The War of the Worlds
H. G. Wells
1898
Books with the “Apocalypse” trope
A disaster or the end of the world destroys everything familiar, leaving survivors among the ruins.
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Plot twists · Apocalypse
Books with this trope
The Road
Cormac McCarthy
2006
Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel
2014
Blindness
José Saramago
1995
I Am Legend
Richard Matheson
1954
The Year of the Flood
Margaret Atwood
2009
Angelfall
Susan Ee
2011
Between Two Fires
Christopher Buehlman
2012
The Library at Mount Char
Scott Hawkins
2015
Bird Box
Josh Malerman
2014
The 5th Wave
Rick Yancey
2013
A Canticle for Leibowitz
Walter M. Miller Jr.
1959
The Day of the Triffids
John Wyndham
1951
Earth Abides
George R. Stewart
1949
Severance
Ling Ma
2018
Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman
2020
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Faustian Bargain
A character trades something precious, often their soul, in exchange for youth, talent, or power.
Revenge
A wronged character spends the story hunting down the people who hurt them.
Locked Room Mystery
A crime happens in a room that is apparently sealed from the inside, with no way in or out.
Dual Identity
A respectable person hides a second, darker self or lives two opposite lives.