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Fiction books that are a "re-start" of a small group of people, whether it's on Earth or elsewhere. At their core they touch on what makes people a society, human, civilized.
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The Stand
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 820,643 ratings
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The Road
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The Passage (The Passage, #1)
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Justin Cronin (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 221,207 ratings
score: 792,
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Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1)
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Hugh Howey (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 267,736 ratings
score: 766,
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Swan Song
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4.30 avg rating — 74,651 ratings
score: 697,
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The Dog Stars
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3.95 avg rating — 70,536 ratings
score: 500,
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The Postman
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David Brin (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 37,114 ratings
score: 484,
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The Fallen
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3.53 avg rating — 95 ratings
score: 300,
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Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
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3.84 avg rating — 10,909 ratings
score: 296,
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Dragonsdawn (Pern, #9)
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4.23 avg rating — 41,331 ratings
score: 294,
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After the Fall - Tales of the Apocalypse
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Kelly Gardner (Editor)
3.64 avg rating — 159 ratings
score: 199,
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2 people voted
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Ex-Heroes (Ex-Heroes, #1)
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Peter Clines (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 16,609 ratings
score: 198,
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The Undead: Book One, Overview
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Michael Pugh (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings
score: 197,
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2 people voted
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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
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Ernest Cline (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 1,276,796 ratings
score: 197,
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Rot & Ruin (Rot & Ruin, #1)
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Jonathan Maberry (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 36,713 ratings
score: 194,
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Pure (Pure, #1)
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Julianna Baggott (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 25,255 ratings
score: 193,
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Malevil
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4.26 avg rating — 5,717 ratings
score: 193,
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Earth Abides
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3.95 avg rating — 33,402 ratings
score: 191,
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Bird Box
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Josh Malerman (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 206,714 ratings
score: 190,
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Freedom's Landing (Catteni, #1)
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3.99 avg rating — 12,259 ratings
score: 187,
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The Forest of Hands and Teeth (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, #1)
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Carrie Ryan (Goodreads Author)
3.60 avg rating — 87,173 ratings
score: 181,
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Across the Universe (Across the Universe, #1)
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Beth Revis (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 119,217 ratings
score: 174,
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Wolf in Shadow (Jon Shannow, #1)
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4.20 avg rating — 5,687 ratings
score: 100,
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Surviving In America: Under Siege (Joe Anderson, #1)
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Paul Andrulis (Goodreads Author)
3.60 avg rating — 60 ratings
score: 100,
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Emergence
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4.12 avg rating — 2,070 ratings
score: 100,
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Dead Chaos (Dead Chaos #1)
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April Brookshire (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 202 ratings
score: 100,
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Dogs of Orninica
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Daniel Unedo (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 55 ratings
score: 100,
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The Ark
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Annabel Smith (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 71 ratings
score: 100,
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The Threat Below (Brathius History #1)
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Jason Latshaw (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 1,633 ratings
score: 100,
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Broken Worlds: Dystopian Stories
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Thomas Brown (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 48 ratings
score: 100,
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The Fourth Generation
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Chris von Halle (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 25 ratings
score: 100,
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The Book of the Unnamed Midwife (The Road to Nowhere, #1)
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Meg Elison (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 26,106 ratings
score: 100,
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Darkover Landfall
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3.86 avg rating — 6,719 ratings
score: 99,
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Vampire Winter
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4.01 avg rating — 97 ratings
score: 99,
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The Legacy of Heorot (Heorot, #1)
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3.94 avg rating — 7,717 ratings
score: 99,
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The Undead: Book Two, North America
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Michael Pugh (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
score: 99,
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I Rule World (Balu Baldauf #1)
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4.69 avg rating — 26 ratings
score: 99,
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The Child Garden
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3.66 avg rating — 1,534 ratings
score: 99,
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Twelve castles in the sky! (Balu Baldauf #3)
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3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings
score: 98,
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Station Eleven
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Emily St. John Mandel (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 597,637 ratings
score: 98,
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The Long Tomorrow
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3.68 avg rating — 2,776 ratings
score: 98,
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Nightfall
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4.06 avg rating — 37,564 ratings
score: 96,
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The Walking Dead: Compendium One
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4.45 avg rating — 71,726 ratings
score: 96,
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White Horse (White Horse, #1)
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Alex Adams (Goodreads Author)
3.47 avg rating — 3,333 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Blood Red Road (Dust Lands, #1)
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Moira Young (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 62,190 ratings
score: 95,
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The Inverted World
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3.95 avg rating — 10,597 ratings
score: 94,
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World Made by Hand (World Made by Hand #1)
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3.69 avg rating — 7,507 ratings
score: 92,
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The Dream Catcher (Arc One, #2)
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3.98 avg rating — 246 ratings
score: 91,
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Ring-Rise, Ring-Set
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3.71 avg rating — 119 ratings
score: 90,
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Devil on My Back (Arc One, #1)
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4.12 avg rating — 439 ratings
score: 89,
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Rite of Passage
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3.82 avg rating — 3,743 ratings
score: 88,
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Freedom's Choice (Catteni, #2)
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3.98 avg rating — 8,597 ratings
score: 86,
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Freedom's Challenge (Catteni, #3)
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score: 85,
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Freedom's Ransom (Catteni, #4)
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score: 84,
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Dark Parties
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Sara Grant (Goodreads Author)
3.49 avg rating — 2,195 ratings
score: 83,
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The Dark and Hollow Places (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, #3)
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Carrie Ryan (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 23,082 ratings
score: 81,
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The Dead-Tossed Waves (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, #2)
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Carrie Ryan (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 31,954 ratings
score: 80,
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Outside In (Insider, #2)
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Maria V. Snyder (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 14,112 ratings
score: 79,
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Inside Out (Insider, #1)
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Maria V. Snyder (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 25,024 ratings
score: 76,
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