8 best-selling apocalyptic books like The Hopkins Manuscript by R.C. Sherriff

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The Hopkins Manuscript

By: R.C. Sherriff

4.10

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

For fans of the popular and award-winning Netflix movie Don’t Look Up, a prescient, rediscovered sp…

If you liked the apocalyptic plot in The Hopkins Manuscript by R.C. Sherriff , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Odd John

By: Olaf Stapledon

3.69

Format: 191 pages, Hardcover

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
"My dear, it is a great strength to have faced the worst and to have *felt* it a feature of beauty. Nothing ever after can shake one."

-Olaf Stapledon, Odd John

"Philosophy is an amazing tissue of really fine thinking and incredible, puerile mistakes. It's like one of those rubber 'bones' they give dogs to chew, damned good for the mind's teeth, but as food -…"

-Olaf Stapledon, Odd John

"With characteristic lack of false modesty, John once said to me, "My looks are a rough test of people. If they don't begin to see me beautiful when they have had a chance to learn, I know they're dea…"

-Olaf Stapledon, Odd John

"The truth of the matter was something much more subtle and tremendous than any plain physical miracle could ever be. But never mind that. The important thing was that, when I did see the stars (rioto…"

-Olaf Stapledon, Odd John

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2. The Provincial Lady in London

By: E.M. Delafield

3.96

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

These highly acclaimed, delightful novels are written in diary form by the Provincial Lady, who liv… read more

Similar categories in E.M. Delafield's The Provincial Lady in London book and R.C. Sherriff's The Hopkins Manuscript

  • historical fiction
  • classics
  • fiction
  • british literature
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3. Summer at Fairacre (Fairacre, #16)

By: Miss Read , John S. Goodall

4.39

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

After a long winter of red noses and wet mittens, summer is a welcome time for Miss Read and her do… read more

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  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • british literature
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4. Someone at a Distance

By: Dorothy Whipple

4.21

Format: 413 pages, Paperback

'A very good novel indeed about the fragility and also the tenacity of love' commented the Spectato… read more

Similar categories in Dorothy Whipple's Someone at a Distance book and R.C. Sherriff's The Hopkins Manuscript

  • historical fiction
  • classics
  • fiction
  • british literature
"With love, you don't even need butter on your bread; without it, an elaborate feast is necessary to make you come to the table."

-Dorothy Whipple, Someone at a Distance

"But Mrs. Brockington, old, alone, almost crippled by rheumatism, had faith and courage. She had more. She had a warm serenity, and when Ellen was with her, she almost had it too. For goodness is catc…"

-Dorothy Whipple, Someone at a Distance

"All those books, all those prayers and she had got nothing from them. When everything went well for her she had been able to pray, she couldn't now. There was such urgency in her present situation th…"

-Dorothy Whipple, Someone at a Distance

"A loved husband is the companion of companions, the supreme sharer, and a happy wife often sounds trivial when she is really sampling and enjoying their mutual and unique confidence. But in doing it,…"

-Dorothy Whipple, Someone at a Distance

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5. The Iron Dream

By: Norman Spinrad

4.16

Format: 354 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Iron Dream is a metafictional 1972 alternate history novel by Norman Spinrad. The book has a ne… read more

Similar categories in Norman Spinrad's The Iron Dream book and R.C. Sherriff's The Hopkins Manuscript

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
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6. They Were Sisters

By: Dorothy Whipple

4.06

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Three sisters marry very different men and the choices they make determine whether they will flouri… read more

Similar categories in Dorothy Whipple's They Were Sisters book and R.C. Sherriff's The Hopkins Manuscript

  • historical fiction
  • classics
  • fiction
  • british literature
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7. The Book of Skulls

By: Robert Silverberg

4.44

Format: None pages, Paperback

Seeking the immortality promised in an ancient manuscript, The Book of Skulls, four friends, colleg… read more

Similar categories in Robert Silverberg's The Book of Skulls book and R.C. Sherriff's The Hopkins Manuscript

  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
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8. Little Boy Lost

By: Marghanita Laski

3.40

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Hilary Wainwright, poet and intellectual, returns after the war to a blasted and impoverished Franc… read more

Similar categories in Marghanita Laski's Little Boy Lost book and R.C. Sherriff's The Hopkins Manuscript

  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

9. Damnation Alley

By: Roger Zelazny

4.22

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

Hell Tanner isn't the sort of guy you'd mistake for a hero: he's a fast-driving car thief, a smuggl… read more

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10. Quartet in Autumn

By: Barbara Pym

3.90

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

This is the story of four people in late middle-age - Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia - whose chief… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Pym's Quartet in Autumn book and R.C. Sherriff's The Hopkins Manuscript

  • classics
  • fiction
  • british literature

11. The Black Cloud

By: Fred Hoyle

3.50

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

A 1959 classic 'hard' science-fiction novel by renowned Cambridge astronomer and cosmologist Fred H… read more

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12. Brain Wave

By: Poul Anderson

4.07

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

A fascinating 'what if novel, Brainwave is an exploration into the ways human society is organized … read more

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13. Bill, the Galactic Hero (Bill, #1)

By: Harry Harrison

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

It was the highest honor to defend the Empire against the dreaded Chingers, an enemy race of seven-… read more

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14. Hothouse

By: Brian W. Aldiss , Matilde Horne

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In this science fiction classic, we are transported millions of years from now, to the boughs of a … read more

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15. HappyHead (HappyHead, #1)

By: Josh Silver

4.04

Format: 383 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize, 2024 Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing, 2024 An Ama… read more

Similar categories in Josh Silver's HappyHead (HappyHead, #1) book and R.C. Sherriff's The Hopkins Manuscript

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • fiction
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16. The New Wilderness

By: Diane Cook

3.68

Format: 398 pages, Hardcover

A debut novel that explores a mother-daughter relationship in a world ravaged by climate change and… read more

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  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • speculative fiction
  • fiction
"It was soft, tickling. The liquid was cold going on, like dipping her pinky into a winter river's icy slurry. A thrill shot through her neck. Then, everything on her finger closed up., tightened, sto…"

-Diane Cook, The New Wilderness

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17. Red River Seven

By: A.J. Ryan

3.50

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Seven strangers. One mission. Infinite horror. A man awakes on a boat at sea with no memory of w… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Ryan's Red River Seven book and R.C. Sherriff's The Hopkins Manuscript

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • post apocalyptic
  • fiction
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18. The Hopkins Manuscript

By: R.C. Sherriff

4.10

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

For fans of the popular and award-winning Netflix movie Don’t Look Up, a prescient, rediscovered sp… read more

Similar categories in R.C. Sherriff's The Hopkins Manuscript book and R.C. Sherriff's The Hopkins Manuscript

  • apocalyptic
  • classics
  • post apocalyptic
  • british literature
  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
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19. Metronome

By: Tom Watson

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An eerie, striking debut by an award-winning author for fans of Emma Stonex, Francine Toon and Mega… read more

Similar categories in Tom Watson's Metronome book and R.C. Sherriff's The Hopkins Manuscript

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • speculative fiction
  • fiction
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20. Ritual of Fire (Cesare Aldo #3)

By: D.V. Bishop

4.41

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Florence. Summer, 1538.A night patrol finds a rich merchant hanged and set ablaze in the city’s mai… read more

Similar categories in D.V. Bishop's Ritual of Fire (Cesare Aldo #3) book and R.C. Sherriff's The Hopkins Manuscript

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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21. The Last Storm

By: Tim Lebbon

3.57

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping road trip through post-apocalyptic America from Tim Lebbon, New York Times bestseller an… read more

Similar categories in Tim Lebbon's The Last Storm book and R.C. Sherriff's The Hopkins Manuscript

  • apocalyptic
  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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22. The Pharmacist

By: Rachelle Atalla

3.62

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the end, very few people made it to the bunker. Now they wait there for the outside world to hea… read more

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  • apocalyptic
  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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23. The Collector

By: Laura Kat Young

3.28

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A frightening dystopian horror novel where grief is forbidden and purged from the mind – a nightmar… read more

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  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • fiction
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24. Tomorrow's Children

By: Daniel Polansky

3.74

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From Hugo Award nominated author comes a high-octane post-apocalyptic romp set in the ruins of Manh… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Polansky's Tomorrow's Children book and R.C. Sherriff's The Hopkins Manuscript

  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
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25. Extinction

By: Bradley Somer

3.40

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

"Tale of wilderness survival and pursuit, told in lean, propulsive prose, but with a twist ... Some… read more

Similar categories in Bradley Somer's Extinction book and R.C. Sherriff's The Hopkins Manuscript

  • apocalyptic
  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
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26. The Last Woman in the World

By: Inga Simpson

3.67

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Award-winning novelist and nature writer Inga Simpson terrifies and enthralls with this truly remar… read more

Similar categories in Inga Simpson's The Last Woman in the World book and R.C. Sherriff's The Hopkins Manuscript

  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
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27. The Forcing

By: Paul E. Hardisty

3.90

Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition

Lured by rumours of tropical sanctuary, a disparate group of men and women escape their inhospitabl… read more

Similar categories in Paul E. Hardisty's The Forcing book and R.C. Sherriff's The Hopkins Manuscript

  • apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
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28. What Survives

By: M. Amelia Eikli

4.46

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

After a devastating global pandemic, the world has gone quiet. She hasn’t seen another living soul … read more

Similar categories in M. Amelia Eikli's What Survives book and R.C. Sherriff's The Hopkins Manuscript

  • dystopia
  • apocalyptic
  • post apocalyptic
  • fiction
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29. Under the Blue

By: Oana Aristide

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A road trip beneath clear blue skies and a blazing sun: a reclusive artist is forced to abandon his… read more

Similar categories in Oana Aristide's Under the Blue book and R.C. Sherriff's The Hopkins Manuscript

  • apocalyptic
  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
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30. The Last Good Man

By: Thomas McMullan

3.47

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Duncan Peck has travelled alone to Dartmoor in search of his cousin. He has come from the city, whe… read more

Similar categories in Thomas McMullan's The Last Good Man book and R.C. Sherriff's The Hopkins Manuscript

  • dystopia
  • fiction
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31. Not Alone

By: Sarah K. Jackson

3.43

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

An exhilarating debut novel, tracing the harrowing journey of a mother and son fighting for surviva… read more

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  • apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction

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Transform Your Habits

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Olaf Stapledon

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Sebastian Faulks

3.60

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