By nightfall, they had traveled far.
Appendix: For Further Reading
What follows is a selected bibliography of post-apocalyptic fiction. The list is not all-inclusive, but is intended merely as a primer for readers looking to better familiarize themselves with the sub-genre.
Like the stories collected in this volume, I’ve focused this bibliography on books in which the post-apocalyptic elements are vital to the story. There are many books, however, that while not “core” post-apocalyptic titles will be of interest to fans of the sub-genre nonetheless. These books—which employ the themes or settings of post-apocalyptic SF but are primarily noteworthy for other reasons—are listed separately to denote their associational relevance to the sub-genre.
To assist you in finding these books, I’ve assembled a series of Listmania lists on Amazon.com listing all of the titles in this bibliography. You’ll find them by following the links below.
GREYBEARD by Brian W. Aldiss
Twilight World by Poul Anderson
Vault of the Ages by Poul Anderson
The Day the Machines Stopped by Christopher Anvil
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
The Drowned World & The Wind from Nowhere by J. G. Ballard
The Burning World (Berkley Medallion Book) by J. G. Ballard
Kelwin by Neal Barrett
Dawn’s Uncertain Light (Signet) by Neal Barrett
Test of Fire by Ben Bova
The Long Tomorrow by Leigh Brackett
The Postman (Bantam Classics) by David Brin
The Last Ship: A Novel by William Brinkley
The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner
Some Will Not Die by Algis Budrys
Plague Year by Jeff Carlson
The Folk of the Fringe by Orson Scott Card
No Blade of Grass by John Christopher
World in Winter by John Christopher
Empty World: 2 by John Christopher
A Wrinkle in the Skin by John Christopher
The Pesthouse by Jim Crace
Engine Summer by John Crowley
Dr. Bloodmoney by Philip K. Dick
Wolf and Iron by Gordon R. Dickson
The Genocides by Thomas M. Disch
Vic and Blood: The Continuing Adventures of a Boy and His Dog: A Graphic Novel by Harlan Ellison
Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank
The Aftermath: A Novel of Survival by Samuel C. Florman
Dark Universe by Daniel F. Galouye
Queen City Jazz by Kathleen Ann Goonan
Mississippi Blues by Kathleen Ann Goonan
Crescent City Rhapsody by Kathleen Ann Goonan
Light Music by Kathleen Ann Goonan
The Committed Men by M. John Harrison
The White Plague by Frank Herbert
Riddley Walker, Expanded Edition by Russell Hoban
Ape and Essence by Aldous Huxley
After London: Or, Wild England by Richard Jefferies
Parasites Like Us by Adam Johnson
The Stand: Expanded Edition: For the First Time Complete and Uncut by Stephen King
The Syndic by C.M. Kornbluth
Catastrophe Planet by Keith Laumer
Gather Darkness by Fritz Leiber
The Scarlet Plague by Jack London
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon
Eternity Road by Jack McDevitt
Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre
Malevil by Robert Merle
Shadow on the Hearth by Judith Merril
Beyond Armageddon by Martin H. Greenberg
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Lucifer’s Hammer by Larry Niven