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  • Cover of The Triffids
    The TriffidsSeries

    series · 3 books · 1951

    Dark in tone, 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.”

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    Start with The Day of the Triffids →

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  • Cover of Darwin
    DarwinSeries

    series · 2 books · 1999

    completed

    Hard science fiction, about genetic engineering, set in north america.

    “Greg Bear's Darwin's Radio imagines a dormant retrovirus in human DNA activating worldwide, triggering an accelerated leap in human evolution that governments respond to as a plague.”

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    Start with Darwin's Radio →

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  • Cover of The Fireman
    The FiremanNovel

    Joe Hill · standalone novel · 2016

    Dark in tone, about found family, set in north america.

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  • Cover of Alternate Purpose
    Alternate PurposeNovel

    Christopher Coates · standalone novel · 2019

    Time travel.

    “Facing a rebuilding time of generations, two scientists come up with a solution: send someone back in time to prevent the horrible accident that released the deadly pathogen on the world.”

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  • Cover of The Andromeda Strain
    The Andromeda StrainSeries

    series · 2 books · 1969

    Science fiction, tense in tone, about plague and pandemic and survival, set in contemporary.

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

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    Start with The Andromeda Strain →

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  • Cover of Maze Runner
    Maze RunnerSeries

    series · 11 books · 2009

    Dystopia.

    “A 16 year old boy awakens with amnesia in a community of other youths in the center of a maze, and realizes they must cooperate to escape.”

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    Start with The Maze Runner →

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