Take Me Back to the Wasteland
Books with similar themes to the Fallout series: critiquing rampant American consumerism and greed; deconstructing 1950s-era conservatism; post-apocalyptic road trip; man vs. God; long-term effects of authoritarianism; morally gray choices or “morally gray” choices; being locked inside underground (or in space) indefinitely; retro-futuristic technology; nuclear weapons and fallout; cosmic horror; or, ultimately, being the baddest motherfucker with a baseball bat.
created by metalarmedcorvid
last updated August, 2026
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Hello, it is I, the Fallout Enjoyer. I am going to return with more eloquent thoughts and some categories for this list when I have my thoughts more in order, but here is what I have so far. ☢️
Thank you for this, some cool books I’m really interested in but I’ve only read one! Have you read all of these or are some of them on your TBR still? Do you have favourites?
I have read There Will Come Soft Rains, and then everything from Boy Island down to the bottom! Everything else is on my TBR. Thank you for reminding me to come back to this :D
Oh nice, definitely read some more! I really want to read Station Eleven, maybe I can fit that in this autumn!
Station Eleven is definitely a favorite!!! Honestly I'd recommend reading the book and then watching the TV show - both are really good versions of the story and are amazing experiences.
I didn’t even know about the TV adaptation, thank you! I’ll see if my local indie has a copy soon!
DEFINITELY do the book first, because the TV show is a response to the book and blows the book's mystery early on to explore the concept further! But both are really, really solid, and the book author was involved in making the TV show. Also, the director posted on tumblr a bit during the TV show's airing???
Oh that sounds so cool, I will see if I can get my partner interested too (and thank you for the warning!)
