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  1. 1

    The Road

    The Road

  2. 2

    Swan Song

    Swan Song

    Robert R. McCammon

  3. 3

    The Stand

    The Stand

    Stephen King

  4. 4

    Earth Abides

    Earth Abides

    George R. Stewart

  5. 5

    The Passage

    The Passage

    Justin Cronin

  6. 6

    Oryx and Crake

    Oryx and Crake

  7. 7

    On the Beach

    On the Beach

    Nevil Shute

  8. 8

    One Second After

    One Second After

    William R. Forstchen

  9. 9

    Blindness

    Blindness

    Jose Saramago

  10. 10

    A Canticle for Leibowitz

    A Canticle for Leibowitz

    Walter M. Miller Jr.

  11. 11

    World War Z

    World War Z

    Max Brooks

  12. 12

    Station Eleven

    Station Eleven

  13. 13

    I Am Legend

    I Am Legend

    Richard Matheson

  14. 14

    The Dog Stars

    The Dog Stars

    Peter Heller

  15. 15

    Wool

    Wool

    Hugh Howey

  16. 16

    Alas, Babylon

    Alas, Babylon

    Pat Frank

  17. 17

    The Day of the Triffids

    The Day of the Triffids

    John Wyndham

  18. 18

    The Children of Men

    The Children of Men

    P. D. James

  19. 19

    The Postman

    The Postman

    David Brin

  20. 20

    Eternity Road

    Eternity Road

    Jack McDevitt

  21. 21

    The Slynx

    The Slynx

    Tatyana Tolstaya

  22. 22

    Parable of the Sower

    Parable of the Sower

  23. 23

    Lucifer’s Hammer

    Lucifer’s Hammer

    Larry Niven

  24. 24

    The Girl With All the Gifts

    The Girl With All the Gifts

    M. R. Carey

  25. 25

    Metro 2033

    Metro 2033

    Dmitry Glukhovsky

  26. 26

    The Zombie Survival Guide

    The Zombie Survival Guide

    Max Brooks

  27. 27

    The Drowned World

    The Drowned World

    J. G. Ballard

  28. 28

    The Last Man

    The Last Man

    Vince Flynn

  29. 29

    Riddley Walker

    Riddley Walker

    Russell Hoban

  30. 30

    The Long Tomorrow

    The Long Tomorrow

    Leigh Brackett

  31. 31

    Things We Didn’t See Coming

    Things We Didn’t See Coming

    Steven Amsterdam

  32. 32

    Cat’s Cradle

    Cat’s Cradle

  33. 33

    MaddAddam

    MaddAddam

    Margaret Atwood

  34. 34

    Roadside Picnic

    Roadside Picnic

    Arkady Strugatsky

  35. 35

    Bird Box

    Bird Box

    Josh Malerman

  36. 36

    Cell

    Cell

    Stephen King

  37. 37

    A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World

    A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World

    C. A. Fletcher

  38. 38

    The Year of the Flood

    The Year of the Flood

    Margaret Atwood

  39. 39

    Life as We Knew It

    Life as We Knew It

    Susan Beth Pfeffer

  40. 40

    Planet of the Apes

    Planet of the Apes

    Pierre Boulle

  41. 41

    The Book of M

    The Book of M

    Peng Shepherd

  42. 42

    Into the Forest

    Into the Forest

    Jean Hegland

  43. 43

    The Death of Grass

    The Death of Grass

    John Christopher

  44. 44

    California

    California

    Edan Lepucki

  45. 45

    The Sheep Look Up

    The Sheep Look Up

    John Brunner

  46. 46

    Children of the Dust

    Children of the Dust

    Louise Lawrence

  47. 47

    Damnation Alley

    Damnation Alley

    Roger Zelazny

  48. 48

    Down to a Sunless Sea

    Down to a Sunless Sea

    David Graham

  49. 49

    The Wild Shore

    The Wild Shore

    Kim Stanley Robinson

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