Recs if you like Blindness...

forced into unending sleep or perilous insomnia, repeating tedious daily routines until your body rots, watching as your skin starts to glow or your hands sprout scales - these novels feature illnesses that are far from typical

if you enjoyed / find yourself enjoying my strange plagues quest, you’ll find even more suggestions for further reading within the niche here!!!

a collection of novels that use allegory, dystopia, and satire to examine power, control, propaganda, surveillance, and the fragility of truth. blurring the lines between fiction and reality, these stories reflect the political anxieties of both their own eras and ours.

as always welcome to suggestions !

they call me hell, they call me Stacy, they call me her, they call me Jane…that’s not my name!!!

this is a list of books featuring characters without a name

as always, taking any and all suggestions!!

Much of the post/apoc genre is taken up by US-centric fiction, giving a very specific mindset & often a similar type of apocalypse. There's a strong focus on guns & military. Settings outside the US can provide us with unusual, diverse & interesting stories of survival

Sister list to: Zombie Apocs - But Not US-centric

Fictional settings allowed. Some books may cross borders, inc sections in the US. Allowance made for US indigenous authors

First of a series only

Suggestions welcome!

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For when you need to wallow in melancholy and misery: a collection of pessimistic, cynical, downbeat, depressing, doom and gloom fiction for my disillusioned friends.

More to come!

Got the holiday blues? Check out my list Christmas with the Cranks!

Disability & Neurodivergency stories are rare in apocalypse & zombie books. I've found as many as I could!

As always, suggestions incredibly welcome! I'd love to round this one out!

Not intended as a list of good neurodivergent & dis rep (thou many of them absolutely are - lots are even written by disabled/ND authors! I just haven't yet read them all, so can't recommend every book on this list), but disabled or neurodivergent characters feature heavily in these stories of survival

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Awarded annually to an author from any country, since 1901.

This list contains popular books from all the award winning authors.

Awards from 1901 -2025

trying to keep modern classic science fiction alive! giants and significant works from late 20th century to present across the world. all sub-genres included to the best I can.

hard, soft, steampunk, silkpunk, spicepunk, aliens, robots, time travel, space opera, dystopian, clifi, apocalyptic, afrofuturism, slipstream, cyberpunk, and more

recommendations welcome!

weird. strange. off putting. confusing. despite this you cannot put these books down.

books with an experimental structure or narrative choices, metafiction, oulipo, postmodernism, etc.

Books where we never find out the narrators'/ protagonists’ names. Feel free to comment any additions!

Tier 2 from the disturbing novel iceberg, inspired by the disturbing movie iceberg.

More taboo themes, more gore, and books that stick with you long after reading.

Pre-, early and post- apocalyptic dystopias

Dystopian classics and contemporary books for adults

I tried to find the latest version (2026).

In an attempt to read books from as many countries as possible, i compiled a little list... ❤️

into your house into your bed into your streams into your streets into your drink into your bread upon your cattle on your sheep upon your oxen in your field into your dreams into your sleep until you break until you yield

Some Spanish literature from all periods and for all tastes. Are you in?? :)

These authors won for all their life’s work, but here’s each of their most notable books to get you started!

Not all authors are listed.