I mean Blood Meridian is darker than the road, but not necessarily apocalyptic.
Ridley Walker by Russell Hoban is apocalyptic and written in phonetic Kentish
I like Railsea, veers more steam punk than apocalyptic…
Shaw-Deez on
Oryx and Crake – Margaret Atwood
Per_Mikkelsen on
It’s definitely a more juvenile read, but Robert C. O’Brien’s *Z For Zachariah* was a favorite of mine as a kid.
PanickedPoodle on
On The Beach scarred me as a child.
I thought the YA novel Life As We Knew It was dark, especially for kids.
Lucifer’s Hammer was not a traditional apocalypse novel, but it broke my heart.
Alas, Babylon had moments. The sailboats and salt were just silly though.
Canticle for Leibowitz was my husband’s favorite.
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The Road
HughHelloParson on
Oryx and Crake – just because it could happen
NotDaveBut on
THE CONQUEROR WORMS by Brian Keene.
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I feel like Octavia Butler might have had something less bleak in mind with the unfinished trilogy’s conclusion, but she didn’t get to the third one, so we have to take the two pieces as they are. Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents. There are definitely aspects of hope in each but it’s a drop in the ocean IMO.
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Lark Ascending by Silas House
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The Genocides, Riddley Walker, Level 7, Dr. Bloodmoney, A Boy and his Dog
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The Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
I mean Blood Meridian is darker than the road, but not necessarily apocalyptic.
Ridley Walker by Russell Hoban is apocalyptic and written in phonetic Kentish
I like Railsea, veers more steam punk than apocalyptic…
Oryx and Crake – Margaret Atwood
It’s definitely a more juvenile read, but Robert C. O’Brien’s *Z For Zachariah* was a favorite of mine as a kid.
On The Beach scarred me as a child.
I thought the YA novel Life As We Knew It was dark, especially for kids.
Lucifer’s Hammer was not a traditional apocalypse novel, but it broke my heart.
Alas, Babylon had moments. The sailboats and salt were just silly though.
Canticle for Leibowitz was my husband’s favorite.
The Road
Oryx and Crake – just because it could happen
THE CONQUEROR WORMS by Brian Keene.
I feel like Octavia Butler might have had something less bleak in mind with the unfinished trilogy’s conclusion, but she didn’t get to the third one, so we have to take the two pieces as they are. Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents. There are definitely aspects of hope in each but it’s a drop in the ocean IMO.
Lark Ascending by Silas House
The Genocides, Riddley Walker, Level 7, Dr. Bloodmoney, A Boy and his Dog