Apocalyptic

Apocalyptic is from the word apocalypse, referring to the end of the world.

Apocalyptic fiction focuses on the end of civilization either through nuclear war, plague, or other global catastrophic risk.

Apocalyptic literature is a genre of religious writing centered on visions of the end of time.

Many apocalyptic stories focus on stories that are on the brink of the end of the world of the civilization. Post-apocalyptic fiction is set in a world or civilization after such a disaster. Also called 'Holocaust'

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Tilt
Fable for the End of the World
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Whiteout
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The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #3)
The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #4)
This Inevitable Ruin (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #7)
The Butcher's Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #5)
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #6)
Wake Up and Open Your Eyes
The Last Bookstore on Earth
He Who Fights with Monsters 6 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #6)
Edge of Defiance (Edge of Collapse, #5)
Edge of Darkness (Edge of Collapse, #3)
Edge of Valor (Edge of Collapse, #7)
The Light Pirate
Edge of Anarchy (Edge of Collapse, #4)
Edge of Survival (Edge of Collapse, #6)
The Road
Station Eleven
The Stand
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
The Passage (The Passage, #1)
The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1)
The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1)
Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
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Devoid of any real liberty or justice, America and her children had fallen prey to what amounted to little more than a thinly veiled dictatorship. She now represented not the proud citadel of freedom, but the failed experiment of democracy.
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