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  • Cover of The Road
    The RoadNovel

    Cormac McCarthy · standalone novel · 2006

    Post-apocalyptic, dark in tone, about survival and parenthood.

    “In this post-apocalyptic novel, a father and his son walk alone through burned America.”

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  • Cover of Greybeard
    GreybeardNovel

    Brian W. Aldiss · standalone novel · 1964

    Post-apocalyptic, about survival, set in our world and british isles.

    “Long after a catastrophe that has sterilized humans and most other mammals, the 54-year-old protagonists—Greybeard and Martha—take a tour of entropic England.”

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  • Cover of Station Eleven
    Station ElevenNovel

    Emily St. John Mandel · standalone novel · 2014

    Post-apocalyptic, about art and artists, set in our world and north america.

    “One snowy night a famous Hollywood actor slumps over and dies onstage during a production of King Lear.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Sparrow
    SparrowSeries

    series · 2 books · 1996

    First contact, about aliens and faith and religion, set in other star systems.

    “The title refers to Gospel of Matthew 10:29–31, which relates that not even a sparrow falls to the earth without God's knowledge thereof.”

    from the catalogue
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  • Cover of The Ministry for the Future
    The Ministry for the FutureNovel

    Kim Stanley Robinson · standalone novel · 2020

    Dystopia, about ecological collapse, set in our world.

    “While the ministry pursues various ambitious projects, the effects of climate change are determined to be the most consequential.”

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  • Cover of Never Let Me Go
    Never Let Me GoNovel

    Kazuo Ishiguro · standalone novel · 2005

    Dystopia, sad in tone, about cloning, set in our world.

    “A film adaptation directed by Mark Romanek was released in 2010.”

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