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Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

In a dystopian near-future, the totalitarian and Christian-fundamentalist government of Gilead rules over the remnants of a devastated United States. The story is presented through the eyes of Offred, one of the few remaining fertile women, who is forced into sexual servitude in a desperate attempt to repopulate the world. Atwood's novel, like 'The Four Redheads Of The Apocalypse', explores a post-apocalyptic world with a unique and oppressive society.

Cormac McCarthy

The Road

A father and his young son walk alone through burned America, heading slowly for the coast. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. They have nothing but a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food—and each other. 'The Road' and 'The Four Redheads Of The Apocalypse' both depict post-apocalyptic worlds and the struggle for survival in harsh environments.

Margaret Atwood

Oryx and Crake

Snowman, known as Jimmy before mankind was overwhelmed by a plague, is struggling to survive in a world where he may be the last human, and mourning the loss of his best friend, Crake, and the beautiful and elusive Oryx whom they both loved. In this compelling novel, Atwood explores the consequences of bioengineering, playing with the boundaries between humanity and technology, as in 'The Four Redheads Of The Apocalypse'.

Stephen King

The Stand

This is the story of a world that was destroyed in moments—a world that came to an end in the shadow of a man they called the Dark Man. A high-level scientist in the U.S. Department of Defense, Stu Redman is the first man to realize that something is happening—that a virus unlike any ever seen before is spreading like wildfire across the country. The Stand and The Four Redheads Of The Apocalypse both describe the aftermath of a deadly virus that wipes out a significant portion of the human population.

Justin Cronin

The Passage

An epic and gripping contemporary dark fantasy novel, The Passage explores a post-apocalyptic United States, overrun by a horde of ancient, organism-controlling beings. Amy, a six-year-old girl, is the only person who can unite the survivors and their fate in this new, dangerous world. The Passage, like The Four Redheads Of The Apocalypse, is a post-apocalyptic novel with a strong emphasis on character development and world-building.

Peter Heller

The Dog Stars

Hig somehow survived the flu pandemic that killed everyone he knows. Now he lives in the hangar of a small abandoned airport with his dog, Jasper, and a mercurial, gun-toting misanthrope named Bangley. With their stockpiled ammunition and food, Hig and Bangley have fended off the gangs of marauders who roam the airways and the landscape, looking for prey and resources. The Dog Stars and The Four Redheads Of The Apocalypse both feature post-apocalyptic settings and explore themes of survival and human connection.

José Saramago

Blindness

A city is hit by an epidemic of 'white blindness' which spares no one. Authorities confine the blind to an empty mental hospital, but there the criminal element holds sway and the rabble-rousers break down the doors. This terrifyingly prophetic book, like The Four Redheads Of The Apocalypse, explores the consequences of a societal collapse and the struggle for survival in a world without rules or order.

John Wyndham

The Chrysalids

In the valley where David lives, the community is isolated and ruled by a religion in which telepathy is a gift from God, but any form of mutation is an abomination to be destroyed. The Chrysalids is a post-apocalyptic novel that, like The Four Redheads Of The Apocalypse, explores the consequences of societal collapse and the struggle for survival in a world that fears and persecutes those who are different.

H.G. Wells

The Time Machine

The novel is considered one of the earliest works of science fiction and the progenitor of the time-travel genre. The Time Traveler, a scientist living in London, is the protagonist of the story. He is never named; at the end of the novel, he is referred to as the Time Traveller, but otherwise is consistently referred to as 'the Traveller' or 'the Time Machine operator'. Like The Four Redheads Of The Apocalypse, The Time Machine explores a post-apocalyptic world and the consequences of humanity's actions on the planet.

David Brin

The Postman

In the aftermath of a devastating war, the United States has broken into hundreds of feudalized, warring mini-states. A drifter, known to the remnants of humanity as the Postman, moves from village to village, offering a semblance of order and a link to the past. The Postman, like The Four Redheads Of The Apocalypse, explores a post-apocalyptic world and the importance of human connection and community in rebuilding society.