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Make Room! Make Room!Novel
Harry Harrisonstandalone novel1966
Dystopia, about class conflict and ecological collapse, set in big city.
The FiremanNovel
Joe Hillstandalone novel2016
Post-apocalyptic, about plague and pandemic and found family.
Forge of GodSeries
series2 books1987
completed
About aliens.
“Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”
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Start with The Forge of God →
Farnham's FreeholdNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1964
Post-apocalyptic and time travel, about race and racism.
TripodsSeries
series4 books1967
completed
Post-apocalyptic, about aliens and rebellion and revolution.
“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
from the catalogue
Start with When the Tripods Came →
The TriffidsSeries
series3 books1951
Post-apocalyptic, set in british isles.
“Together the three novels form a loose post-apocalyptic trilogy built on Wyndham's original premise rather than a tightly plotted single story.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Day of the Triffids →