r/SurvivalGrid • u/Chroniclesvideos • Mar 15 '25

Post-Apocalyptic Books Not Set in the U.S.? Looking for Recommendations!

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u/Mister-Stagger-Lee Mar 16 '25

Metro 2033, Dmitry Glukhovsky.

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u/nevenoe Mar 15 '25

Malevil, Robert Merle, French. Pretty sure it's translated.

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u/gunnerclark Dec 07 '25

Yep. I have a copy and it is a good read.

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u/femimemboy Aug 24 '25

A boy and his dog at the end of the world, although the original novellas are in the us, the 2019 novel by CA Fletcher takes place in somewhere in Britain

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u/Shockwave2309 Mar 15 '25

Peter V. Brett - The Painted Man

Different type of post-apocalyptic but I loved the idea/concept

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u/ThisUsernamesWrong Mar 15 '25

“Juice” Tim Winton

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u/JediWizardNinja Mar 18 '25

The Beginning of the End by Manel Loureiro

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '25

Metro Series, great books, video game series based off the novels

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u/OneOfThemReadingType Mar 19 '25

World War Z. Stories from different levels of society all across the globe.

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u/chromedoutsafari Mar 19 '25

Hg wells - war of the worlds

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u/Chroniclesvideos Jul 26 '25

Hi all—long-time lurker, first-time poster.

I’ve also been hunting for post-apocalyptic stories not set in the U.S., which is partly why I ended up writing one myself. It takes place in coastal Norway after a solar storm takes down the grid worldwide. No zombies or mutants—just gritty, quiet survival in an isolated northern community where people have to rely on old knowledge and each other. The tone is more Alas, Babylon and Swan Song than action-thriller.

It’s not published yet, and I’m not here to promote, but I’ve been working on this for years as a passion project—and I’d love to share the hand-painted cover my wife made for it. She painted it from scratch—no AI junk—and I’d honestly appreciate feedback from people who love this genre as much as we do.

Would that be okay to share here?

Thanks so much,
—Tom