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RockRaven

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2. Not quite pandemic themed, but I glanced over at my bookshelves and the first two I saw

Reply to spinbaby (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 06:41 PM

Mar 2020

which caught my eye as somewhat appropriate for these times were "The Great Deluge" by Douglas Brinkley (i.e. incompetent and slow government response to a disaster) and "The World Without Us" by Alan Weisman (i.e. what would happen to the world if all the humans suddenly disappeared).

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Book Club of the Apocalypse [View all] spinbaby Mar 2020 OP

Cool! LiberalLoner Mar 2020 #1

Not quite pandemic themed, but I glanced over at my bookshelves and the first two I saw RockRaven Mar 2020 #2

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel... dhill926 Mar 2020 #3

I liked Station Eleven and have been thinking of re-reading it. Good thing I still have it on my japple Mar 2020 #4

Peter Heller's book, The Dog Stars japple Mar 2020 #5

I recommend The Last Policeman by Ben Winters hermetic Mar 2020 #6

The first time I read The Doomsday Book PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #7

She's quite a talent spinbaby Mar 2020 #8

That is one serious criticism of the book. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #9

I love dystopia trixie2 Apr 2020 #11

The Galahad series by Dom Testa trixie2 Mar 2020 #10

'The Pesthouse' by Jim Crace left-of-center2012 May 2020 #12

Wow kelly97 May 2020 #13