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Books Like Station Eleven

by Emily St. John Mandel · about this book

Loved Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel? If its post-apocalyptic wasteland, post-apocalyptic and survival story hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Dog Stars, The Road and Parable of the Sower. 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 Station Eleven: Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland · Post-Apocalyptic · Survival Story · Character-Driven · Sudden Loss

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   The Dog Stars

   Peter Heller

   Post-Apocalyptic · Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland · Survival Story · Character-Driven · Literary Fiction

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   The Road

   Cormac McCarthy

   Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland · Post-Apocalyptic · Survival Story · Dystopian · Literary Fiction

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   Parable of the Sower

   Octavia E. Butler

   Post-Apocalyptic · Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland · Survival Story · Near Future · Literary Fiction

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   The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

   V.E. Schwab

   Multiple Timelines · Nonlinear Narrative · Lyrical Prose · Character-Driven · Slow-Paced

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   A Gentleman in Moscow

   Amor Towles

   Chosen Family · Lyrical Prose · Character-Driven · Slow-Paced · Literary Fiction

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   The Bone Clocks

   David Mitchell

   Near Future · Multiple Timelines · Post-Apocalyptic · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven

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7. 

   Sea of Rust

   C. Robert Cargill

   Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland · Post-Apocalyptic · Survival Story · Dystopian · Near Future

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8. 

   Life After Life

   Kate Atkinson

   Sudden Loss · Multiple Timelines · Nonlinear Narrative · Character-Driven · Bittersweet

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9. 

   Cloud Cuckoo Land

   Anthony Doerr

   Nonlinear Narrative · Lyrical Prose · Multiple Timelines · Near Future · Character-Driven

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10. 

    And the Mountains Echoed

    Khaled Hosseini

    Multiple Timelines · Nonlinear Narrative · Character-Driven · Lyrical Prose · Slow-Paced

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    Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

    Gabrielle Zevin

    Sudden Loss · Nonlinear Narrative · Character-Driven · Literary Fiction · Bittersweet

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12. 

    How High We Go in the Dark

    Sequoia Nagamatsu

    Near Future · Multiple Timelines · Lyrical Prose · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven

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13. 

    The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding

    Holly Ringland

    Lyrical Prose · Character-Driven · Bittersweet · Literary Fiction · Emotional

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14. 

    The God of Endings

    Jacqueline Holland

    Multiple Timelines · Lyrical Prose · Character-Driven · Slow-Paced · Literary Fiction

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15. 

    Gather

    Kenneth M. Cadow

    Character-Driven · Bittersweet · Emotional · Lyrical Prose · Slow-Paced

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16. 

    Other Birds

    Sarah Addison Allen

    Ensemble Cast · Found Family · Character-Driven · Lyrical Prose · Bittersweet

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17. 

    Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

    Philip K. Dick

    Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland · Post-Apocalyptic · Near Future · Dystopian · Literary Fiction

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18. 

    The Kingdoms

    Natasha Pulley

    Multiple Timelines · Nonlinear Narrative · Literary Fiction · Atmospheric · Character-Driven

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19. 

    The Night Circus

    Erin Morgenstern

    Nonlinear Narrative · Slow-Paced · Lyrical Prose · Ensemble Cast · Literary Fiction

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20. 

    Hamnet

    Maggie O'Farrell

    Nonlinear Narrative · Character-Driven · Lyrical Prose · Slow-Paced · Bittersweet

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