Alas Babylon by Pat Frank

This was recently recommended by the NYT

“One of the early post-nuclear apocalypse tales, Frank’s Cold War novel follows a small Florida town that miraculously survives a nuclear holocaust that destroys much of the United States. Cut off from the world, which is in the throes of a continuing war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, the town’s residents struggle to retain social order as they find their way”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/books/paranoia-thriller-books.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jU8._RPN.upBzXBSCOu8X&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

"The Girl With All The Gifts" ~ M.R Carey
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I am Legend (Richard Matheson)

Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)

Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)

Cell (Stephen King)

Coldbrook (Tim Lennon)

The Light Pirate

Also, the Girl With All the Gifts

The Passage - it's a trilogy. There's also one season of a show that was done with Mark Paul Gosselaar and I enjoyed it - he was great and it was interesting to see the creatures live.

Project hail Mary by Andy weir

The Mist by Stephen King

Severance by Ling Ma

The audiobook of “World War Z” is one of the best audiobooks I have ever listened to.

Anonymous wrote:Some suggestions that come immediately to mind: “The Road,” “World War Z,” “A Children’s Bible,” and “Roadside Picnic.”

Oh and “Parable of the Sower” and “Tale of the Unnamed Midwife.”

Some suggestions that come immediately to mind: “The Road,” “World War Z,” “A Children’s Bible,” and “Roadside Picnic.”

The stand by Stephen King

Station 11

Any good zombie/ and or apocalypse novels to recommend? Not bloody or gross, but plot-driven novels that happen to be set in a zombie apocalypse or regular ol' apocalypse? TIA