12 Scary Visions of the Future and One Very Interesting One

1. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell [The title is dated but the story is timeless.]
2. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury [When the fire department burns books.]
3. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley [Weird and way ahead of its time.]
4. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand [I have never been able to finish this one.]
5. The Children of Men by P.D. James [When the birthrate drops to zero.]
6. The Road by Cormac McCarthy [Riveting.]
7. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel [May The Bard be with you.]
8. On the Beach by Neville Shute [Australia as the last place on earth.]
9. The Stand by Stephen King [Can also be used as a doorstop.]
10. World War Z by Max Brooks [Zombie jamboree.]
11. Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle [Ground-breaking]
12. One Second After by William R. Forstchen [You will worry about the grid.]
13. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis [Time travel: not too scary but fascinating.]