Human Extinction Books | Summaries & Audio

The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire

by Henry Gee • 2025

The human population will soon peak and shrink. The only way out of extinction leads through space.

3.65

470

🦴 Human Evolution 📉 Demographic Decline 🧬 Genetic Bottlenecks ⏳ Big History 🌍 Climate Crisis

The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire Summary

The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire 90%

The human population will soon peak and shrink. The only way out of extinction leads through space.

by Henry Gee 2025

3.65

470 ratings

🦴 Human Evolution 📉 Demographic Decline 🧬 Genetic Bottlenecks ⏳ Big History 🌍 Climate Crisis

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 🚫 Dehumanization 🦠 Pandemic Apocalypse

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 🚫 Dehumanization 🦠 Pandemic Apocalypse

The Next Species

by Michael Tennesen • 2015

Five mass extinctions cleared the board. The sixth is us, and evolution is picking the survivors.

3.71

310

🦴 Mass Extinctions 🌍 Anthropocene 🦜 Biodiversity Loss 🧬 Human Evolution 🔮 Future Evolution

The Next Species 90%

Five mass extinctions cleared the board. The sixth is us, and evolution is picking the survivors.

by Michael Tennesen 2015

3.71

310 ratings

🦴 Mass Extinctions 🌍 Anthropocene 🦜 Biodiversity Loss 🧬 Human Evolution 🔮 Future Evolution

The Book of the Unnamed Midwife

by Meg Elison • 2014

After a plague kills most women, a midwife hides as a man to walk the ruins of America.

4.14

28k+

🦠 Plague Apocalypse ⚧️ Gender Extinction 🎭 Woman Passing As Man ✊ Feminist Dystopia 🖤 Bleak Survival

The Book of the Unnamed Midwife 89%

After a plague kills most women, a midwife hides as a man to walk the ruins of America.

by Meg Elison 2014

4.14

28k+ ratings

🦠 Plague Apocalypse ⚧️ Gender Extinction 🎭 Woman Passing As Man ✊ Feminist Dystopia 🖤 Bleak Survival

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 🐕 Human Animal Bond 🏚️ Radical Isolation

The Wall 88%

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 🐕 Human Animal Bond 🏚️ Radical Isolation

Seveneves

by Neal Stephenson • 2015

The moon shatters. Earth will burn. Seven women in orbit carry the last hope for humanity.

4.00

126k+

🚀 Hard Science Fiction 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🛰️ Survival In Space 🔧 Engineer Protagonists 🏗️ Civilization Building

Seveneves 88%

The moon shatters. Earth will burn. Seven women in orbit carry the last hope for humanity.

by Neal Stephenson 2015

4.00

126k+ ratings

🚀 Hard Science Fiction 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🛰️ Survival In Space 🔧 Engineer Protagonists 🏗️ Civilization Building

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 🏛️ Ancient Technology 💀 Philosophical Horror

The Tower 88%

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 🏛️ Ancient Technology 💀 Philosophical Horror

Slow Gods

by Claire North • 2025

A debtor survives a procedure that should kill him. An ancient machine warns the galaxy will burn.

4.00

5k+

🚀 Philosophical Space Opera 👤 Immortal Outsider 🌌 Elegiac 🌍 Dying World 💥 Galactic Empire Collapse

Slow Gods 88%

A debtor survives a procedure that should kill him. An ancient machine warns the galaxy will burn.

by Claire North 2025

4.00

5k+ ratings

🚀 Philosophical Space Opera 👤 Immortal Outsider 🌌 Elegiac 🌍 Dying World 💥 Galactic Empire Collapse

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 🤝 Found Family 👴 Reluctant Caretaker

Good Morning, Midnight 88%

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 🤝 Found Family 👴 Reluctant Caretaker

Robopocalypse

by Daniel H. Wilson • 2011

An AI decides Earth can only survive without humans. Every machine on the planet turns killer.

3.71

42k+

🤖 Robot Uprising 🎙️ Oral History ⚔️ Military Sci-Fi 🧠 AI Consciousness 🤝 Human Machine Alliance

Robopocalypse 88%

An AI decides Earth can only survive without humans. Every machine on the planet turns killer.

by Daniel H. Wilson 2011

3.71

42k+ ratings

🤖 Robot Uprising 🎙️ Oral History ⚔️ Military Sci-Fi 🧠 AI Consciousness 🤝 Human Machine Alliance

The Sixth Extinction

by Elizabeth Kolbert • 2014

The planet's fifth mass extinction killed the dinosaurs. We are the cause of the sixth.

4.15

80k+

🦴 Mass Extinction 🌿 Biodiversity Loss 📜 Environmental History ⏳ Deep Time 🧬 Evolutionary Biology

The Sixth Extinction 88%

The planet's fifth mass extinction killed the dinosaurs. We are the cause of the sixth.

by Elizabeth Kolbert 2014

4.15

80k+ ratings

🦴 Mass Extinction 🌿 Biodiversity Loss 📜 Environmental History ⏳ Deep Time 🧬 Evolutionary Biology

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 👧 Child In Peril 🍚 Food Scarcity

A Guardian and a Thief 88%

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 👧 Child In Peril 🍚 Food Scarcity

The Precipice

by Toby Ord • 2020

The next hundred years will decide if humanity colonizes the galaxy or destroys itself trying.

3.94

5k+

🧨 Existential Risk ⏳ Longtermism 🤖 Ai Safety ☢️ Nuclear Risk 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness

The Precipice 88%

The next hundred years will decide if humanity colonizes the galaxy or destroys itself trying.

by Toby Ord 2020

3.94

5k+ ratings

🧨 Existential Risk ⏳ Longtermism 🤖 Ai Safety ☢️ Nuclear Risk 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness

Oryx and Crake

by Margaret Atwood • 2003

A plague ends the world, and one man must guard the flawless new humans his friend made.

4.00

290k+

🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Mad Scientist 🫀 Engineered Humans 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian 🏢 Corporate Dystopia

Oryx and Crake 88%

A plague ends the world, and one man must guard the flawless new humans his friend made.

by Margaret Atwood 2003

4.00

290k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Mad Scientist 🫀 Engineered Humans 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian 🏢 Corporate Dystopia

The Kill Order

by James Dashner • 2012

A mind-shredding virus sweeps the wasteland. One immune child is the cure; her protectors go mad.

3.71

263k+

🦠 Viral Outbreak 😱 Survival Horror 👧 Immune Child 🤪 Descent Into Madness ☀️ Environmental Collapse

The Kill Order 88%

A mind-shredding virus sweeps the wasteland. One immune child is the cure; her protectors go mad.

by James Dashner 2012

3.71

263k+ ratings

🦠 Viral Outbreak 😱 Survival Horror 👧 Immune Child 🤪 Descent Into Madness ☀️ Environmental Collapse

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 🗡️ Reluctant Leader 🏘️ Community Building

Commune 88%

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 🗡️ Reluctant Leader 🏘️ Community Building

Malorie

by Josh Malerman • 2020

Twelve years blindfolded. Her children alive. Then a list says her parents survived the creatures.

3.79

28k+

🦻 Sensory Horror 🦯 Blind Survival 🛡️ Overprotective Mother 🌱 Apocalypse Youth 🧬 Immunity Secret

Malorie 88%

Twelve years blindfolded. Her children alive. Then a list says her parents survived the creatures.

by Josh Malerman 2020

3.79

28k+ ratings

🦻 Sensory Horror 🦯 Blind Survival 🛡️ Overprotective Mother 🌱 Apocalypse Youth 🧬 Immunity Secret

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 👹 Creature Feature 👑 Authoritarian Leader

Ghosts 88%

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 👹 Creature Feature 👑 Authoritarian Leader

Darwin's Children

by Greg Bear • 2004

Their daughter is evolution's next step. The government calls her a threat. They call her family.

3.66

6k+

🧬 Hard Sf Biology 🦎 Speculative Evolution 😢 Persecuted Children 🏃 Family On The Run 🏕️ Internment Camps

Darwin's Children 88%

Their daughter is evolution's next step. The government calls her a threat. They call her family.

by Greg Bear 2004

3.66

6k+ ratings

🧬 Hard Sf Biology 🦎 Speculative Evolution 😢 Persecuted Children 🏃 Family On The Run 🏕️ Internment Camps

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 ❄️ Frozen Sleep 📖 Forbidden Knowledge

Shift 88%

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 ❄️ Frozen Sleep 📖 Forbidden Knowledge

Our Final Invention

by James Barrat • 2013

An intelligence greater than human will not hate us; it simply won't need us.

3.72

4k+

🤖 Ai Safety ⚠️ Existential Risk 🧠 Superintelligence 🧩 Alignment Problem ⚔️ Ai Arms Race

Our Final Invention 88%

An intelligence greater than human will not hate us; it simply won't need us.

by James Barrat 2013

3.72

4k+ ratings

🤖 Ai Safety ⚠️ Existential Risk 🧠 Superintelligence 🧩 Alignment Problem ⚔️ Ai Arms Race

What We Owe The Future

by William MacAskill • 2022

Most humans who will ever live aren't born yet. Their fate belongs to this century.

3.81

7k+

🌍 Future Generations 👥 Population Ethics ⚠️ Existential Risk 🤖 Ai Safety 🦠 Biosecurity

What We Owe The Future 88%

Most humans who will ever live aren't born yet. Their fate belongs to this century.

by William MacAskill 2022

3.81

7k+ ratings

🌍 Future Generations 👥 Population Ethics ⚠️ Existential Risk 🤖 Ai Safety 🦠 Biosecurity

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 🛤️ Post-Apocalyptic Journey 🫂 Found Family

Station Eleven 88%

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 🛤️ Post-Apocalyptic Journey 🫂 Found Family

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 🏘️ Community Under Siege 💉 Medical Scarcity

One Second After 88%

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 🏘️ Community Under Siege 💉 Medical Scarcity

R.U.R.

by Karel Čapek • 1920

Rossum's robots serve a world that no longer works. They were never meant to want more.

3.84

18k+

🦾 Robot Uprising 🧠 Machine Consciousness ⚠️ Scientific Overreach 🏚️ Last Human Survivor 💕 Robot Love

R.U.R. 88%

Rossum's robots serve a world that no longer works. They were never meant to want more.

by Karel Čapek 1920

3.84

18k+ ratings

🦾 Robot Uprising 🧠 Machine Consciousness ⚠️ Scientific Overreach 🏚️ Last Human Survivor 💕 Robot Love

Pale Blue Dot

by Carl Sagan • 1994

On a single pixel: everyone who ever lived. The scientific case that makes space our only insurance.

4.34

40k+

🔭 Planetary Science 🚀 Space Exploration 🌌 Cosmic Perspective 🧬 Astrobiology 🪐 Planetary Exploration

Pale Blue Dot 88%

On a single pixel: everyone who ever lived. The scientific case that makes space our only insurance.

by Carl Sagan 1994

4.34

40k+ ratings

🔭 Planetary Science 🚀 Space Exploration 🌌 Cosmic Perspective 🧬 Astrobiology 🪐 Planetary Exploration

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 💀 Death Cults 🍂 Elegiac Dystopia

In the Country of Last Things. by Paul Auster Summary

In the Country of Last Things. by Paul Auster 88%

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 💀 Death Cults 🍂 Elegiac Dystopia

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 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🩸 Bleak Survival

As Our World Ends 88%

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 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🩸 Bleak Survival

If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY?

by Stephen Webb • 2002

Fifty answers to Fermi's paradox: we're alone, we're doomed, or we're in a galactic zoo.

4.20

1k+

🌌 Extraterrestrial Life 🔬 Astrobiology 🤔 Fermi Paradox 🌍 Rare Earth Hypothesis 🚦 Great Filter

If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY? Summary

If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY? 88%

Fifty answers to Fermi's paradox: we're alone, we're doomed, or we're in a galactic zoo.

by Stephen Webb 2002

4.20

1k+ ratings

🌌 Extraterrestrial Life 🔬 Astrobiology 🤔 Fermi Paradox 🌍 Rare Earth Hypothesis 🚦 Great Filter

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 🤫 Quiet Apocalypse ❄️ Claustrophobic Winter

Life As We Knew It 87%

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

☄️ Asteroid Apocalypse 📔 Diary Format 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Survival Unit 🤫 Quiet Apocalypse ❄️ Claustrophobic Winter

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 👽 Misunderstood Species 💔 Tragic Revelation

Metro 2033 87%

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 👽 Misunderstood Species 💔 Tragic Revelation

Falter

by Bill McKibben • 2019

Engineers want to redesign humans as the climate exit. The two crises share a cause.

4.00

2k+

🤖 Tech Ethics ⚠️ Existential Risk 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Deception ☀️ Renewable Energy ✊ Nonviolent Resistance

Falter 87%

Engineers want to redesign humans as the climate exit. The two crises share a cause.

by Bill McKibben 2019

4.00

2k+ ratings

🤖 Tech Ethics ⚠️ Existential Risk 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Deception ☀️ Renewable Energy ✊ Nonviolent Resistance

All Tommorows

by C.M. Kosemen • 2006

Humanity colonizes the stars, until godlike aliens reshape them into a galaxy of nightmares.

4.16

11k+

🧬 Speculative Evolution 🌌 Cosmic Horror 💀 Body Horror 👽 Alien Intervention ⏳ Deep Time

All Tommorows 87%

Humanity colonizes the stars, until godlike aliens reshape them into a galaxy of nightmares.

by C.M. Kosemen 2006

4.16

11k+ ratings

🧬 Speculative Evolution 🌌 Cosmic Horror 💀 Body Horror 👽 Alien Intervention ⏳ Deep Time

We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

by Dennis E. Taylor • 2016

A dead engineer wakes as an AI and is hurled into space inside a self-replicating probe.

4.25

133k+

🧠 Digital Consciousness 🚀 Von Neumann Probe 👥 Multiple Selves ⚖️ Prime Directive 🌍 Humanity's Last Hope

We Are Legion (We Are Bob) 87%

A dead engineer wakes as an AI and is hurled into space inside a self-replicating probe.

by Dennis E. Taylor 2016

4.25

133k+ ratings

🧠 Digital Consciousness 🚀 Von Neumann Probe 👥 Multiple Selves ⚖️ Prime Directive 🌍 Humanity's Last Hope

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 🏚️ Systemic Decay 🖤 Bleak Fatalism

The Sheep Look Up 87%

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 🏚️ Systemic Decay 🖤 Bleak Fatalism

Earth in Human Hands

by David Grinspoon • 2016

If most civilizations burn out within a thousand years, why would we be the exception?

4.19

311

🏭 Anthropocene Studies 🪐 Planetary Science ⏳ Civilizational Longevity 👽 Astrobiology 🌡️ Geoengineering

Earth in Human Hands 87%

If most civilizations burn out within a thousand years, why would we be the exception?

by David Grinspoon 2016

4.19

311 ratings

🏭 Anthropocene Studies 🪐 Planetary Science ⏳ Civilizational Longevity 👽 Astrobiology 🌡️ Geoengineering

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 💔 Heroic Sacrifice 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Dust 87%

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 💔 Heroic Sacrifice 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Forward

by Blake Crouch • 2019

Six celebrated authors, one question: when technology overtakes us, what remains worth saving?

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2k+

📚 Speculative Anthology 🤖 Ai Consciousness ⚡ Creator Versus Creation 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧫 Cloning Ethics

Forward 87%

Six celebrated authors, one question: when technology overtakes us, what remains worth saving?

by Blake Crouch 2019

3.74

2k+ ratings

📚 Speculative Anthology 🤖 Ai Consciousness ⚡ Creator Versus Creation 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧫 Cloning Ethics

How to Predict Everything

by William Poundstone • 2019

The math that gives humanity 760 more years also explains why aliens never call.

3.19

☢️ Existential Risk 🧠 Bayesian Epistemology 🔭 Anthropic Reasoning 💻 Simulation Hypothesis 👽 Fermi Paradox

How to Predict Everything 87%

The math that gives humanity 760 more years also explains why aliens never call.

by William Poundstone 2019

3.19

68 ratings

☢️ Existential Risk 🧠 Bayesian Epistemology 🔭 Anthropic Reasoning 💻 Simulation Hypothesis 👽 Fermi Paradox

The Future of Life

by Edward O. Wilson • 2002

Extinction runs 1,000 times too fast. The bottleneck is not knowledge but a global land ethic.

4.14

3k+

🦠 Biodiversity Crisis 🌿 Conservation Biology ☠️ Sixth Extinction 🦏 Species Extinction 🌴 Tropical Rainforests

The Future of Life 87%

Extinction runs 1,000 times too fast. The bottleneck is not knowledge but a global land ethic.

by Edward O. Wilson 2002

4.14

3k+ ratings

🦠 Biodiversity Crisis 🌿 Conservation Biology ☠️ Sixth Extinction 🦏 Species Extinction 🌴 Tropical Rainforests

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

by Harlan Ellison • 1967

An all-powerful AI has wiped out humanity, sparing five survivors only to torment them forever.

3.89

57k+

🤖 Sentient Ai Nightmare 👾 Classic Scifi Horror 🧠 Psychological Torture 🩸 Body Horror 🖤 Futile Sacrifice

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream 87%

An all-powerful AI has wiped out humanity, sparing five survivors only to torment them forever.

by Harlan Ellison 1967

3.89

57k+ ratings

🤖 Sentient Ai Nightmare 👾 Classic Scifi Horror 🧠 Psychological Torture 🩸 Body Horror 🖤 Futile Sacrifice

The Accidental Time Machine

by Joe Haldeman • 2007

A failed physicist's broken calibrator is a one-way time machine, each jump exponentially longer.

3.73

11k+

⏩ One-Way Time Travel ⛪ Theocratic Dystopia 🌅 Post-Scarcity Society 🌍 Post-Apocalyptic Earth 🤖 Sentient Ai

The Accidental Time Machine 87%

A failed physicist's broken calibrator is a one-way time machine, each jump exponentially longer.

by Joe Haldeman 2007

3.73

11k+ ratings

⏩ One-Way Time Travel ⛪ Theocratic Dystopia 🌅 Post-Scarcity Society 🌍 Post-Apocalyptic Earth 🤖 Sentient Ai

Borne

by Jeff Vandermeer • 2017

A scavenger raises a biotech creature in a ruined city: her child, and a weapon.

3.93

42k+

🧬 Biotech Apocalypse 🌿 Weird Ecology 👩‍👧 Reluctant Motherhood 👾 Monster As Child 🧠 Unreliable Memory

Borne 87%

A scavenger raises a biotech creature in a ruined city: her child, and a weapon.

by Jeff Vandermeer 2017

3.93

42k+ ratings

🧬 Biotech Apocalypse 🌿 Weird Ecology 👩‍👧 Reluctant Motherhood 👾 Monster As Child 🧠 Unreliable Memory

Little Mushroom

by Yi Shi Si Zhou • 2022

A sentient mushroom disguised as human seeks his lost spore in a fortress that executes mutants.

4.59

6k+

🍄 Nonhuman Protagonist 💕 Slow-Burn Romance 🎭 Identity Concealment 🫂 Found Family 🧬 Body Horror Mutation

Little Mushroom 87%

A sentient mushroom disguised as human seeks his lost spore in a fortress that executes mutants.

by Yi Shi Si Zhou 2022

4.59

6k+ ratings

🍄 Nonhuman Protagonist 💕 Slow-Burn Romance 🎭 Identity Concealment 🫂 Found Family 🧬 Body Horror Mutation

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 🏴 Community Under Siege 🎖️ Reluctant Leader

Commune 87%

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 🏴 Community Under Siege 🎖️ Reluctant Leader

The World Without Us

by Alan Weisman • 2007

What happens to every city, every nuclear plant, and every plastic bag the moment humans disappear.

3.81

44k+

🕰️ Deep Time 🌿 Rewilding 🧴 Plastic Pollution ☢️ Nuclear Legacy 🏚️ Infrastructure Decay

The World Without Us 87%

What happens to every city, every nuclear plant, and every plastic bag the moment humans disappear.

by Alan Weisman 2007

3.81

44k+ ratings

🕰️ Deep Time 🌿 Rewilding 🧴 Plastic Pollution ☢️ Nuclear Legacy 🏚️ Infrastructure Decay

Sick Bastards

by Matt Shaw • 2014

A memoryless family cannibalizes strangers to survive, until one learns the apocalypse was faked.

3.54

4k+

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3.57

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3.99

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