Books about an apocalypse caused by virus/disease/plague etc

[Danny McG]

In these present times it just seems apt to have a list of apocalyptic books.
Not with zombies! Keep it simple.

Man made or natural, flu or virus.

I'll start with the obvious one

Stephen King - The Stand
Please add

 

[Jo Zebedee]

The Dean Koontz one that no one can get....

 

[Karn's Return]

Well, I don't know if it actually has an apocalypse to it, but, perhaps The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton?

 

[Danny McG]

The Dean Koontz one that no one can get....

@Jo Zebedee which is that?
Do you mean The Eyes of Darkness?

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

Geez. Who needs a book? Don't we have the newspapers?

(That was a joke. Though now that I think of it, it isn't actually that funny.)

 

[Karn's Return]

You know, perhaps now would be a good time for me to revisit my own bio-warfare PA story idea...


No, I'm not telling the main premise of it, either. XD Suffice it to say, it involves a virus that attacks the hypothalamus.

 

[Danny McG]

Suffice it to say, it involves a virus that attacks the hypothalamus.

I've never liked them things, waddling about in African rivers and flipping rowing boats over.

 

[Venusian Broon]

The White Plague by Frankie goes to Herbert.

 

[BAYLOR]

Earth Abides by George R Stewart
The Stand By Stephen King
The Deadly Messiah by David Campbell Hill and Albert Fay Hill
The End of the Dream by Phillip Wylie

 

[Mad Alice]

It's not the main plot but David Eddings has a nice little plague in "Demon Lord of Karanda".

 

[Vaz]

The best one - The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Post apocalyptic although you don't know what causes it. One of my all time favourite reads.


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[Astro Pen]

I have a vague recollection of a Dean Koontz called Midnight which had some sort of plague like component.

 

[Vaz]

Station Eleven is another highly regarded post apocalyptic novel.

 

[hitmouse]

Greybeard by Brian Aldiss

 

[hitmouse]

The Drowned World
The Drought
The Crystal World

all by JG Ballard

 

[hitmouse]

TV:
The Last Man on Earth. On Amazon.

 

[hitmouse]

On The Beach by Neville Shute

 

[Boneman]

Boris Johnson's 'Life of London'...

 

[Danny McG]

I think some are moving away from the virus/disease criteria..
On the Beach was radiation
Drowned World was flooding

 

[Dave]

The Death of Grass by John Christopher is about the death of err... grass, but I think that was the result of a virus, and the resulting breakdown of society is very realistic for the 1950's setting.

A Song of Stone by Ian Banks doesn't say what the cause is, but has a similar theme, and heavily influenced by JG Ballard.