As Apocalyptic/dystopian fiction is becoming a trend in our today’s world, their not only being written for young adults. Some are being written for adults, and a lot of them have already been written several years ago, even hundreds of years ago. So sit back, make yourself a hot cup of tea or coffee, and let me list the TOP 25 Apocalyptic fiction according to Me, Amazon, and Huffington Post .

1.  The Sheep Look Up
by John Brunner
(our library does not carry this book, but other libraries in our consortium do)

2.  The Time Machine
by H.G. Wells
(our library carries this)

3.  The Long Tomorrow
by Leigh Brackett

4.  Make Room! Make Room!
by Harry Harrison
(our library does not carry this book, but other libraries in our consortium do)

5.  Dhalgren
by Samuel R. Delany

6. Barefoot in the World
by Brian W. Aldiss

7. Grey Beard
by Brian W. Aldiss

8.  Immobility
by Brian Evenson
(our library does not carry this book, but other libraries in our consortium do)

9.  The Stand
by Stephen King

10.  In the Country of Lost Things
by Paul Auster

11. The Scarlet Plague
by Jack London

12.  The Last Man
by Mary Shelley
(our library does not carry this book, but other libraries in our consortium do)

13.  The Purple Cloud
by M. P. Shiel

14.  Cat’s Craddle
by Kurt Vonnegut
(our library carries this)

15.  The Road
by Cormac McCarthy
(our library carries this)

16.  The Death of Grass
by John Christopher

17.  Oryx and Crake 
by Margaret Atwood
(our library carries this)

18.  A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller, JR.
(our library carries this)

19.  Dr. Bloodmoney
by Philip K. Dick
(our library does not carry this book, but other libraries in our consortium do)

20.  Alas Babylon
by Pat Frank
(our library carries this)

21.  Lucifer’s Hammer
by Larry Niven
(our library does not carry this book, but other libraries in our consortium do)

22.  Wastelands:  Stories of the Apocalypse
by George R.R. Martin

23.  Swan Song
by Robert R. McCammen
(our library does not carry this book, but other libraries in our consortium do)

24.  One Second After
by William R. Forstchen
(our library does not carry this book, but other libraries in our consortium do

25.  Earth Abides
by George R. Stewart
(our library does not carry this book, but other libraries in our consortium do)