In honour of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, what are the best dieselpunk and/or post-apocalyptic books?
We've been truly blessed to have such a strong prequel to one of the greatest post-apocalyptic action films of all time, Mad Max: Fury Road. With that in mind, what are some books that evoke similar vibes in their worldbuilding as the petrol-stained Australian wasteland of Mad Max?
Mad Max DNA:
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- Post-apocalyptic, underpopulated world
- Scavenger industry, resource scarcity
- Ostentatious displays of personality—camp humour
- Warring factions
- Heart—rare but impactful displays of humanity in the midst of a depraved society
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 The Road
| 4.04 | 974 reads | ||
 The Stand
| 4.15 | 702 reads | ||
 Station Eleven
| 4.1 | 882 reads | ||
 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 1
| 4.2 | 22 reads | ||
 The Postman
| 3.53 | 63 reads | ||
 The Sunlit Man
| 4.29 | 296 reads | ||
 A Boy and His Dog A Boy and His Dog
| 3.71 | 8 reads | ||
 The Man in the High Castle
| 3.45 | 434 reads | ||
 Ten Low
| 3.71 | 8 reads | ||
 Dungeon Crawler Carl
| 4.29 | 225 reads | ||
 Perilous Times
| 3.6 | 12 reads | ||
 Mad Max: Fury Road
| 4 | 1 read | ||
 Molten Flux
| 0 | 0 reads | ||
 Farnham's Freehold
| 3.36 | 15 reads | ||
 Swan Song
| 4.14 | 80 reads | ||
 Hard Magic
| 3.79 | 38 reads | ||
 Battle Angel Alita
| 4 | 29 reads | ||
 World Made by Hand
| 2.75 | 11 reads | ||
 A Canticle for Leibowitz
| 3.94 | 240 reads | ||
 The Waste Lands
| 4.19 | 378 reads | ||
 Metro 2033
| 3.74 | 125 reads |