Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic
These narratives focus on the end of civilization, either through a catastrophic event (apocalyptic) or in the aftermath of such an event (post-apocalyptic).
- The Stand by Stephen King
- The Ferryman by Justin Cronin
- The World in Winter by John Christopher
- I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
- The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
- Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
- The Dead Zone by Stephen King
- 48 by James Herbert
- The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner
- The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
- Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
- Wool by Hugh Howey
- Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
- The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin
- The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
- Methuselah's Children by Robert A. Heinlein
- The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
- I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison
- Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
- Domain by James Herbert
- The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard
- Eternity Road by Jack McDevitt
- The Peripheral by William Gibson
- Pandemonium by Chris Wooding
- MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood
- City by Clifford D. Simak
- The Dying Earth by Jack Vance
- The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
- Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven
- Dead Astronauts by Jeff VanderMeer
- Spear by Nicola Griffith
- Dust by Hugh Howey
- Dancing Bears by Fred Saberhagen
- The Psychotechnic League by Murray Leinster
- A Meeting at Corvallis by S. M. Stirling
- Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay
- Flesh by Philip Jose Farmer
- A Boy and His Dog by Harlan Ellison
- Against the Tide by John Ringo
- Star Man's Son by Andre Norton
- The Night of the Triffids by Simon Clark
- Dies the Fire by S. M. Stirling
- The Drift by C J Tudor
- The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway
- The Rift by Walter Jon Williams
- The Crystal World by J.G. Ballard
- The Night Sessions by Ken MacLeod
- The Long Tomorrow by Leigh Brackett
- Farnham's Freehold by Robert A. Heinlein
- The Protector's War by S. M. Stirling
- The Eyes of the Overworld by Jack Vance
- The Postman by David Brin
- City of Illusions by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Postsingular by Rudy Rucker
- Hello America by J.G. Ballard
- The White Plague by Frank Herbert
- Voyage from Yesteryear by James P. Hogan
- Vault of the Ages by Poul Anderson
- Cugel's Saga by Jack Vance
- Metronome by Tom Watson
- Hammerfall by C.J. Cherryh
- The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard
- The Silence by Tim Lebbon
- Aftermath by Charles Sheffield
- Cold as Ice by Charles Sheffield
- Emerald Sea by John Ringo
- The Stone God Awakens by Philip Jose Farmer
- Earthworks by Brian Aldiss
- Divine Endurance by Gwyneth Jones
- Black Tide Rising by John Ringo
- Pomegranates by Priya Sharma
- In the Rift by Marion Zimmer Bradley with Holly Lisle
- The Execution Channel by Ken MacLeod
- North Wind by Gwyneth Jones
- Directive 51 by John Barnes
- The Never-Ending End of the World by Ann Christy
- Contagion by Tim Lebbon
- Death Wave by Ben Bova
- Greybeard by Brian Aldiss
- Before The Storm by Sean McMullen
- Lessons in Birdwatching by Honey Watson
- There Will be Dragons by John Ringo
- The Anguished Dawn by James P. Hogan
- After Long Silence by Sheri S. Tepper
- The Waters Rising by Sheri S. Tepper
- Sunstorm by Stephen Baxter
- Empire Builders by Ben Bova
- Test of Fire by Ben Bova
- Swallowing a Donkey's Eye by Paul Tremblay
- Dr. Bloodmoney or How We Got Along After the Bomb by Philip K. Dick
- No Place on Earth by Louis Charbonneau
- Single Combat by Dean Ing
- The Frozen Year by James Blish
- Blood Heritage by Sheri S. Tepper
- The Kingdom River by Mitchell Smith
- Daybreak Zero by John Barnes
- Half Life by Hal Clement
- The Last President by John Barnes
- Farewell Horizontal by K.W. Jeter
- The Steel, the Mist, and the Blazing Sun by Christopher Anvil
