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The 5th WaveSeries
series4 books2013
Post-apocalyptic.
“Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.”
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Start with The 5th Wave →
Farnham's FreeholdNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1964
Post-apocalyptic and time travel, about race and racism.
H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse
universe65 books1898
Science fiction and alien invasion.
“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
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Start with The War of the Worlds →
includes The War of the Worlds
Forge of GodSeries
series2 books1987
completed
Science fiction, dark and tense in tone, about survival and aliens.
“Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”
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Start with The Forge of God →
War Against the ChtorrSeries
series7 books1983
Post-apocalyptic, about ecological collapse.
“The Chtorr series was originally planned as a trilogy, but as the story became more intricate, Gerrold realized that three books would not be enough for him to tell the entire story.”
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Start with A Matter for Men →
The Last CenturionNovel
John Ringostandalone novel2008
Post-apocalyptic, about plague and pandemic.