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Enclave

Ann Aguirre

In a post-apocalyptic future, fifteen-year-old Deuce, a loyal Huntress, brings back meat while avoiding the Freaks outside her enclave, but when she is partnered with the mysterious outsider, Fade, she begins to see that the strict ways of the elders may be wrong--and dangerous.

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The Maze Runner

James Dashner · 375 pages

When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name. His memory is blank. But he's not alone. When the lift's doors open, Thomas finds himself surrounded by kids who welcome him to the Glade--a large, open expanse surrounded by stone walls. Just like Thomas, the Gladers don't know why or how they got to the Glade. All they know is that every morning the stone do

Creature FeaturePost-ApocalypticSurvival StoryTense and Suspenseful
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Killer of Enemies

Joseph Bruchac · 400 pages

Creature FeaturePost-ApocalypticSurvival StoryYoung Adult
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Dungeon Crawler Carl

Matt Dinniman · 464 pages

**The apocalypse will be televised!** A man. His ex-girlfriend's cat. A sadistic game show unlike anything in the universe: a dungeon crawl where survival depends on killing your prey in the most entertaining way possible. In a flash, every human-erected construction on Earth—from Buckingham Palace to the tiniest of sheds—collapses in a heap, sinking into the ground. The buildings and all

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The 5th Wave

Rick Yancey · 496 pages

"Remarkable, not-to-be-missed-under-any-circumstances."? -- The New York Times Book Review "A modern sci-fi masterpiece ... should do for aliens what Twilight.

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Ashes

Ilsa J. Bick · 480 pages

Alex, a resourceful seventeen-year-old running from her incurable brain tumor, Tom, who has left the war in Afghanistan, and Ellie, an angry eight-year-old, join forces after an electromagnetic pulse sweeps through the sky and kills most of the world's population, turning some of those who remain into zombies and giving the others superhuman senses.

Survival StoryPost-ApocalypticTense and SuspensefulYoung Adult
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Attack on Titan, Vol. 1

Hajime Isayama · 200 pages

The megahit Attack on Titan anime is back! In this post-apocalyptic sci-fi story, humanity has been devastated by the bizarre, giant humanoids known as the Titans. Little is known about where they came from or why they are bent on consuming mankind. Seemingly unintelligent, they have roamed the world for years, killing everyone they see. For the past century, what's left of man has hidden in a

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The Immortal Rules

Julie Kagawa · 485 pages

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The Other Life

Susanne Winnacker · 320 pages

More than three years after a rabies mutation drove survivors into underground bunkers, fifteen-year-old Sherry teams up with seventeen-year-old Joshua, who takes her to Safe Haven and helps rescue her family while fending off part-human, part-beast creatures known as Weepers.

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The Night of the Triffids

Simon Clark · 469 pages

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The Strain

Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan · 504 pages

The visionary creator of the Academy Award-winning Pan's Labyrinth and a Hammett Award-winning author bring their imaginations to this bold, epic novel about a horrifying battle between man and vampire that threatens all humanity. It is the first installment in a thrilling trilogy and an extraordinary international publishing event.The StrainThey have always been here. Vampires. In secret and in d

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Arclight

Josin L. McQuein · 403 pages

The first person to cross the barrier that protects Arclight from the Fade, teenaged Marina has no memory when she is rescued but when one of the Fade infiltrates Arclight, she recognizes it and begins to unlock secrets she never knew she had.

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Extinction Point

Paul Antony Jones · 308 pages

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The Rain

Virginia Bergin · 385 pages

One minute sixteen-year-old Ruby Morris is having her first proper snog with Caspar McCloud in a hot tub, and the next she's being bundled inside the house, dripping wet, cold and in her underwear. Not cool. As she and Caspar shiver in the kitchen, it starts to rain. They turn on the radio to hear panicked voices - 'It's in the rain ...it's in the rain ...' That was two weeks ago, and now Ruby is

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The Day of the Triffids

John Wyndham · 272 pages

When Bill Masen wakes up blindfolded in hospital there is a bitter irony in his situation. Carefully removing his bandages, he realizes that he is the only person who can see: everyone else, doctors and patients alike, have been blinded by a meteor shower. Now, with civilization in chaos, the triffids - huge, venomous, large-rooted plants able to 'walk', feeding on human flesh - can have their day

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The Lives We Lost

Megan Crewe

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The Forest of Hands and Teeth

Carrie Ryan · 310 pages

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Life As We Knew It

Susan Beth Pfeffer · 356 pages

Miranda lives a normal life in a normal family. When an asteroid is scheduled to hit the moon, nobody realized that it would change the world forever. Together with her family, Miranda must struggle to survive and hope for help.

Survival StoryPost-ApocalypticTense and SuspensefulYoung Adult
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Angelfall

Susan Ee

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Divergent

Veronica Roth · 487 pages

‘Divergent’ is the first in a trilogy of dystopian, YA novels by Veronica Roth. The book is written from Beatrice Prior’s (Tris), point of view and is written in short chapters making it easy to put down and pick up again. The story is fast paced with full on action throughout. It contains elements of humour and romance, alongside some seriously brutal scenes, especially during Tris’s initiatio

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Through the Ever Night

Veronica Rossi · 352 pages

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Ashfall

Mike Mullin · 476 pages

After the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano destroys his city and its surroundings, fifteen-year-old Alex must journey from Cedar Falls, Iowa, to Illinois to find his parents and sister, trying to survive in a transformed landscape and a new society in which all the old rules of living have vanished.

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The World Without a Future

Nazarea Andrews · 357 pages

Nurrin has lived her entire life with zombies--trapped behind walls meant to keep them safe. She's mostly happy there but when a zombie horde breaches the walls of her Haven, she has to trust her brother, Collin, and his best friend to keep her alive. Finn O'Malley has given up voicing warnings that are ignored. No one cares that the zombies are changing. Now all that matters is keeping Collin and

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Hunger

Michael Grant

It's been three months since everyone under the age of fifteen became trapped in the bubble known as the FAYZ.Three months since all the adults disappeared.Gone. Food ran out weeks ago. Everyone is starving, but no one wants to figure out a solution. And each day, more and more kids are evolving, developing supernatural abilities that set them apart from the kids without powers.Tension rises and

Post-ApocalypticSurvival StoryTense and SuspensefulYoung Adult

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