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    1. Joe Abercrombie has a good series that starts with the blade itself

      Also S. M. Sterling has an awesome series that starts with a book called Dies the Fire.

    2. * A Canticle for Leibowitz, post nuclear apocalypse. A classic, and the only novel this author ever wrote. There is a sequel published posthumously that was finished by a different author.

      * Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer, young adult post apocalypse series on survival, but in a more realistic setting.

      * Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. Also a more realistic setting.

      * Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood, first in a series. Less realistic sci fi setting.

      * Borne by Jeff VanderMeer, a bit similar to Oryx and Crake with the weirdness.

      * Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin. Less realistic horror setting. Note: contains slurs, graphic sex and violence, and scenes of rape.

      * Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler. She writes characters incredibly well.

      * The Road by Cormac McCarthy, slower paced and more realistic setting. I found this one kind of boring, but it is considered a classic.

      * The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin. A fully fantasy setting with magic and a world very unlike ours that has an apocalypse. Lots of emphasis on survival, which is why I include it on this list.

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      On The Beach by Nevil Shute Norway

      The Postman by David Brin

      The Stand by Steven King

      The Scarlett Plague by Jack London

      1984 by George Orwell

      The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell

      The Children of Men by P.D. James

      Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

      Blindness by Jose Saramago

      Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

      Oryx and Crake, the series by Margaret Atwood

      The Boy on the Bridge by M. R. Carry

      The Girl with all the Gifts by M. R. Carry

      World War Z by Max Brooks

      The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham

      The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton

      The Chrysailids by John Wyndham

      The Trouble is Lichen by John Wyndham

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