5 Top apocalyptic books like Swan Song by Robert McCammon

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Swan Song

By: Robert McCammon

4.10

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

In a wasteland born of rage and fear, populated by monstrous creatures and marauding armies, earth'…

If you liked the apocalyptic plot in Swan Song by Robert McCammon , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of The Passage (The Passage, #1) by Justin Cronin

1. The Passage (The Passage, #1)

By: Justin Cronin

4.05

Format: 784 pages, Hardcover

IT HAPPENED FAST. THIRTY-TWO MINUTES FOR ONE WORLD TO DIE, ANOTHER TO BE BORN. First, the unthi… read more

Similar categories in Justin Cronin's The Passage (The Passage, #1) book and Robert McCammon's Swan Song

  • apocalyptic
  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"What strange places our lives can carry us to, what dark passages."

-Justin Cronin, The Passage (The Passage, #1)

"The sky was so thick with stars it was as if he could reach out and brush them with his hand."

-Justin Cronin, The Passage (The Passage, #1)

"Zander was always sneaking off to the library to get more books ... Guy would read anything. Said books were more interesting than people."

-Justin Cronin, The Passage (The Passage, #1)

"And then, despite all these concerns, Arnette felt her mind begin to loosen, the images of the day unwinding inside her like a spool of thread, pulling her down into sleep."

-Justin Cronin, The Passage (The Passage, #1)

Cover of NOS4A2 by Joe Hill

2. NOS4A2

By: Joe Hill

4.08

Format: 692 pages, Hardcover

NOS4A2 is a spine-tingling novel of supernatural suspense from master of horror Joe Hill, the New Y… read more

Similar categories in Joe Hill's NOS4A2 book and Robert McCammon's Swan Song

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"Everyone lives in two worlds,"

-Joe Hill, NOS4A2

"And he paddled away in his douche canoe."

-Joe Hill, NOS4A2

"Sooner or later a black car came for everyone."

-Joe Hill, NOS4A2

"Fantasy was always only a reality waiting to be switched on."

-Joe Hill, NOS4A2

Cover of Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank

3. Alas, Babylon

By: Pat Frank

3.94

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Alas, Babylon." Those fateful words heralded the end. When a nuclear holocaust ravages the United … read more

Similar categories in Pat Frank's Alas, Babylon book and Robert McCammon's Swan Song

  • apocalyptic
  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
Cover of Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons

4. Carrion Comfort

By: Dan Simmons

4.23

Format: None pages,

THE PAST... Caught behind the lines of Hitler's Final Solution, Saul Laski is one of the multitudes… read more

Similar categories in Dan Simmons's Carrion Comfort book and Robert McCammon's Swan Song

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Swan Song by Robert McCammon

5. Swan Song

By: Robert McCammon

4.10

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

In a wasteland born of rage and fear, populated by monstrous creatures and marauding armies, earth'… read more

Similar categories in Robert McCammon's Swan Song book and Robert McCammon's Swan Song

  • apocalyptic
  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Summer of Night (Seasons of Horror, #1) by Dan Simmons

6. Summer of Night (Seasons of Horror, #1)

By: Dan Simmons

4.04

Format: 600 pages, Mass Market Paperback

It's the summer of 1960 in Elm Haven, Illinois, and five 12-year old boys are forming the bonds tha… read more

Similar categories in Dan Simmons's Summer of Night (Seasons of Horror, #1) book and Robert McCammon's Swan Song

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"People always pay a lot of money for things that make them stupid."

-Dan Simmons, Summer of Night (Seasons of Horror, #1)

Cover of Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman

7. Between Two Fires

By: Christopher Buehlman

4.27

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The year is 1348. Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found a young girl alone in a dead Norman village… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Buehlman's Between Two Fires book and Robert McCammon's Swan Song

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"The only thing I say to God is my daughter's names; and it is not a prayer, it's a rebuke."

-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires

"He was being kissed now by his own mouth, not as lovers kiss, with tongues, but as true lovers kiss, sharing breath."

-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires

"A dark-haired little boy just in pants stood bewildered near the blaze, saying, as if there had been some mistake, "We live here. We live here."

-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires

"But it will be harder for you if you remember. Love is always harder. Love means weathering blows for another’s sake and not counting them. Love is loss of self, loss of other, and faith in the death…"

-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires

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8. The Fisherman

By: John Langan

3.91

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

In upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman's Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reser… read more

Similar categories in John Langan's The Fisherman book and Robert McCammon's Swan Song

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"You can make an oyster surrender its pearl,"

-John Langan, The Fisherman

"Have you ever been so scared of something you move toward it, try to touch it, that kind of thing?"

-John Langan, The Fisherman

9. Ghost Story

By: Peter Straub

4.09

Format: 372 pages,

In life, not every sin goes unpunished. GHOST STORY For four aging men in the terror-stricken town … read more

Similar categories in Peter Straub's Ghost Story book and Robert McCammon's Swan Song

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10. The Troop

By: Nick Cutter

3.84

Format: 407 pages, Hardcover

Once a year, scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a three-d… read more

Similar categories in Nick Cutter's The Troop book and Robert McCammon's Swan Song

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
"Soldering iron, Max."

-Nick Cutter, The Troop

"You’ve never heard of the tapeworm diet?"

-Nick Cutter, The Troop

"I been to hell ... I ain't afraid to go back"

-Nick Cutter, The Troop

"His fear was whetted to such a fine edge that he could actually feel it now: a disembodied ball of baby fingers inside his stomach, tickling him from the inside. That's what mortal terror felt like, …"

-Nick Cutter, The Troop

Cover of Boys in the Valley by Philip Fracassi

11. Boys in the Valley

By: Philip Fracassi

4.18

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

St. Vincent's Orphanage for Boys. Turn of the century, in a remote valley in Pennsylvania. Her… read more

Similar categories in Philip Fracassi's Boys in the Valley book and Robert McCammon's Swan Song

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
" there is light all around me. There is light inside me. "

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"The sky is the color of stone, flat and hard in appearance, but brittle, as if it would crack like an eggshell - revealing black seams of the universe beyond - if struck hard enough. ."

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"We didn't hit it off like many others in similar situations....Instead, he and I sort of gravitated around each other, either friends nor foes, like the moons of a planet we had no interest in observ…"

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

Cover of All the Fiends of Hell by Adam L.G. Nevill

12. All the Fiends of Hell

By: Adam L.G. Nevill

4.01

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

The red night of bells heralds global catastrophe. Annihilation on a biblical scale. Seeing the mor… read more

Similar categories in Adam L.G. Nevill's All the Fiends of Hell book and Robert McCammon's Swan Song

  • apocalyptic
  • post apocalyptic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
Cover of You Like It Darker by Stephen        King

13. You Like It Darker

By: Stephen King

4.32

Format: 502 pages, Hardcover

From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new coll… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's You Like It Darker book and Robert McCammon's Swan Song

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Stand by Stephen        King

14. The Stand

By: Stephen King

4.35

Format: None pages, Audiobook

First came the days of the plague. Then came the dreams. Dark dreams that warned of the coming of t… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's The Stand book and Robert McCammon's Swan Song

  • apocalyptic
  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"A person can't change all at once."

-Stephen King, The Stand

"HEY, BOBBY TERRY, YOU SCROOOOWED IT UP!"

-Stephen King, The Stand

"Nobody likes to see a stupid guy wise up."

-Stephen King, The Stand

"His name is Legion. He is the king of nowhere."

-Stephen King, The Stand

Cover of Holly by Stephen        King

15. Holly

By: Stephen King

4.12

Format: 449 pages, Hardcover

Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King’s most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, returns… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's Holly book and Robert McCammon's Swan Song

  • fiction
  • horror
"Sometimes the universe throws you a rope. If it does, climb it. See what's at the top."

-Stephen King, Holly

Cover of A Child Alone With Strangers by Philip Fracassi

16. A Child Alone With Strangers

By: Philip Fracassi

4.28

Format: 575 pages, Hardcover

When the young Henry Thorne is kidnapped and held prisoner in a remote farmhouse surrounded by mile… read more

Similar categories in Philip Fracassi's A Child Alone With Strangers book and Robert McCammon's Swan Song

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Gothic by Philip Fracassi

17. Gothic

By: Philip Fracassi

3.83

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

On his 59th birthday, Tyson Parks—a famous, but struggling, horror writer—receives an antique desk … read more

Similar categories in Philip Fracassi's Gothic book and Robert McCammon's Swan Song

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Small Town Horror by Ronald Malfi

18. Small Town Horror

By: Ronald Malfi

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Five childhood friends are forced to confront their own dark past as well as the curse placed upon … read more

Similar categories in Ronald Malfi's Small Town Horror book and Robert McCammon's Swan Song

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay

19. Horror Movie

By: Paul Tremblay

3.45

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and… read more

Similar categories in Paul Tremblay's Horror Movie book and Robert McCammon's Swan Song

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of No One is Safe! by Philip Fracassi

20. No One is Safe!

By: Philip Fracassi

4.45

Format: 339 pages, Kindle Edition

No One Is Safe! presents fourteen stories of macabre, pulpy terror; a book filled with futuristic n… read more

Similar categories in Philip Fracassi's No One is Safe! book and Robert McCammon's Swan Song

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • horror

20 Top fiction books like Swan Song by Robert McCammon

Transform Your Habits

The Passage (The Passage, #1)

Justin Cronin

4.05

Transform Your Habits

NOS4A2

Joe Hill

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Alas, Babylon

Pat Frank

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Carrion Comfort

Dan Simmons

4.23

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20 best-selling fiction books like You Like It Darker by Stephen King

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The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

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Eruption

Michael Crichton

3.91

Transform Your Habits

You Like It Darker

Stephen King

4.32

Transform Your Habits

The House That Horror Built

Christina Henry

3.22

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