a plan.
3.71
6k+
⚡ Critical Infrastructure🔌 Electrical Grid💥 EMP Threat
Lights Out Summary
Lights Out 89%
A grid cyberattack could kill most Americans in a year; no agency has a plan.
by Ted Koppel 2015
3.71
6k+ ratings
⚡ Critical Infrastructure🔌 Electrical Grid💥 EMP Threat
Blackout
by Marc Elsberg • 2012
A former hacker traces Europe's blackout to a cyberattack hidden inside its own smart meters.
4.01
18k+
🖥️ Techno-Thriller⚡ Power Grid Collapse💻 Hacker Protagonist
Blackout Summary
Blackout 89%
A former hacker traces Europe's blackout to a cyberattack hidden inside its own smart meters.
by Marc Elsberg 2012
4.01
18k+ ratings
🖥️ Techno-Thriller⚡ Power Grid Collapse💻 Hacker Protagonist
Parable of the Talents
by Octavia E. Butler • 1998
Crusaders take her community and her child. In a reeducation camp, a mother holds change sacred.
4.32
87k+
🏚️ Religious Dystopia👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family✝️ Religious Extremism
Parable of the Talents Summary
Parable of the Talents 89%
Crusaders take her community and her child. In a reeducation camp, a mother holds change sacred.
by Octavia E. Butler 1998
4.32
87k+ ratings
🏚️ Religious Dystopia👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family✝️ Religious Extremism
Ghosts
by Nicholas Sansbury Smith • 2017
Aboard humanity's last airship, survival means dropping into a monster-filled wasteland to scavenge.
4.25
9k+
🪂 Drop Team Survival🏜️ Wasteland Survival✈️ Airship Society
Ghosts Summary
Ghosts 89%
Aboard humanity's last airship, survival means dropping into a monster-filled wasteland to scavenge.
by Nicholas Sansbury Smith 2017
4.25
9k+ ratings
🪂 Drop Team Survival🏜️ Wasteland Survival✈️ Airship Society
Wake Up and Open Your Eyes
by Clay McLeod Chapman • 2025
A liberal New Yorker races south as a viral possession consumes his parents through their screens.
3.27
15k+
🎭 Social Horror📺 Media Possession🦠 Memetic Virus
Wake Up and Open Your Eyes Summary
Wake Up and Open Your Eyes 89%
A liberal New Yorker races south as a viral possession consumes his parents through their screens.
by Clay McLeod Chapman 2025
3.27
15k+ ratings
🎭 Social Horror📺 Media Possession🦠 Memetic Virus
Good Morning, Midnight
by Lily Brooks-Dalton • 2016
An Arctic astronomer and a deep-space crew both reach for a voice in the silence.
3.90
24k+
🖤 Literary Apocalypse❄️ Arctic Isolation🚀 Deep Space
Good Morning, Midnight Summary
Good Morning, Midnight 89%
An Arctic astronomer and a deep-space crew both reach for a voice in the silence.
by Lily Brooks-Dalton 2016
3.90
24k+ ratings
🖤 Literary Apocalypse❄️ Arctic Isolation🚀 Deep Space
Radicalized
by Cory Doctorow • 2019
When her smart toaster bricks itself, a refugee discovers the whole building is a corporate jail.
4.03
8k+
🏙️ Near Future Dystopia💻 Hacktivism🧳 Refugee Resilience
Radicalized Summary
Radicalized 89%
When her smart toaster bricks itself, a refugee discovers the whole building is a corporate jail.
by Cory Doctorow 2019
4.03
8k+ ratings
🏙️ Near Future Dystopia💻 Hacktivism🧳 Refugee Resilience
Pines
by Blake Crouch • 2012
A Secret Service agent wakes with no memory in a perfect town where nobody ever leaves.
3.92
189k+
🏚️ Small Town Horror🔍 Amnesiac Investigator👁️ Dystopian Control
Pines Summary
Pines 89%
A Secret Service agent wakes with no memory in a perfect town where nobody ever leaves.
by Blake Crouch 2012
3.92
189k+ ratings
🏚️ Small Town Horror🔍 Amnesiac Investigator👁️ Dystopian Control
Chien 51
by Laurent Gaudé • 2022
A refugee cop in a corporate megacity hunts a killer through zones of privilege and ruin.
3.64
2k+
🖤 Dystopian Noir💼 Corporate Dystopia👥 Reluctant Partners
Chien 51 Summary
Chien 51 89%
A refugee cop in a corporate megacity hunts a killer through zones of privilege and ruin.
by Laurent Gaudé 2022
3.64
2k+ ratings
🖤 Dystopian Noir💼 Corporate Dystopia👥 Reluctant Partners
Sick Bastards
by Matt Shaw • 2014
A memoryless family cannibalizes strangers to survive, until one learns the apocalypse was faked.
3.54
4k+
💀 Extreme Horror🥩 Cannibalism Horror🩸 Body Horror
Sick Bastards Summary
Sick Bastards 89%
A memoryless family cannibalizes strangers to survive, until one learns the apocalypse was faked.
by Matt Shaw 2014
3.54
4k+ ratings
💀 Extreme Horror🥩 Cannibalism Horror🩸 Body Horror
Brazil Is the New America
by James Dale Davidson • 2012
The math of debt, energy, and demography says the American era ends and Brazil's begins.
3.17
36
📉 National Decline🌍 Emerging Markets🛢️ Peak Oil
Brazil Is the New America Summary
Brazil Is the New America 89%
The math of debt, energy, and demography says the American era ends and Brazil's begins.
by James Dale Davidson 2012
3.17
36 ratings
📉 National Decline🌍 Emerging Markets🛢️ Peak Oil
The Wall
by Marlen Haushofer • 1999
An invisible wall seals a woman inside a mountain valley, the world beyond it frozen dead.
3.99
42k+
🏔️ Literary Dystopia💨 Quiet Apocalypse🌿 Female Survivalist
The Wall Summary
The Wall 89%
An invisible wall seals a woman inside a mountain valley, the world beyond it frozen dead.
by Marlen Haushofer 1999
3.99
42k+ ratings
🏔️ Literary Dystopia💨 Quiet Apocalypse🌿 Female Survivalist
The End of the World As We Know It
by Christopher Golden • 2025
A flu kills billions; survivors dream of a compassionate elder or a wicked charmer.
3.84
8k+
🦠 Pandemic Apocalypse👥 Found Family🧬 Mutant Outcasts
The End of the World As We Know It Summary
The End of the World As We Know It 88%
A flu kills billions; survivors dream of a compassionate elder or a wicked charmer.
by Christopher Golden 2025
3.84
8k+ ratings
🦠 Pandemic Apocalypse👥 Found Family🧬 Mutant Outcasts
The Memory of Animals
by Claire Fuller • 2023
A marine biologist enters a vaccine trial and wakes to a world that has already ended.
3.57
6k+
🖋️ Literary Dystopia🦠 Pandemic Survival🏠 Found Family
The Memory of Animals Summary
The Memory of Animals 88%
A marine biologist enters a vaccine trial and wakes to a world that has already ended.
by Claire Fuller 2023
3.57
6k+ ratings
🖋️ Literary Dystopia🦠 Pandemic Survival🏠 Found Family
03
by Mainak Dhar • 2016
An EMP kills Mumbai's grid. A VP must turn his apartment building into an army.
4.06
1k+
🔌 EMP Apocalypse🎖️ Reluctant Leader🏘️ Community Under Siege
03 Summary
03 88%
An EMP kills Mumbai's grid. A VP must turn his apartment building into an army.
by Mainak Dhar 2016
4.06
1k+ ratings
🔌 EMP Apocalypse🎖️ Reluctant Leader🏘️ Community Under Siege
The Heart Goes Last
by Margaret Atwood • 2015
Homeless, they joined a town of monthly jail turns. An affair made them each other's inmates.
3.39
75k+
🎭 Dystopian Satire🏚️ Near-Future Collapse📹 Surveillance State
The Heart Goes Last Summary
The Heart Goes Last 88%
Homeless, they joined a town of monthly jail turns. An affair made them each other's inmates.
by Margaret Atwood 2015
3.39
75k+ ratings
🎭 Dystopian Satire🏚️ Near-Future Collapse📹 Surveillance State
On Such a Full Sea
by Chang-rae Lee • 2014
When her boyfriend vanishes, a diver abandons her walled settlement for the dangerous open counties.
3.49
12k+
🏙️ Literary Dystopia🏚️ Post-Collapse Society🌏 Asian Diaspora
On Such a Full Sea Summary
On Such a Full Sea 88%
When her boyfriend vanishes, a diver abandons her walled settlement for the dangerous open counties.
by Chang-rae Lee 2014
3.49
12k+ ratings
🏙️ Literary Dystopia🏚️ Post-Collapse Society🌏 Asian Diaspora
Iron Gold
by Pierce Brown • 2018
Darrow defies the Senate to strike the Ash Lord, fracturing the Republic and endangering his family.
4.21
196k+
🪐 Political Space Opera🎖️ Military Sf👥 Multiple Povs
Iron Gold Summary
Iron Gold 88%
Darrow defies the Senate to strike the Ash Lord, fracturing the Republic and endangering his family.
by Pierce Brown 2018
4.21
196k+ ratings
🪐 Political Space Opera🎖️ Military Sf👥 Multiple Povs
Life As We Knew It
by Susan Beth Pfeffer • 2006
An asteroid strikes the moon, plunging the world into volcanic winter, and one family must survive.
3.89
134k+
☄️ Asteroid Apocalypse📔 Diary Format👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Survival Unit
Life As We Knew It Summary
Life As We Knew It 88%
An asteroid strikes the moon, plunging the world into volcanic winter, and one family must survive.
by Susan Beth Pfeffer 2006
3.89
134k+ ratings
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