Loreful
HomeDiscover
Search series, authors…⌘K
Loreful

Reading orders for SF/F series and shared universes — with your place kept in every one.

Explore

UniversesSeriesWorksAuthorsAtlas

Help

FAQAboutSite map

Account & legal

Sign inCreate accountPrivacyTerms

Data

Built on ISFDB, Wikipedia, Wikidata and Open Library. Curated reading orders carry their reasoning on the page; the rest follow publication order. Data sources & licenses

© Loreful · data: ISFDB · CC BY

More like Desperation

anchored on:post-apocalyptic

but
Narrow·
  • Cover of Cell
    CellNovel

    Stephen King · standalone novel · 2006

    Horror and dystopia, about plague and pandemic, set in north america.

    “In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”

    from the catalogue

    similar bysurvivalpost-apocalypticour worldcontemporarydarktensescience fiction

  • Cover of The Triffids
    The TriffidsSeries

    series · 3 books · 1951

    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 →

    similar bysurvivalpost-apocalypticour worlddarkscience fiction+1 more

  • Cover of I Am Legend
    I Am LegendNovel

    Richard Matheson · standalone novel · 1954

    Horror, about vampires and last of their kind, set in mid 20th century.

    “The last human survivor of the vampire epidemic has to maintain his defences against their onslaught, while attempting to research the cause and possibly solution to the plague.”

    from the catalogue

    similar bysurvivalpost-apocalypticour worlddarktensescience fiction

  • Cover of World War Z
    World War ZSeries

    series · 3 books · 2006

    Zombie horror and horror, about war.

    Start with World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War →

    similar bysurvivalour worldcontemporarypost-apocalypticdarktense+1 more

  • Cover of The Andromeda Strain
    The Andromeda StrainSeries

    series · 2 books · 1969

    About plague and pandemic.

    “Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Andromeda Strain →

    similar bysurvivalcontemporarytensescience fiction+2 more

  • Cover of Tripods
    TripodsSeries

    series · 4 books · 1967

    completed

    About aliens and rebellion and revolution, set in near future.

    “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 →

    similar bypost-apocalypticour worldtensescience fiction+1 more