The best end of the world books

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The scariest books that make me wonder "what would I do?"

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The best grim-as-death, dystopian—and, weirdly enough, literary—sci-fantasy novels

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The best books about the stories we tell at the end of the world

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The best dark horror stories that slowly unravel their mysteries piece by piece, letting you figure out along the way

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The best dystopian novels to make you cling to your duvet and worship your walls

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The best books set in dystopian worlds of our own making

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The best books on bleak urban futures that yet give you a sense of hope (even if slim)

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The best books to help you lose faith in humanity but still have a good time

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The best fantasy books to put some fire in your blood

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The best books to make you fall in love with horror

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The best books of riveting worlds

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The best apocalyptic thriller novels for when you really want to be scared

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The best speculative fiction that connect amazing world - building with carefully controlled prose style

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The best “what if” books that will have you thinking “WTF”

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The best dystopian books to binge read

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The best books about quests through a post-apocalyptic wasteland

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The best post-apocalyptic novels that capture the horror of an extinction level event

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The best novels of beauty and grit among the hardships of life

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The best novels about the meaning of family

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