Title: The Eleventh Plague Author: Jeff Hirsch Genre: Speculative Fiction, Horror, Post-Apocalypse/Dystopia, Young Adult Publisher: Scholastic Publication Date: September 2011 Hardcover: 288 pages The wars that followed The Collapse nearly destroyed civilization. Now, twenty years later, the world is…
Title: Ashfall Author: Mike Mullin Genre: Apocalypse, Disaster, Young Adult Publisher: Tanglewood Press Publication date: October 11th 2011 Hardcover: 466 pages Under the bubbling hot springs and geysers of Yellowstone National Park is a supervolcano. Most people don’t know…
Title: Ashes Author: Ilsa J. Bick Genre: Young Adult, Horror, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Egmont USA Publication Date: September 2011 Hardcover: 480 Pages Alex has run away and is hiking through the wilderness with her dead parents’ ashes, about to…
Title: Flip This Zombie Author: Jesse Petersen Genre: Post-Apocalypse/Dystopia, Horror, Comedy, Zombies, Romance, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: January 2011 Paperback: 250 Pages The Zombie Apocalypse has been good to Sarah and David. Their marriage is better than…
Title: Deadline Author: Mira Grant Genre: Post-Apocalypse/Dystopia, Horror, Thriller, Zombies, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: June 2011 Paperback: 581 Pages Shaun Mason is a man without a mission. Not even running the news organization he built with his…
Title: Married With Zombies Author: Jesse Petersen Genre: Apocalypse, Horror, Comedy, Zombies, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: September 2010 Paperback: 244 Pages A heartwarming tale of terror in the middle of the zombie apocalypse. Meet Sarah and David.…
Title: The Dead Author: Charlie Higson Genre: Apocalypse, Horror, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult, Zombies Publisher: Hyperion (US)/Puffin (UK) Publication Date: June 2011 (US)/September 2010 (UK) Hardcover: 496 Pages THE DEAD begins one year before the action in THE ENEMY,…
Title: The Boy at the End of the World Author: Greg Van Eekhout Genre: Speculative Fiction (Post-Apocalyptic), Middle Grade Publisher: Bloomsbury Publication date: June 21, 2011 Hardcover: 224 pages Fisher is the last boy on earth-and things are not…
Welcome to BEA Appreciation Week 2011! As is our annual tradition, this week we bring you reviews of some of the titles we have scooped up at BEA, as well as some general news and ponderings concerning the trade…
Title: America Pacifica Author: Anna North Genre: Speculative Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian, Literary Fiction Publisher: Little Brown & Co. Publication Date: May 2011 Hardcover: 294 Pages Eighteen-year-old Darcy lives on the island of America Pacifica—one of the last places on…
Title: Warm Bodies Author: Isaac Marion Genre: Speculative Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Zombies, Horror, Romance Publisher: Atria Publication Date: April 2011 Hardcover: 256 Pages R is a young man with an existential crisis–he is a zombie. He shuffles through an America…
Today we are thrilled to be the second stop on Justin Cronin’s official video blog tour to celebrate the paperback release of the first novel in his post-apocalyptic vampire saga, The Passage. As The Passage was Thea’s favorite book…
Title: Rage Author: Jackie Morse Kessler Genre: Fantasy / YA Publisher: Harcourt Graphia Publication date: April 2011 Paperback: 228 pages Stand alone or series: Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Book 2 Missy didn’t mean to cut so deep. But after…
Title: The Water Wars Author: Cameron Stracher Genre: Young Adult, Dystopia, Post-Apocalypse Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc. Publication Date: January 2011 Hardcover: 256 Pages Would you risk everything for someone you just met? What if he had a secret worth killing…
Title: Alien Invasion & Other Inconveniences Author: Brian Yanskey Genre: Science Fiction, Apocalypse, Young Adult Publisher: Candlewick Press Publication Date: October 2010 Hardcover: 240 Pages A polite race of telepathic killer aliens, a ten-second world conquest, and one teenage…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2010: Day 7 Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors, bloggers and publishers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2010, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2011.…
Title: The Shadow Speaker Author: Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu Genre: Speculative Fiction, Young Adult, Post-Apocalypse Publisher: Hyperion Book CH Publication Date: March 2009 Paperback: 352 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone but with room for more. When 15-year-old Ejii witnesses…
Title: The Tomorrow Code Author: Brian Faulkner Genre: Apocalyptic, Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Random House for Young Readers Publication Date: September 2009 Paperback: 368 Pages “The end of the world started quietly enough for Tane Williams and Rebecca…
Title: The Scorch Trials Author: James Dashner Genre: Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Delacorte Press Publication Date: October 2010 Hardcover: 384 pages The Maze was only the beginning… Solving the Maze was supposed to be the end. No…
Title: Hunger Author: Jackie Morse Kessler Genre: Fantasy YA “Thou art the Black Rider. Go thee out unto the world.” Lisabeth Lewis has a black steed, a set of scales, and a new job: she’s been appointed Famine. How…
Title: Lightborn Author: Tricia Sullivan Genre: Science Fiction, Apocalypse Publisher: Orbit Publication date: 7 Oct 2010 Paperback: 464 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone Lightborn, better known as ‘shine’, is a mind-altering technology that has revolutionised the modern…
Title: Pariah Author: Bob Fingerman Genre: Horror, Speculative Fiction, Zombies, (Post-)Apocalyptic Publisher: Tor Publication Date: August 2010 Trade Paperback: 368 Pages Stand alone or series: A stand alone (I guess?), although there’s nothing in the way of resolution so…
Title: The Other Side of the Island Author: Allegra Goodman Genre: Dystopia, Post-Apocalypse, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: RazorBill Publication Date: September 2008 Hardcover: 272 Pages From New York Times bestselling author Allegra Goodman comes a post apocalyptic novel…
Title: Salt Author: Maurice Gee Genre: Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Young Adult Publisher: Orca Book Publishers Publication Date: October 2009 Hardcover: 272 Pages In a dangerous world, Deep Salt strikes terror into the heart of…
Last year, we had two days of Bleak Post-Apocalyptic Dystopian Book Goodness – and since we love this genre so much, we decided to have a reprisal this year (this is the first of a few dedicated days!). Today,…