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The Passage, The Twelve and City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin
Emergence, by David R. Palmer. Originally published in paperback by Bantam, November, 1984, and currently available in electronic format from Baen Books.
Thank you for posting the update, Margret! I read that book when it was first published; and I’ve been hoping it would show up in digital form.
Ginger Booth’s Calm Act Feral America and Calm Act Genesis series.
Angela White’s Life After War series.
Hugh Howey’s Wool series
There are a lot of great series and books out there. If we are thinking outside the box, try Eternal Frontier series by Anthony J. Melchiorri. I say that because at first, it doesn’t seem apocalyptic but as you read further you see the scale on which things could unfold. Series is still in progress.
By the way, I think above should read The Tide series by Anthony J. Melchiorri. An awesome series that I really enjoyed from start to finish.
Orbs series by Nicholas Sansbury Smith is an underrated Post-Apocalyptic series that could be considered out of the box thinking as well.
I loved King’s “The Stand”, also “War of the Worlds”. My favorite is Heinlein’s “Stranger in a Strange Land”.
Bobby Adair “Slow Burn” series
I have the box set for Slow Burn (books 1-9). I will enjoy them. I read The Last Survivors. I enjoyed the fact that the story was not superficial. Wonderful characters and a rich deep plot.
When I think of apocalypse, zombies come to mind. Call me crazy, but I think that deep down inside, everybody knows its just a matter of time before the zombie apocalypse. Some may be in denial though.
I think the real question here is, should a book be able to make you cry (Man tears though, of course keeping to the man code.)? The following series will make you laugh, cry, and even on occasion get you angry:
Mark Tufo – Zombie Fallout
John O’Brian – A New World
RR Haywood – The Undead