Great disaster novels

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Earth Abides
1.  Earth Abides by George R. Stewart
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  "A personal favourite: the classic tale of life struggling on after a global disaster [1949]"
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The War of the Worlds
2.  The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
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  "When Wells wrote this superb story, his doctors had told him (mistakenly) he probably only had 2 or 3 years left to live; surely this influenced the writing [1898]"
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The Day of the Triffids (Penguin Modern Classics)
3.  The Day of the Triffids (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Wyndham
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  "Blindness by asteroid, death by giant vegetable. Not the plot of a '50s monster movie but the premise of one of the most startling and influential novels in British SF [1951]"
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Hothouse (Penguin Modern Classics)
4.  Hothouse (Penguin Modern Classics) by Brian Aldiss
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  "A compelling picture of an overheated world covered with dense, steaming jungle. It will strike many chords with younger readers, who have grown up with media reports on global warming [1963]"
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The Drowned World
5.  The Drowned World by J. G. Ballard
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  "Ballard is sadly no longer with us, but his wonderful work lives on. Global warming? Rising sea levels? Mankind retreating to the poles? Tch! Who could make up such a fantasy? [1962]"
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The Death of Grass (Penguin Modern Classics)
6.  The Death of Grass (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Christopher
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  "The main characters sacrifice many of their morals in order to stay alive. At one point, when their food supply runs out, they kill an innocent family simply to take their bread [1956]"
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Last Light
7.  Last Light by Alex Scarrow
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  "Peak oil novel - set in Britain [2007]. I read this at one sitting (9 hours) which is a sign of how compulsive a read it is."
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World Made by Hand
8.  World Made by Hand by James Howard Kunstler
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  "Another Peak oil novel - set in America [2008]. Interesting but his non fiction is probably stronger."
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Cat's Cradle (Penguin Modern Classics)
9.  Cat's Cradle (Penguin Modern Classics) by Kurt Vonnegut
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  "The cult tale of global destruction, preying on our deepest fears of witnessing Armageddon and - worse still - surviving it! [1963]"
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After London or Wild England
10.  After London or Wild England by Richard Jefferies
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  "Over 100 years old, but still retains some of its freshness. Civilization has gone, nature has come back & only small bands of humanity are left – in medieval/baronial tribes [1885]"
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The Last Man (Wordsworth Classics)
11.  The Last Man (Wordsworth Classics) by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The list author says:
  "The author of "Frankenstein" describes the ignominious fate of mankind. Some might find this a slow read in parts. Was this the first Sci-Fi novel? [1826]"
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A Canticle for Leibowitz (Bantam Spectra Book)
12.  A Canticle for Leibowitz (Bantam Spectra Book) by Walter M. Miller Jr.
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  "Set in a Roman Catholic monastery in the desert of the Southwestern United States after a devastating nuclear war, the story spans thousands of years as civilization rebuilds itself [1960]"
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Riddley Walker
13.  Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban
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  "Hoban's masterpiece: a novel that burrows into you and never lets you go. A post-apocalypse Huckleberry Finn, where style and content are indivisible [1980]"
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When the Wind Blows
14.  When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs
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  "Briggs demonstrates with signature black humour how woefully unprepared we were/are for thermonuclear war. You've seen it on Youtube, now read the original cartoon book [1982]"
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On The Beach (Vintage Classics)
15.  On The Beach (Vintage Classics) by Nevil Shute Norway
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  "A haunting post-nuclear war tale. Australia is the last place on Earth habitable as a radioactive cloud gradually poisons everything in its path; those left know they have very little time. [1957]"
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The Carhullan Army
16.  The Carhullan Army by Sarah Hall
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  "Peak oil, civilisation slumps. Rebel women escape repressive regime. Suit fans of Cumbrian landscape & dystopias. Earthy writing, flawed novel but hard to forget. Hint of "Handmaid's Tale. [2008]"
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