Reddit reviews World Made by Hand: A Novel

I guess a little list couldn't hurt. Some of my favorites:

• Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank
  
• [Malevil by Robert Merle] (https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=malevil) (hard to find, originally french)
  
• [One Second After by William R. Forstchen] (https://www.amazon.com/Second-After-John-Matherson-Novel/dp/0765356864/)
  
• [World Made by Hand: A Novel by James Howard Kunstler] (https://www.amazon.com/World-Made-James-Howard-Kunstler/dp/0802144012/)
  
• [The Jakarta Pandemic by Steven Konkoly] (https://www.amazon.com/Jakarta-Pandemic-Steven-Konkoly/dp/1495907376)
  
  I could go on forever, it's an addiction. The sub-genres go on forever it really just depends on what you're into: pandemic, nuclear war, environmental, alien invasion, natural disaster, etc...
  

For that particular class, I believe the assigned reading was:
>* Wastelands - John Joseph Adams

• The Crystal World - J. G. Ballard
  
• Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke
  
• Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick
  
• World Made By Hand - James Howard Kunstler
  
• It's Only Temporary - Eric Shapiro
  
  I also took a class on dystopian literature, which included:
  >* The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
  
• Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
  
• Neuromancer - William Gibson
  
• Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
  
• The Children Of Men - P. D. James
  
• This Perfect Day - Ira Levin
  
• Dark Mirrors: Dystopian Tales - John Walters
  
• What Came After - Sam Winston
  
  Others I could recommend:
  >* Lost Horizon - James Hilton
  
• A Canticle For Leibowitz - Walter M. Miller
  
• Lord Of The Flies - William Golding
  
• The Iron Heel - Jack London
  
• The Running Man - Stephen King
  
• Armageddon's Children - Terry Brooks
  
• The Chrysalids - John Wyndham
  
• The Time Machine - H. G. Wells
  
• 1984 - George Orwell
  
• Pretty much anything written by Kurt Vonnegut

If you liked that you'll love this:

http://www.amazon.com/World-Made-James-Howard-Kunstler/dp/0802144012

World Made by Hand

http://www.amazon.com/World-Made-Hand-A-Novel/dp/0802144012

World Made By Hand was pretty good, imho. It's post-apocalyptic, but not all doom and gloom. Not really sci-fi, but still a good read.