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• World War Z

  An Oral History of the Zombie War

  Brooks, Max

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  Recommended by JCLGrantP: humanity may have survived a zombie apocalypse - just barely - but 'journalist' Brooks interviews survivors across America and delivers a non-gimmicky, chilling, and enthralling novel.

• The Road

  McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-2023

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  Recommended by JCLGrantP: a modern literary classic about the journey of a father and his son in a world filled with destruction and ash and where the smallest glimmer of hope might just mean everything. Dreamlike, deeply moving, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Trashlands

  Stine, Alison, 1978-

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  Recommended by JCLAliceRP: In an America decimated by climate change, Coral, who lives a small rural community, scavenges plastic (and secretly creates art) to get by, and when a reporter from outside appears in the Trashlands, she sees an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Light Pirate

  Brooks-Dalton, Lily, 1987-

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  Recommended by JCLAliceRP: a beautifully-written and haunting novel about a young woman, born during a hurricane and almost supernaturally sensitive to a deteriorating world. She survives and finds love, connection, and purpose in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Steelheart

  Sanderson, Brandon

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  Recommended by JCLGrantP: superheroes don't save the world anymore - they rule it. A young teen thinks he knows the secret to bring the strongest and most twisted among them down, if he can survive that long. An action-packed and thrilling…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The City of Ember

  DuPrau, Jeanne

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  Recommended by JCLGrantP: in an isolated, underground city, youngsters Lina and Doon discover that the world built for them is crumbling, but while the city's elders would rather not look for a solution, they search for a way out. A novel…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Children's Bible

  a Novel

  Millet, Lydia, 1968-

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  Recommended by JCLAliceRP: when the word spins out of control, a group of parents holes up to wait out the crisis, but the aftermath of a storm spins their children out on their own. Filled with Biblical allegory, this is a literary fable…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Moon of the Crusted Snow

  a Novel

  Rice, Waubgeshig, 1979-

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  Recommended by JCLAliceRP: on a remote reservation in northern Canada, people return to the old ways once civilization begins to deteriorate down south. But visitors, dwindling resources, and impending winter draw lines between the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Land of Milk and Honey

  Zhang, C Pam,

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  Recommended by JCLGreggW: a chef escapes the dying cities and takes a job in a mountaintop compound run by a billionaire where the air is clean and ingredients are abundant - but it comes at a great personal and moral cost. Sensuous and…Read moreRead more of this annotation