Apocalypse Thriller Books

The best apocalypse thriller book reviews. Apocalyptic fiction focuses on the collapse or imminent collapse of civilizations and planets, including end-of-days religious scenarios, nuclear holocaust, pandemics and zombie infestations.

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Book Review: The Great Apocalypse, a Thriller by Daniel Thompson

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The Bottom Line: If historical thriller specialist Brad Meltzer co-wrote a book with Foucault’s Pendulum novelist Umberto Eco, the result would be pretty close to the engrossing mystery that is The Great Apocalypse. When Doctor Lauren Glenn disappears under mysterious circumstances, editor Thomas Adams becomes convinced that the answer lies with an ancient rebel from Jewish legend. Adams’ quest for truth knows no bounds, leading […]

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Book Review – Mylea: The Journey Begins, a Sci-Fi Thriller by Philip C. Elrod

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The Bottom Line: Fans of alien invasion themes should check out this highly original tale told through the lens of a doomed extraterrestrial species. Some 10% of Americans claim to have actually seen a UFO, and 77% believe there are signs that aliens have visited Earth. So with the question of alien visitation now settled, we can move on to the next logical question: why

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Amy Plum Until the Beginning

Until the Beginning, a new YA Thriller by Amy Plum

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Juneau has been searching for her people and for answers . . . and she is about to find both in the exhilarating sequel to After the End, which Marie Lu, New York Times bestselling author of the Legend series and The Young Elites, called “Wonderfully riveting.” [easyazon_image add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”0062225634″ cloaking=”default” height=”500″ localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” src=”//ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51jEMVeTOKL.jpg” tag=”bestthricom-20″ width=”330″]When Juneau’s clan disappeared, she lost

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Maximum Ride Forever

Maximum Ride Forever, a new YA Action Thriller by James Patterson

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An encore episode in the beloved series about the incredible adventures of a teenage girl who can fly. [easyazon_image add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”0316207500″ cloaking=”default” height=”500″ localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” src=”//ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EXNSRX64L.jpg” tag=”bestthricom-20″ width=”333″]As Maximum Ride boldly navigates a post-apocalyptic world, she and her broken flock are roaming the earth, searching for answers to what happened. Patterson promises that all will be revealed in this last spectacular “ride”- a brand-new

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The Gemeni Effect, a new Sci-Fi Thriller by Chuck Grossart

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A single raindrop opens a Pandora’s box when the spawn of perverse genetic research performed during World War II is unleashed on an unsuspecting modern world. [easyazon_image add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”B00LWDQO90″ cloaking=”default” height=”500″ localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” src=”//ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NgGJvPwSL.jpg” tag=”bestthricom-20″ width=”333″]By dawn, only a dead city remains, eerily quiet and still, except for mutant beasts that hide from the light, multiply, and await the shadows of night

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Wayward Pines Trilogy

Book Series Review: The Wayward Pines Trilogy by Blake Crouch

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The Bottom Line: A jaw-dropping paranormal thriller series that is clearly deserving of the TV deal it landed.  Read it now before all you can imagine is Matt Dillon in the read role. In the opening pages of Pines, the first book in Blake Crouch’s incredible Wayward Pines trilogy, secret service agent Ethan Burke has arrived in Wayward Pines, Idaho, three weeks earlier. Although he wakes in incredible pain, he’s

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Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

Annihilation, a Dystopian Thriller by Jeff VanderMeer

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In the first installment of Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Research Trilogy, Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape; the second expedition ended in mass suicide, the third expedition in a hail of gunfire as its members turned on one another. [easyazon_image add_to_cart=”default”

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A Better World Markus Sakey

Book Review: A Better World, a new Sci-Fi Thriller from Marcus Sakey

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The Bottom Line: The second outing in the Brilliance Saga series manages to be even more riveting than the first. An ingenious hybrid of pulse-pounding conspiracy thriller and science fiction that is easily once of the year’s must-reads. [easyazon_block add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”B00IA7N7C8″ cloaking=”default” layout=”top” localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” tag=”bestthricom-20″]If you haven’t yet read Sakey’s entry to the series, Brilliance, then consider it an obligatory appetizer. As good as

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The Last Town by Blake Crouch

The Last Town by Blake Crouch

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Welcome to Wayward Pines, the last town. Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrived in Wayward Pines, Idaho, three weeks ago. In this town, people are told who to marry, where to live, where to work. Their children are taught that David Pilcher, the town’s creator, is god. No one is allowed to leave; even asking questions can get you killed. But Ethan has discovered the

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