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A mysterious sleepwalking epidemic turns a family crisis into a national fracture, drawing strangers across America while fear spreads faster than the illness itself.
Wanderers
Post-Apocalyptic · Dystopian · Horror · Sci-Fi
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A mysterious sleepwalking epidemic turns a family crisis into a national fracture, drawing strangers across America while fear spreads faster than the illness itself. Wanderers follows Shana, the shepherds, and the flock they protect as society unravels around them, blending pandemic suspense, apocalyptic dread, and survival fiction into a sprawling story of collapse and connection.
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A decadent rock star. A deeply religious radio host. A disgraced scientist. And a teenage girl who may be the world’s last hope. From the mind of Chuck Wendig comes “a magnum opus . . . a story about survival that’s not just about you and me, but all of us, together” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).
NOMINATED FOR THE BRAM STOKER AWARD • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR, The Guardian, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Polygon
Shana wakes up one morning to discover her little sister in the grip of a strange malady. She appears to be sleepwalking. She cannot talk and cannot be woken up. And she is heading with inexorable determination to a destination that only she knows. But Shana and her sister are not alone. Soon they are joined by a flock of sleepwalkers from across America, on the same mysterious journey. And like Shana, there are other “shepherds” who follow the flock to protect their friends and family on the long dark road ahead.
For as the sleepwalking phenomenon awakens terror and violence in America, the real danger may not be the epidemic but the fear of it. With society collapsing all around them—and an ultraviolent militia threatening to exterminate them—the fate of the sleepwalkers depends on unraveling the mystery behind the epidemic. The terrifying secret will either tear the nation apart—or bring the survivors together to remake a shattered world.
In development for TV by Glen Mazzara, executive producer of The Walking Dead • Look for the sequel, Wayward, now available!
“This career-defining epic deserves its inevitable comparisons to Stephen King’s The Stand.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“A suspenseful, twisty, satisfying, surprising, thought-provoking epic.”—Harlan Coben,#1 New York Times bestselling author of Run Away
“A true tour de force.”—Erin Morgenstern, New York Times bestselling author of The Night Circus
“A masterpiece with prose as sharp and heartbreaking as Station Eleven.”—Peng Shepherd, author of The Book of M
“A magnum opus . . . It reminded me of Stephen King’s The Stand—but dare I say, this story is even better.”—James Rollins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Crucible
“An inventive, fierce, uncompromising, stay-up-way-past-bedtime masterwork.”—Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts and The Cabin at the End of the World
“An American epic for these times.”—Charles Soule, author of The Oracle Year
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In Truncated: Apocalyptic and Loving It, Bill thrives in the ruins of Southern California until a mismatched group of survivors disrupts his carefully crafted solitude.
Truncated
Dystopian · Sci-Fi · Dark Fantasy · Post-Apocalyptic
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In Truncated: Apocalyptic and Loving It, Bill thrives in the ruins of Southern California until a mismatched group of survivors disrupts his carefully crafted solitude. Forced into a risky trek north, he confronts danger, responsibility, and the collapse of everything familiar. With 4.2 stars on Amazon, this series opener blends dark humor with an inventive take on survival.
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A fractured West Coast sets the stage for Truncated: Apocalyptic and Loving It, where natural disasters, a pandemic, and human missteps have pushed society past its breaking point. In the wreckage of Orange County, Bill has carved out a life that finally makes sense to him. Chaos suits an ordinary man who has a talent for staying alive when everything else falls apart.
That fragile balance shifts when a group of stranded survivors crashes into his routine. Their desperation forces Bill out of his comfortable isolation and into a reluctant journey north, where every mile demands choices he never wanted to make. Protecting others may cost him the freedom he values most.
With 4.2 stars on Amazon and strong Goodreads ratings, this darkly comic survival tale blends sharp tension with an offbeat apocalyptic world.
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As ice consumes the globe, a nameless narrator crosses collapsing territories in search of a white haired girl who slips in and out of reality.
Ice
Dystopian · Post-Apocalyptic
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As ice consumes the globe, a nameless narrator crosses collapsing territories in search of a white haired girl who slips in and out of reality. Haunted by obsession and pursued by the Warden, he navigates a world where violence and climate ruin blur into dreamlike terror. A visionary classic with strong Amazon and Goodreads ratings.
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As ice engulfs the world, a nameless narrator moves through a shattered landscape where civilization has slipped into ruin. He searches for a white haired girl who appears and vanishes in a series of dreamlike visions, a figure he longs to save yet may wish to destroy. The frozen earth shifts beneath him as he crosses ruined towns, collapsing borders, and nightmarish enclaves ruled by a powerful figure known only as the Warden. Each encounter pulls him deeper into a maze of obsession, violence, and environmental catastrophe.
First published in 1967, Anna Kavan’s final novel anticipates modern climate fiction with haunting precision and has inspired writers from Doris Lessing to Jeff VanderMeer.
This cult classic holds 4.0 stars on Amazon and more than 11,000 Goodreads ratings.
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After surviving a mysterious pandemic, Isherwood Williams awakens to a world without people.
Earth Abides
Dystopian · Post-Apocalyptic
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After surviving a mysterious pandemic, Isherwood Williams awakens to a world without people. As he gathers the few survivors and tries to rebuild, his struggle becomes a meditation on what it means to be human. Earth Abides holds 4.4 stars on Amazon and 3.9 on Goodreads, a timeless apocalyptic classic soon to be a series on MGM+.
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When Isherwood Williams retreats to his mountain cabin for solitude, he expects peace, not the end of civilization. After a rattlesnake bite leaves him feverish and near death, he awakens to a silent world. Towns are empty, radios static, and the few he encounters are already dead. Somehow, he has survived the pandemic that ended humanity.
Alone among the ruins, Ish must rediscover what it means to live, to lead, and to rebuild. As the years pass and a new generation rises, his vision for humanity’s rebirth becomes both his greatest hope and deepest burden.
Earth Abides holds 4.4 stars on Amazon and 3.9 on Goodreads. Soon to be a major series on MGM+, this classic novel remains a profound exploration of civilization, survival, and legacy.
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When his best friend’s death pulls him to Boise, Dan Slaughter uncovers a deadly secret just as an EMP plunges the world into chaos.
Burning Down Boise
Dystopian · Post-Apocalyptic
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When his best friend’s death pulls him to Boise, Dan Slaughter uncovers a deadly secret just as an EMP plunges the world into chaos. To survive, he must become the man he swore he’d never be again. 4.5 stars on Amazon and 4.4 on Goodreads for Franklin Horton’s Burning Down Boise, a gritty post-apocalyptic thriller.
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Sometimes the story of an apocalypse isn’t one of tragedy, but one of opportunity...
Dan Slaughter's life is already a slow-motion car crash. Burned out from a soulless job and still reeling from his wife's death, he gets a call that sends him cross-country to Boise. His best friend, Carl, a free-spirited musician, is dead—an alleged drug overdose that Dan absolutely refuses to believe.
What starts as a solemn duty to settle an estate quickly spirals into a fight for survival. Carl’s house holds more than just old guitars; it hides a dark secret, drawing Dan into a violent underworld and exposing him to Carl's dangerous associates. Then, when it seemed that things couldn't get any worse, the world goes dark. A devastating EMP strike silences engines, cripples technology, and plunges society into chaos. Trapped thousands of miles from home in a city teetering on the brink, Dan is forced to embrace the Tennessee boy he'd kept buried for most of his adult life.
Now Dan finds himself on a path of unrelenting vengeance. But in a world without rules, where justice is a bullet and every step is a gamble, how far will this unlikely avenger go? And can a cynical ex-cop named Holly Turner convince him there's a life beyond settling scores, even as the city quite literally burns around them?
From Franklin Horton, the bestselling author of The Borrowed World and The Mad Mick series, comes a gripping post-apocalyptic thriller about loyalty, survival, and the dark rebirth of one man’s soul.
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In a world overrun by zombies, fifteen-year-old Benny Imura apprentices to his brother, a quiet hunter who kills with mercy instead of rage.
Rot & Ruin
Dystopian · Teen + Young Adult · Post-Apocalyptic
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In a world overrun by zombies, fifteen-year-old Benny Imura apprentices to his brother, a quiet hunter who kills with mercy instead of rage. What he learns beyond the fence will change everything he believes about monsters, family, and himself. Jonathan Maberry’s Rot & Ruin is a powerful, haunting tale of survival and redemption.
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Beyond the fence lies the Rot and Ruin, where the dead don’t rest and the living learn what they’re made of.
In a zombie-ravaged America, fifteen-year-old Benny Imura must choose a job or lose his rations. Reluctantly, he apprentices to his older brother Tom, a quiet man who kills the undead with compassion instead of cruelty. What begins as a boring chore soon becomes a brutal education in survival, honor, and grief.
As Benny ventures deeper into the ruins, he discovers that monsters wear human faces and that heroism is far more complicated than killing the dead.
Jonathan Maberry’s Rot & Ruin is a gripping coming-of-age story set in a world where the line between humanity and horror has all but vanished.
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When the power dies, survival becomes a test of trust and endurance.
Beyond The Grid
Post-Apocalyptic · Dystopian
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When the power dies, survival becomes a test of trust and endurance. Beyond the Grid follows Mark as he navigates a collapsed city with his wife after an EMP wipes out modern infrastructure and their daughter goes missing. With communication gone and violence rising, their only chance lies in reaching an estranged brother’s off-grid refuge, where survival demands hard choices and buried conflicts resurface.
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When an EMP hits, Mark must lead his wife from a lawless city to find their missing daughter. With no power or communication, danger is everywhere. Their only hope: Mark’s estranged brother and his secret off-grid homestead.
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After an EMP destroys the power grid, Caroline Thompson fights to reach her family trapped in a collapsing city.
The Last Ranch
Dystopian · Post-Apocalyptic
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After an EMP destroys the power grid, Caroline Thompson fights to reach her family trapped in a collapsing city. But survival on their Texas ranch becomes the ultimate test when looters close in. The Last Ranch is a tense, emotional post-apocalyptic thriller with 4.3 stars on Amazon and 4.4 on Goodreads.
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When an electromagnetic pulse destroys the power grid, civilization collapses in an instant. Caroline Thompson is alone on her family’s remote ranch, cut off from her husband and son who are stranded in Fort Worth as violence consumes the city. With no power, no law, and no way to call for help, she must fight her way through the chaos to bring them home.
Reuniting her family is only the beginning. As looters and desperate survivors close in, the Thompsons must defend their land against those who would take everything they have left.
The Last Ranch is a gripping post-apocalyptic thriller of courage, survival, and the strength of one family standing against the fall of civilization. 4.3 stars on Amazon and 4.4 on Goodreads.
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The end of the world leaves no room for safety, certainty, or choice.
Last Light
Dystopian · Romance · Post-Apocalyptic
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The end of the world leaves no room for safety, certainty, or choice. After losing the last of her family, a young woman must cross the ruins of multiple states with the only person willing to help her survive. Travis is distant, guarded, and essential to staying alive. As danger closes in, trust becomes both a necessity and a risk. Last Light is a post-apocalyptic romance shaped by survival, dependence, and fragile connection.
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It only took four years for the world to fall apart.
Now the last member of my family has died, and I'm forced to travel across what's left of three states to find the only people I know left alive. To survive, I'll have to scavenge food and supplies and try to avoid violent men who've learned they can take what they want by force. The only way I'm going to make it is by trusting Travis.
Travis used to fix my car, and now he's all I have left in the world. He's gruff and stoic and unfriendly, and I don't really know or like him. But he's all I have left. He'll keep me safe. We'll take care of each other. Until we reach what's left of our town and can finally let go of one another.
Last Light is a standalone post-apocalyptic romance set in the near future after a global catastrophe.
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After the eruption that buried the world in ash, Aria and Cole are all that remain of her family.
In the Ashes: A Post-Apocalyptic Romance
Dystopian · Romance · Post-Apocalyptic
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After the eruption that buried the world in ash, Aria and Cole are all that remain of her family. He wants to find safety beyond the ruins, but she cannot imagine surviving without him. When love becomes her only anchor in a collapsing world, Aria must decide if holding on will save them or tear them apart.
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A year after the eruption that turned cities to ash, Aria survives in the ruins with only her dying mother and her sister’s ex-boyfriend, Cole. When her mother passes, the silence of their shattered world becomes unbearable. Cole insists they must leave her childhood home to seek safety, but Aria knows the only place she feels safe is with him.
As hunger and danger press closer, Aria’s love becomes both her refuge and her risk. Together, she and Cole navigate a broken landscape filled with grief, memory, and the faint hope of rebuilding what was lost. To stay alive, they must face the fire still burning inside them.
In the Ashes by Vada Ryan is a gripping post-apocalyptic romance rated 4.0 stars on Amazon and 3.7 on Goodreads.
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In a future Paris where wrong thoughts mean death, a loyal Peacekeeper goes undercover to destroy a rebellion.
Resistance
Dystopian · Sci-Fi · Cyberpunk · Post-Apocalyptic
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In a future Paris where wrong thoughts mean death, a loyal Peacekeeper goes undercover to destroy a rebellion. Forced into a new identity, she begins to question the system she was raised to protect. This award-winning dystopian novel explores loyalty, control, and the cost of engineered perfection, earning 4.1 stars on Amazon and praise for its originality.
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Winner of a OneBookTwo Standout Award and Semi-finalist in Hugh Howey's inaugural SPSFC
A unique story of a divided population in a false utopia, 'Resistance' is the first book in the completed dystopian trilogy, 'Divided Elements'.
From the moment you are born, you are conditioned to know this truth: Unorthodoxy is wrong action, Heterodoxy is wrong thought. The first will lead to your Detention. The second to your Execution.
A century from now, the walled city-state of a future Paris is enjoying its Golden Age. The horrors of the Singularity forgotten, citizens revel in an intoxicating mix of abandon and apathy made possible by the Orthodoxy—a new world order where everything is engineered for maximum efficiency, including identities. Dividing the population into four neuro-social classes has allowed the government to maintain control and ensure its citizens exist in complete equality, fraternity, and liberty. But, not everyone is satisfied with the status quo.
Anaiya, a Peacekeeper aligned to the single-minded Fire class, has dedicated her life to enforcing the rules. Unlike other citizens, she has extra motivation to prove herself loyal: she’s still tarnished by the legacy of her Heterodox mentor, the infamous Kane 148. So, when forbidden murals start appearing on crumbling walls calling for citizens to rebel, Anaiya will do anything to bring down the growing resistance movement—even if it means sacrificing her identity.
Realigned from her proud Fire identity to an irrational and unpredictable Air, Anaiya goes deep undercover in search of the growing rebellion. But, with her dual nature pulling her in opposite directions and her mind fracturing under the pressure, her convictions waver and her hold on the truth starts to slip. As the city descends into chaos, Anaiya is left with a fatal choice: stay loyal to her mission, or risk it all for her new identity and the resistance that has shown her a different truth.
Utopia comes at a cost. Not everyone is willing to pay the pay the price.
Resistance is the award-winning first book in the dark and subversive dystopian trilogy, Divided Elements.
Perfect for fans of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, Pierce Brown’s Red Rising, and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, this stunning debut explores themes of loyalty, identity, betrayal, and resistance against the carnival atmosphere of a dystopian Paris.
If you’re ready to graduate from YA dystopian classics like Divergent and The Gender Game, or are looking for a contemporary tale in the classic style of Zamaytin’s We or Orwell’s 1984, you’ll love Kopievsky’s Resistance.
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Good for readers who want sci-fi thrillers built around psychic powers, body theft, and a fight for survival.
Psychomech
Horror · Sci-Fi · Post-Apocalyptic
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Called “One of the best writers in the field” by New York Times bestselling author John Farris, A psychopath attempts to take over the body of a wounded soldier in this sci-fi thriller from a British Fantasy Award winning author, with a 4.3-star rating from more than 100 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want sci-fi thrillers built around psychic powers, body theft, and a fight for survival.
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A psychopath attempts to take over the body of a wounded soldier in this sci-fi thriller from a British Fantasy Award winning author.
Richard Garrison, a Corporal in the British Military Police, loses his sight while trying to save the wife and child of millionaire industrialist Thomas Schroeder from a terrorist bomb. While Garrison is recovering from his injuries, Schroeder makes him an offer the young man cannot refuse—refuge at Schroeder's luxurious mountain retreat and rehabilitation from the best doctors who can treat Garrison's blindness and if not cure him at least teach him a new way of life.
But Thomas Schroeder has a secret. He is dying and determined not to lose his life. The doctors tell him his body cannot be saved. But about his mind? Garrison's healthy young body would make an excellent replacement for Schroeder's failing corpus, if the machines to perform the operation can be perfected in time.
Garrison has no secrets of his own. Since the bombing that caused a loss of his sight, Garrison has become aware of new abilities slowly developing in his mind: mental powers he is beginning to master; strengths Schroeder cannot expect.
Richard Garrison and Thomas Schroeder, two strong-willed men locked in battle for the greatest prize—life itself.
"One of the best writers in the field." ―New York Times–bestselling author John Farris
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