Alas, Babylon
by Pat Frank
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Post Apocalyptic, Apocalyptic, and Most Recommended Books.
"Alas, Babylon." Those fateful words heralded the end. When a nuclear holocaust ravages the United States, a thousand years of civilization are stripped away overnight, and tens of millions of people are killed instantly. But for one small town in Florida, miraculously spared, the struggle is just beginning, as men and women of all backgrounds join...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Post Apocalyptic, Apocalyptic, and Most Recommended Books.
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Ben Shapiro
“A classic of the genre. Nuclear war hits, how do people survive it afterward”
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