Twenty Core Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Speculative Fiction Works Every True SF Fan Should Have On Their Shelves
7 Jun, 2017
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As with the previous core lists, here are twenty Post-Apocalyptic Speculative Fiction Works chosen entirely on the basis of merit and significance to the field 1.
No implication is intended that these are the only twenty books you should consider.
- Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō by Hitoshi Ashinano
- When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs
- Dawn by Octavia E. Butler
- Heroes and Villains by Angela Carter
- “A Day at the Beach” by Carol Emshwiller
- A Mask for the General by Lisa Goldstein
- Ice by Anna Kavan
- The Lake at the End of the World by Caroline MacDonald
- Shadow on the Hearth by Judith Merril
- The City, Not Long After by Pat Murphy
- Daybreak — 2250 AD by Andre Norton
- The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allen Poe
- How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
- The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
- The Last Man by Mary Shelley
- The Wall Around Eden by Joan Slonczewski
- Sign of the Labrys by Margret St Clair
- The Last Children by Gudrun Pausewang
- False Dawn by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
- A Gift Upon the Shore by M. K. Wren
Persons unfamiliar with one or two of the works, congratulations! You’re one of today’s Ten Thousand!
1: There are two filtering rules:
- Only one work per author per list
- Any given work can appear on only one list