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Books Like Life As We Knew It

by Susan Beth Pfeffer · about this book

Loved Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer? If its young adult, series and post-apocalyptic hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Parable of the Sower, The Road and Sunrise on the Reaping. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Life As We Knew It: Young Adult · Series · Post-Apocalyptic · Survival Story · Diary Format

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   Parable of the Sower

   Octavia E. Butler

   Diary Format · Post-Apocalyptic · Survival Story · Science Fiction · Environmental Collapse

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   The Road

   Cormac McCarthy

   Post-Apocalyptic · Survival Story · Environmental Collapse · Kids in Danger · Grief and Mourning

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   Sunrise on the Reaping

   Suzanne Collins

   Survival Story · Young Adult · Kids in Danger · Science Fiction · Grief and Mourning

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4. 

   The Obelisk Gate

   N.K. Jemisin

   Post-Apocalyptic · Survival Story · Science Fiction · Environmental Collapse · Bleak

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   I Who Have Never Known Men

   Jacqueline Harpman

   Post-Apocalyptic · Survival Story · Science Fiction · Bleak · Grief and Mourning

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6. 

   Wool Omnibus

   Hugh Howey

   Post-Apocalyptic · Survival Story · Science Fiction · Bleak · Tense and Suspenseful

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   The 100

   Kass Morgan

   Post-Apocalyptic · Survival Story · Science Fiction · Young Adult · Series

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8. 

   Sea of Rust

   C. Robert Cargill

   Post-Apocalyptic · Survival Story · Science Fiction · Bleak · First Person Narrator

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   La Belle Sauvage

   Philip Pullman

   Natural Disaster Survival · Survival Story · Kids in Danger · Tense and Suspenseful · Teen Protagonist

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10. 

    Chains

    Laurie Halse Anderson

    Kids in Danger · Tense and Suspenseful · Grief and Mourning · Series · Teen Protagonist

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11. 

    The Loop

    Ben Oliver

    Science Fiction · Young Adult · Survival Story · Bleak · Series

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12. 

    Winterkeep

    Kristin Cashore

    Young Adult · Environmental Collapse · Snow and Ice · Grief and Mourning · Teen Protagonist

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13. 

    The Dog Stars

    Peter Heller

    Post-Apocalyptic · Survival Story · Science Fiction · Grief and Mourning · Emotional

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14. 

    Skyward

    Brandon Sanderson

    Young Adult · Science Fiction · Survival Story · Series · Emotional

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15. 

    Zodiac

    Romina Russell

    Natural Disaster Survival · Young Adult · Science Fiction · Series · Teen Protagonist

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16. 

    This Inevitable Ruin

    Matt Dinniman

    Survival Story · Post-Apocalyptic · Science Fiction · Series · Grief and Mourning

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17. 

    The Knife of Never Letting Go

    Patrick Ness

    Survival Story · Science Fiction · Young Adult · Series · Teen Protagonist

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18. 

    The Vault of Dreamers

    Caragh M. O'Brien

    Science Fiction · Young Adult · Tense and Suspenseful · Series · Teen Protagonist

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19. 

    The Diary of a Young Girl

    Anne Frank

    Diary Format · Survival Story · Young Adult · Teen Protagonist · Emotional

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20. 

    The Last Murder at the End of the World

    Stuart Turton

    Post-Apocalyptic · Science Fiction · Environmental Collapse · Tense and Suspenseful · Female Lead

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