9 best-selling post apocalyptic books like On the Beach by Nevil Shute

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On the Beach

By: Nevil Shute

3.13

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

After a nuclear World War III has destroyed most of the globe, the few remaining survivors in south…

If you liked the post apocalyptic plot in On the Beach by Nevil Shute , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. The Postman

By: David Brin

3.89

Format: 321 pages, Paperback

This is the story of a lie that became the most powerful kind of truth. A timeless novel as urge… read more

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  • apocalyptic
  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
"Where is it written that one should only care about big things?"

-David Brin, The Postman

"We have earned our peace. It is, by now, more precious than honor, or even pity."

-David Brin, The Postman

"It's said that 'power corrupts,' but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. When they do act, they think of it as serv…"

-David Brin, The Postman

"Where is it written that one should only care about big things? I fought for big things, long ago… for issues, principles, a country. Where are all of them now?... I found out something, you know. I …"

-David Brin, The Postman

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2. Fail-Safe

By: Eugene Burdick , Harvey Wheeler

4.16

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Something has gone wrong. A group of American bombers armed with nuclear weapons is streaking past … read more

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  • science fiction
  • classics
  • fiction
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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

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  • apocalyptic
  • classics
  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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4. Maska (Stanisław Lem. Dzieła, #29)

By: Stanisław Lem , Jerzy Jarzębski

4.16

Format: 76 pages, Hardcover

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
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5. Down to a Sunless Sea

By: David Graham , David Graham

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

The time is the immediate future. Twin crises rock the globe: dwindling oil supply and the still un… read more

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  • apocalyptic
  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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6. The Death of Grass

By: John Christopher

4.88

Format: 242 pages, Paperback

The Chung-Li virus has devastated Asia, wiping out the rice crop and leaving riots and mass starvat… read more

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  • apocalyptic
  • classics
  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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7. 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

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  • apocalyptic
  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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8. A Canticle for Leibowitz

By: Walter M. Miller Jr.

3.39

Format: 414 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel and widely considered one of the most accomplished, po… read more

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  • classics
  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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9. On the Beach

By: Nevil Shute

3.13

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

After a nuclear World War III has destroyed most of the globe, the few remaining survivors in south… read more

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  • apocalyptic
  • classics
  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • australia
  • science fiction

10. The Children of Men

By: None

4.00

Format: None pages,

In the year 2021, the world is a bleak place where all human males have become sterile, and no chil… read more

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11. Earth Abides

By: George R. Stewart

3.44

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

A disease of unparalleled destructive force has sprung up almost simultaneously in every corner of … read more

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12. The Day of the Triffids

By: John Wyndham

4.01

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1951 John Wyndham published his novel The Day of the Triffidsto moderate acclaim. Fifty-two year… read more

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13. The Drowned World

By: Martin Amis , J.G. Ballard

4.50

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

First published in 1962, J.G. Ballard's mesmerizing and ferociously prescient novel imagines a terr… read more

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14. Lucifer's Hammer

By: Larry Niven , Jerry Pournelle

4.54

Format: 253 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The gigantic comet had slammed into Earth, forging earthquakes a thousand times too powerful to mea… read more

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15. Those Left Behind (Serenity, #1)

By: Joss Whedon , Will Conrad , Brett Matthews

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Here's how it is -- in a universe filled with hearts and minds as cold and dark as the reaches of s… read more

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16. The Road

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.99

Format: 241 pages, Hardcover

A searing, postapocalyptic novel destined to become Cormac McCarthy’s masterpiece. A father and … read more

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  • apocalyptic
  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
"Carry the fire."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Road

"If only my heart were stone."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Road

"You have my whole heart. You always did."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Road

"There is no God and we are his prophets."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Road

17. Warday

By: Whitley Strieber , None

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

The unthinkable happened five years ago. Now two writers have set out to find what's left of Americ… read more

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18. Bad Ronald

By: Jack Vance

3.69

Format: 496 pages,

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19. 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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20. One Second After (After, #1)

By: William R. Forstchen

3.42

Format: None pages, Hardcover

New York Timesbest-selling author William R. Forstchen now brings us a story which can be all too t… read more

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21. Taming Flame

By: Therisa Peimer

4.30

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Flaminius's days of bouncing between beds are snatched away the instant he sets eyes on his perfect… read more

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  • fiction
"Tightening his embrace around his wife and little Theo, he vowed, "I will do everything in my power to continue being worthy of the faith you have in me."

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"Why do you have such faith in me, Aurelia?" "I've told you a million times that I love you, you make me feel safe and cherished, and you care deeply for our people. Why wouldn't I have faith in you?"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"I'm so proud of you I could burst, but in the interest of saving the poor cleaning staff the hassle, I would, instead, like to take you to our room and lick you from stem to stern until you beg me to…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"A virgin," Flaminius smiled deviously. "I'll take her." Instantly, surprised chatter erupted. Mother Guardian held up her hand for silence. "You cannot be serious, Sire." "Oh, but I am," he replied w…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

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22. Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two

By: K.G.E. Konkel

4.32

Format: 440 pages, Kindle Edition

The Second World War was fought not only on the front lines but also in secrets, some of which have… read more

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"The terrified men did not move. Then Nadia Fedin did something instinctive; she drew her Nagant revolver and fired three short bursts into the head of the nearest soldier. Stepan Ivanovich’s skull bu…"

-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two

"Outside, beyond the vast red bricked labyrinth of Kremlin walls, a humid night ensnarled the Soviet capital in its spell. Yet here in the womb-like private cinema Josef Stalin sat, eyes transfixed on…"

-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two

"Fedin laughed outright, a grim, calculating gesture as hard and unfeeling as cold steel. “Twenty million Russians have been slaughtered by the Fascists in the last six years..... Always remember this…"

-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two

"They came for him near midnight, seven hard-faced men arriving simultaneously in a matching set of Zis 101s, the black-lacquered saloon car so shamelessly modeled on the American Buick Roadmaster, an…"

-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two

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23. A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

By: Michael G. Kramer

4.29

Format: 470 pages, ebook

Volume One is mainly about the second Indochina war (Vietnam War) and is set during the period from… read more

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"Navarre asserted, “We have such powerful forces and so strong a defence system that Dien Bien Phu is an impregnable fortress!"

-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

"The Vietnamese soldier said, “Before I spoke to her, I had given her a cooked ration of rice. Instead of her being grateful for the meal, she abused me! What gives with these Kampuchean People?"

-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

"As well, I want our special force commandos to silently slip into Cat Bi and Gia Lam airfields and destroy the aircraft stationed there. That will deal the French forces at Dien Bien Phu a stunning b…"

-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

"On the 30th of April 1975, American helicopters flew out of Saigon in an ignominious retreat as the tanks of the People’s Liberation Army of Vietnam rumbled into the grounds of the American Embassy i…"

-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

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24. Magenta

By: John Payton Foden

4.27

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

Magenta is a harrowing journey into war-torn Sarajevo, and into the blackest reaches of the human c… read more

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  • fiction
"There was a story out there, in a scary place, and she had to bear witness."

-John Payton Foden, Magenta

"She polished her words like smooth river rocks lying perfectly organized in brilliant rainbow shades under crystal clear, slow moving water."

-John Payton Foden, Magenta

"Stefan, please, get to work.  Take a picture of this. You want a photo? Of this? War in all its ugliness.  A Pulitzer Prize awaits. You want me to document a war crime? Your war crime? Yes.  I do. Yo…"

-John Payton Foden, Magenta

"Stefan with his camera at the ready photographed a church and mosque and synagogue reduced to a cross and a crescent and a star, solitary monuments to what people once believed.  They silently passed…"

-John Payton Foden, Magenta

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25. Child of Another Kind

By: Steven Decker

4.29

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

A little girl can look at someone and know their past. How? Why? Single mom Cynthia Pace has he… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"No,"

-Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind

"Teacher,"

-Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind

"We do not sleep,"

-Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind

"They came for me the next morning."

-Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind

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26. ALAS BABYLON

By: Harry Hart Frank

4.43

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

ALAS, BABYLON plunges readers into the aftermath of a nuclear apocalypse, focusing on the residents… read more

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27. Nuclear War: A Scenario

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more

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  • dystopia
"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

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28. The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

By: Trevor Alan Foris

4.04

Format: 520 pages, None

Publishers note: The Octunnumi does not exist. Fosbit and any files relating to a Fosbit do n… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"He licked my face, sir."

-Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

"That’s Vegan not Vulcan!"

-Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

"Veebeebe ve ve – Beeeeb..."

-Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

"Hey, I didn’t come here to lose,"

-Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

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29. Termush

By: Sven Holm

3.31

Format: 119 pages, Paperback

Introduced by Jeff VanderMeer, welcome to a luxury hotel at the end of the world in this post-apoca… read more

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  • classics
  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
"An inspired lie could be preferred to a malignant truth."

-Sven Holm, Termush

"I must ask myself whether I am not colouring what I see with my own views."

-Sven Holm, Termush

"- I do have some faith in democracy, but I don't think that this vote can be regarded as a matter of course as democratic. The voters knew too little about the alternatives. - They are always Ill-inf…"

-Sven Holm, Termush

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30. Learn German with Stories: Dino lernt Deutsch - German Short Stories for Beginners: Explore European Cities and Boost Your Vocabulary

By: André Klein

4.56

Format: 541 pages, Kindle Edition

Get ready - it's time to start traveling and learning! Step into the shoes of Dino once again, expl… read more

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31. Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)

By: A.R. Merrydew

4.43

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

The third book in the series, ‘Inara’, prepares the reader for the aftermath of Godfrey, and his fr… read more

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"Isn’t this exciting!"

-A.R. Merrydew, Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)

"We might even make this after all,’ he hollered, but the craft didn’t reply."

-A.R. Merrydew, Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)

"If any of them fail me, I will flush them from an airlock into the pit of space, like an unwanted turd. Do I make myself clear?"

-A.R. Merrydew, Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)

"Well at least one of you present here today, has the scaly green balls to give me an honest answer,’ he said, as he broke into a hearty lizard laugh."

-A.R. Merrydew, Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)

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The Postman

David Brin

3.89

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Fail-Safe

Eugene Burdick , Harvey Wheeler

4.16

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Alas, Babylon

Pat Frank

3.94

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Maska (Stanisław Lem. Dzieła, #29)

Stanisław Lem , Jerzy Jarzębski

4.16

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Michael Crichton

3.91

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Stephen King

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4.51

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