Good Post apocalypse/zombie apocalypse book?

The book of Koli by m.r. Carey. I don't often prefer audio books over reading but I really recommend this series as audio!

Admittedly this isnt my go to genre, I think the fact that I'm scared by most zombie apocolypse films is enough to put me off the book equivalents but!

A while ago my friend recommended me The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey and I was gripped the entire way through. The story revolves around a "little genius", Melanie, a 10 year old girl who's locked up in a military base. She loves to learn about the world she can't experience because her teachers fear what she might do if untied. It's thrilling and suspenseful, funny at times and heartbreaking in others. I really enjoyed it!

I'd also like to recommend The Last by Hanna Jameson (no zombies in this one though). Simply, it's a murder mystery in the wake of nuclear war. 20 survivors are isolated in a Swiss hotel in the middle of nowhere and whilst trying to grapple with the fact that the world is ending they find a body. It's scarily convincing and I've never read anything like it before.

Worth checking out if you haven't already!

World War Z is awesome

The Passage trilogy by Justin Cronin

Hugh Howey's Wool is post-apocalypse and dark (no zombies, though). He writes an incredibly detailed description of its setting. The first of a series, it does stand alone.

See the threads (apocalypses, but not many zombies):

• "Any strong female leads out there (NO ROMANCE) dystopian"
• "Fantasy Settings which are actually a Post-Apocalypse Future Earth?"
• "Good apocalypse novels?"
• "World War III in Sci Fi? (though I’m reluctant to ask…)"
• "'Unique' Post-apocalyptic Stories?"

Silver by Chris Wooding. It takes place at an isolated private school in Britain at the beginning of an outbreak. Instead of regular zombies though, victims turn into mostly mechanical monsters (basically cyborg zombies).

The Stand by Stephen King is my favorite watching civilisation decay book. Some others are:

Swan Song by Robert McCammon

Lucifer’s Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle (ignore the dated societal attitudes)

Alas Babylon by Pat Frank

Earth Abides by George Stewart

Dust by Charles Pellegrino

The Death of Grass by John Christopher

Under a Graveyard Sky by John Ringo is the first in a zombie apocalypse story that I have read multiple times because I enjoy it so much.

{{I am legend by Richard Matheson}}

{{Sea of rust by Robert Cargill}} Warning NSFW: very violent, contains religion and even some genocide.

{{World war Z by Max Brooks}}

{{Non-stop by Brian Aldiss}}

{{Concrete island by J. Ballard}}

Non-fictional dystopian stories

{{Batavia's graveyard by Mike Dash}} a true post-apocalyptic story set on a number of atolls in a highly isolated Australian archipelago (Wallabi island group)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAihlPTy9tc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG2MYRX2PHI

{{Nickel and dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich}}

You will read the book from the POV of a woman who tries to get regular Americans to rebel against the horrendous working conditions in her country. It's about how average ordinairy Americans trying to live their lives while facing exclusion, racism, sexism, unequality, unhumane living conditions, etc. It's realy shocking to read about the almost slave like conditions average Americans have to live in, even more so if you are a reader that lives in a developed country. Life in the US is an utter nightmare for most of it's citizens. Much of their society is based on fear: fear to lose their jobs, fear of getting sick, fear of crime, fear of poverty, fear of having to use medical care, fear of legal action taken against them, fear of foreigners, fear of authorities, fear of paying taxes that would benefit others, fear of falling down the social ladder, fear of racism, fear of not being able to get the right education for themselves/their kids, fear of not being able to pay the rent/mortgage and end up homeless on the streets, etc. Fear.

{{Dies the Fire by S. M. Stirling}}.
{{Under a Graveyard Sky by John Ringo}}

The Road by Cormac McCarthy