Rec List: The World Is Ending



Something about how the world has been lately had me wanting to compile a list of books where the world has either already ended or is about to end. Have you read any of these? Do you have an recs that I have missed? Let me know in the comments.

  • At The End of Everything by Marieke Nijkamp | a lockdown at a juvenile prison due to a virus | Goodreads | Amazon
  • Wranglestone by Darren Charlton | a post apocalyptic world with survivors living at a national park, MM | Goodreads | Amazon
  • The Darkness Outside Us by Elliot Schrefer | i don't wanna give anything away about this book but it is so good, takes place in space, MM | Goodreads | Amazon
  • The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey | the world is taken over by aliens in various waves, has a movie adaption, FM | Goodreads | Amazon
  • Soul Eater by Lily Mayne | a version of the US where different creatures are able to come and they fuck things up big time, MM | Goodreads | Amazon
  • The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow | humans aren't in control anymore in this YA novel, FM | Goodreads | Amazon
  • You And Me At The End by Brianna Bourne | two teenagers find themselves the only two people on earth, FM | Goodreads | Amazon
  • Warm Bodies by Issac Marion | zombies, has a movie adaptation | Goodreads | Amazon
  • Afterland by Laren Beukes | most men have passed away due to a virus and this book follows a woman trying to protect her son | Goodreads | Amazon
  • The Home I Find With You by Skye Kilaen | takes place in a USA that was rocked hard by a 2nd Civil War, polyamory, MMF | Goodreads | Amazon
  • This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada | a virus | Goodreads | Amazon
  • It's Not The End Of The World by Jonathan Parks-Ramage | rich people throwing a party as a potentially apocalyptic event hits | Goodreads | Amazon
  • How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff | teens left alone in London when bombs go off | Goodreads | Amazon 
  • The Last Policeman by Ben H Winters | takes place in a USA that is about to get hit by an asteroid | Goodreads | Amazon
  • Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel | twenty years after a flu ended life as we know it  | Goodreads | Amazon
  • The Last by Hanna Jameson | an american stranded at a swiss hotel as the world decsends into nuclear war | Goodreads | Amazon

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  1. Kimberly @ Caffeinated ReviewerAugust 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM

    I have read The Fifth Wave and Warm Bodies. I love post-apocalyptic and dystopian reads. Might I suggest; The Newsflesh trilogy, Wanderers and The Passage.

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    1. BibliophileBreeAugust 7, 2025 at 8:40 AM

      I will definitely check those out! Thank you for sharing.

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