The best adult post-apocalyptic books
1. The Book of M by Peng Shepherd
2. The City Where We Once Lived by Eric Barnes
3. Wonderblood by Julia Whicker
4. Frostlands by John Feffer
Via Foreword Reviews: “A worthy sequel to the thought-provoking Splinterlands, Frostlands is triumphant and absorbing science fiction, full of ecological and societal warnings. It is a unique and imaginative look at a future Earth scarred by environmental neglect.”
5. Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
6. Only Human by Sylvain Neuvel
Themis’s originators returned to retrieve her, and to clean up a little genetic mess. Things did not go as planned. A decade after the alien attack, people treat each other with paranoia and cruelty…and guess what?: Themis’s passengers are back with some insights from the stars. A bold conclusion to a riveting trilogy.
7. Rosewater by Tade Thompson
8. River’s Child by Mark Daniel Seiler
9. Relic by Alan Dean Foster
The Best Post-Apocalyptic Short Stories
10. Shades Within Us Edited by Susan Forest and Lucas Law
The Best Post-Apocalyptic Graphic Novels
11. Woman World by Aminder Dhaliwal
12. War Mother by Fred Van Lente (Illustrated by Stephen Segovia and Tomas Giorello)
The Best Post-Apocalyptic Pop-Up
13. Beyond the Sixth Extinction by Shawn Sheehy (Illustrated by Jordi Solano)
The Best YA Post-Apocalyptic Books
14. The Flooded Earth by Mardie McConnnochie
15. Earth to Dad by Krista Van Dolzer
16. The XY by Virginia Bergin
Apocalypse Adjacent Books
17. Plum Rains by Andromeda Romano-Lax
Childbirth is fading out. Refugees are sent to work at the site of an ecological disaster. These probabilities aren’t the focus of this novel, but they certainly dictate the worries of its heroine, Angelica’s, life. It’s been called a “tour-de-force tapestry of science fiction and historical fiction,” and that’s absolutely correct.
18. We Can Save Us All by Adam Nemett
The apocalypse hasn’t arrived just yet, but it’s certainly on its way; the water level is already rising. A Princeton group (that’s kinda cult-y) thinks it may have the answer…
19. Muck by Dror Burstein (translated by Gabriel Levin)
20. Unholy Land by Lavie Tidhar
Nur is from a place where an incarnation of Jerusalem was bombed into black glass. Tirosh is from…somewhere else. Neither world is our own; both worlds exist alongside ours, though. Timelines and realities blur and converge in this fantastical speculative tale. What were your favorite post-apocalyptic books from 2018? Share them in the comments!
