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Apocalyptic Books Where the Apocalypse Is Never Explained

My favourite genre of apocalypse novel is one where the nature of what ends civilization as we know it is never quite explained. Maybe it's hinted at, or maybe you know WHAT happened but not HOW or WHY it happened. And that's usually because that's not the point. An unknowable catastrophe, one that can't be predicted or understood, is far more frightening than something as simple as asteroids or zombies.
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The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
1
Cormac McCarthy
Dhalgren (Samuel R. Delany)
Dhalgren
2
Samuel R. Delany
Ice
Ice
3
Dayworld (Philip Jose Farmer)
Dayworld
4
Philip Jose Farmer
Wraeththu
Wraeththu
5
Darkness and Dawn (George Allan England)
Darkness and Dawn
6
George Allan England
The Wall (Marlen Haushofer)
The Wall
7
Marlen Haushofer
False Dawn (Chelsea Quinn Yarbro)
False Dawn
8
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Engine Summer (John Crowley)
Engine Summer
9
John Crowley
In the Country of Last Things
In the Country of Last Things
10
Tea From an Empty Cup (Pat Cadigan)
Tea From an Empty Cup
11
Pat Cadigan
Vanishing Point (Michaela Roessner)
Vanishing Point
12
Michaela Roessner
Night Work (Thomas Glavinic)
Night Work
13
Thomas Glavinic
The Female Man (Joanna Russ)
The Female Man
14
Joanna Russ
We Stand on Guard (Brian K Vaughan)
We Stand on Guard
15
Brian K Vaughan
Amatka (Karin Tidbeck)
Amatka
16
Karin Tidbeck
Annihilation (Jeff Vandermeer)
Annihilation
17
Jeff Vandermeer
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
18
Ray Bradbury
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