Nuclear Dooms

Malevil

By Robert Merle

Analyse : Roman de sience-fiction (anticipation).

Riddley Walker, Expanded Edition

By Russell Hoban

This acclaimed story is set in an England that has suffered a nuclear holocaust. Society has regressed to an Iron Age, semi-literate state represented by the special language that the author created especially for this book.

On the Beach

By Nevil Shute

A novel about the survivors of an atomic war, who face an inevitable end as radiation poisoning moves toward Australia from the North.

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The Last Ship

By William Brinkley

In the aftermath of nuclear war, the Navy destroyer "Nathan James" and its crew--including twenty-six women--searches the seas for a place where survival would be possible.

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Z for Zachariah

By Robert C. O'Brien

The only one left alive after a nuclear war is a girl and a man who she must beaware of.

A Canticle for Leibowitz

By Walter M. Miller (Jr.)

The winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel, Miller's bestselling work is a true landmark of 20th-century literature--a chilling and still-provocative look at a post-apocalyptic future.

The Wild Shore

By Kim Stanley Robinson

2047: For the small Pacific Coast community of San Onofre, life in the aftermath of a devastating nuclear attack is a matter of survival, a day-to-day struggle to stay alive. But young Hank Fletcher dreams of the world that might have been, and might yet be--and dreams of playing a crucial role in America's rebirth. The Wild Shore is the first novel in Kim Stanley Robinson's highly-acclaimed Three Californias Trilogy.

Swan Song

By Robert McCammon

An ancient evil roams the desolate landscape of an America ravaged by nuclear war. He is the Man with the Scarlet Eye, a malevolent force that feeds on the dark desires of the countless followers he has gathered into his service. His only desire is to find a special child named Swan -- and destroy her. But those who would protect the girl are determined to fight for what is left of the worldŠand their souls. In a wasteland born of rage, populated by monstrous creatures and marauding armies, the last survivors on earth have been drawn into the final battle between good and evil that will decide the fate of humanity....