Survival Novels Set After a Nuclear War Apocalypse 末日核战争后的生存类小说

1. 1 废 Wasteland Survival Maniac: A Scientific Guide to Surviving the Apocalypse 废土生存狂：科学的末世求生指南 Watcher in the Abyss深渊里的守望者Sci-Fi & Apocalypse466k WordsOngoing Apocalyptic disaster + hard-core survival + realism + no fantasy + on-the-run survival + educational nonfiction. When a genuine doomsday disaster strikes, how long can an ordinary person without a golden finger survive? What should you do to make the right choices? When faced with harsh realities, does turning the tide depend on luck or ability? Follow a seasoned survivalist as they plan carefully, step by step, and hang on until the very end of the apocalypse. 9.7kReads8.7Score768Shelves

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   Wow, this is amazing! It's incredibly practical and a very hardcore post-apocalyptic survival novel (you absolutely have to read to the end, it's a nuclear post-apocalyptic setting).

2. 2 在 Walking Through Doomsday, Until the End of the World 在末日中漫步，直到世界尽头 A Six-Mao Moon六毛钱的月亮Sci-Fi & Apocalypse513k WordsCompleted In 2050, nuclear war broke out. During the long nuclear winter, the few humans left struggled to survive in shelters. Only when the Sword of Damocles hanging over them finally fell did people realize they had built, with their own hands, an express train bound for their ultimate doom. A wasteland. Nuclear winter. Humans and creatures mutated by radiation. Beneath this vast, lightless sky, where can people possibly go from here? Anyway... My name is Chen Xian. I’m a laid-back sort of guy, so 1.6kReads8.7Score169Shelves

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   Don't be fooled by the title; reading this book is no less rewarding than reading any book rated 9.5 Or higher.

3. 3 辐 Fallout: A Wasteland World That Begins in a Vault 辐射：从避难所开始的废土世界 Long-Lasting Memories of the Seasons季忆长久Sci-Fi & Apocalypse746k WordsOngoing In 2287, 210 years after the full-scale war waged by Earth's United Government, the world had become a wasteland. Long-sealed Shelter 111 quietly opened its doors. Meanwhile, in another world, Ji Ning was minding the counter at a convenience store. As usual, he was scrolling through his phone, reading the funny, entertaining messages in his chat group, when a group member who had been silent for a long time suddenly posted a link... 2.7kReads—Score195Shelves

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   [Learned] A post-apocalyptic wasteland two hundred years after a nuclear war, infused with radiation and the Fourth Cataclysm, featuring hand-built infrastructure – highly recommended.

4. 4 黑 Black Rain: The City Without a Crown 黑雨：无冕之城 A Cat in a Pig's Clothing扮猫吃大猪Sci-Fi & Apocalypse300k WordsOngoing [No Superpowers, Realistic Style; a Post-Disaster Apocalypse Novel Continuing the Black Rain Universe] In 2027, a meteorite from outer space struck Earth. Global catastrophe struck, and black rain swept across the world. Cities were destroyed, the population dwindled, and all the order built in the old era collapsed in a short time. Sixteen years after doomsday, humanity established a new order, but the world could never return to what it had been before the disaster. 2043, Jiayu Special City. T 3.9kReads8.4Score432Shelves
5. 5 末 The Doomsday Hourglass 末日沙漏 Swimming Piglet游泳的小猪Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.5M WordsCompleted 9.9kReads7.6Score663Shelves

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   Legend has it that Emperor Yan had the head of a bull and the body of a human; God Thoth had the head of a heron and the body of a human; and the Sphinx had the body of a lion and the face of a human. In the post-apocalyptic wasteland after nuclear war, a new zombie god, fused with the genes of all things, is about to descend!

6. 6 丧 Zombie Apocalypse: Starting Out in Xuzhou With an Iron Tide 丧尸末世：坐标徐州开局钢铁洪流 Chasing the Sun in Winter凛冬逐日Sci-Fi & Apocalypse205k WordsOngoing "What! You mean someone turned into a zombie and bites everyone they see?" "No problem. I've got a 12.7 mm QJZ-89 heavy machine gun." "What! You mean they can evolve, becoming incredibly strong and faster than lions, with more strength than tigers?" "What, then let it go... tell my Type 99A main battle tank that!" On August 23, 2027, after a crimson fog swept across the globe, the zombie apocalypse descended with a roar, and human civilization teetered on the brink of collapse in an instant. 2.9kReads—Score136Shelves

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   This one is pretty good. It features a few countries and armies that still have a presence in post-apocalyptic stories. If you like post-apocalyptic novels that are more realistic, you might want to check it out.

7. 7 尸 The Zombie Horde: Walking Alongside Despair 尸潮，与绝望同行 Ailibaba from Jiangnan Water Country江南水乡的艾丽爸Sci-Fi & Apocalypse476k WordsCompleted [Zombies]+ [No Stockpiling]+ [A Realistic Apocalypse]+ [Multiple Storylines]+ [Ordinary People Fighting to Survive]+ [No Harem]+ [No Special Abilities]+ [No System]+ [No Evolution]+ [No Rebirth] On a sunny afternoon, an ordinary traffic jam turns out to be the beginning of a terrifying crisis. Within hours, Ningcheng, a city of over a million people, is plunged into an unprecedented catastrophe. The streets teem with man-eating zombies, and the despairing cries of humanity echo overhead. This is 386Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Nuclear war is certainly exhilarating—one strike and the world ends. But ordinary post-apocalyptic survival is far more intense and thrilling, sending adrenaline soaring and filling the air with terror. The apocalypse depicted in this book is dark, cruel, and desperate. There's none of the comfort, power, queens, and emperors of fantasy dramas, no endless supplies, no precognitive beginnings. The apocalypse is like our ancestors' struggle during the War of Resistance Against Japan—even with their utmost efforts and the annihilation of countless elite divisions, there was never any hope of victory. Only those who have walked the edge of life and death can truly understand the meaning of life. Only by living do the things you want to protect have meaning.

8. 8 末 Apocalypse: From the Start, I Scavenge and Escape in My Apartment Block! 末世，开局我在单元楼里搜打撤！ A Little White M一只小白MSci-Fi & Apocalypse137k WordsOngoing [Apocalypse] [System] [Mass Deployment] [Mechanical Dogs] [Drones] [Base Building] [Loot, Shoot, Scoot] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Power Fantasy] He woke up to find the Apocalypse had arrived! At the start of the Apocalypse, Pei Li had only an axe. He fought his way through an apartment building, looting, shooting, and scooting. His Apocalypse System activated. From then on, Pei Li stopped eating beef. While everyone else struggled to survive the Apocalypse, he led his troops to clear parks, seize 8.2kReads—Score1.1kShelves

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   New book recommendation: Apocalyptic zombie story, the protagonist isn't a saint.

9. 9 流 Wandering the Wasteland: Trait Bonuses from the Start, a Daily Prophet 流浪废土，词条开局，每日预言家 Bai Mule白沐勒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse633k WordsCompleted (The rating just came out, so it’ll rise later.) In the 350th year of the wasteland era, the sky is forever leaden gray, like a rusted iron sheet pressing down overhead. The air of the wasteland era is forever tinged with the sweet, metallic stench of rust, decay, and radioactive dust. Every breath is like swallowing shards of glass. The protagonist, Qin Lang, awakens a Trait System and risks his life to secure the daily prophecy from the start. Watch as Qin Lang, alongside his honest and valian 3.8kReads6.3Score224Shelves
10. 10 末 Wildflowers Bloom at the World's End 末日野草开花 Bian Fu边福Urban2.7M WordsOngoing Order collapsed in an instant. The neon lights of civilization were swallowed by the wasteland of the apocalypse, and simply staying alive became the most extravagant stroke of luck. Chen Mingfei never imagined he would be swept into a catastrophe engulfing the entire world. From a frantic fight for life and death in a hospital to the despairing struggle to survive in a dead, empty city, he is forced to wage a long and brutal battle with death amid the ruins. Here, suffocating cold snaps and na 2kReads—Score197Shelves
11. 11 序EN Sequence Highway: Starting as a Fake Artificer 序列公路：从假装炼器师序列开始 Dugu Cang Hu独孤沧虎Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.8M WordsOngoing #Mysterious Apocalypse #Road Migration #Sequence Powers #Ruthless and Decisive #Survival Story #Team Adventure #Wild Imagination A tide of apocalyptic horrors sweeps the world. The migrating convoy is the only hope for survival. Wang Ying is the blade, Cao Xianming is the brains, Zheng Xiaofeng is the shield, and Yang Yong... pretends to wield sequence powers. He’s called crafty and accused of being a coward, but when the convoy is wiped out, he swallows a fragment of the source of the uncanny 19.1kReads6.0Score1.4kShelves
12. 12 辐 Fallout 4: The Last Origin, Love, Survival, and War 辐射4最后的起源：爱生存与战争 Earl Yi En, Who Likes Bean Moths喜欢豆野螟的义恩伯Anime Fanfiction205k WordsOngoing [Slow burn + Fallout + Adventure + D&D-like + Saving the world + Ensemble cast] This book aims to portray the adventurous life of an ordinary person in the wasteland. It's similar to the game Kenshi, which is a lot of fun, so go play it! But the author doesn't like bad endings and prefers happy ones, so some characters, storylines, and settings from Fallout will be changed. Please forgive the author's poor writing. Any of the old characters from the Fallout series may appear in this book (when t 89Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Surviving in a radiation-filled wasteland, the protagonist and the game's protagonist, Knight, grow and expand together with the Minutemen.

13. 13 废 Wasteland Farming: Growing a New Order from the Ashes 废土种田：从灰土里种出新秩序 Author76作者76Historical1.1M WordsOngoing Behind him lies a book of extinct crops; before him stretches a slope of gray soil where nothing can grow. In the forty-fourth year after the war, Lu Chenzhou was struck from the village register, not because he couldn't grow food, but because he knew too much about it. Three kinds of black lay buried in the soil of Ashwell Slope: fallout from nuclear blasts, silt dredged up from old canals, and rot spreading outward from the roots. Others saw dead land. He saw accounts to settle. He had no powe 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A very good new book, you should check it out.

14. 14 异 Beastworld Battlefield: Humanity Strikes Back 异兽战场：人类反击战 Memories I Li回忆I李Urban368k WordsOngoing A new work is here! Would you like me to add your name to the story? Feel free to leave a comment. As I continue updating the novel, leave your name in the comments and I’ll add it in a future update. 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This perfectly meets your requirements.

15. 15 核 Nuclear Doomsday: My Dragon Nation Revival System Goes on a Rampage 核末日：我的龙国复兴系统杀疯了 The Unsmiling One不笑生Sci-Fi & Apocalypse247k WordsOngoing [Apocalyptic tyrant + System-powered comeback + Smart protagonist + Multiple heroines + Team battles early on + War later on + Merciless and decisive] Every time I open Metro 2033, it feels like opening a theology textbook. Watch me carry on the legacy of the Dragon Nation after the nuclear apocalypse, becoming a proud republic militiaman. From there, I’ll usher in a new era of the Metro Ice Age and use the traditional spirit of the Dragon Nation to patch this world back together. In the 163rd y —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The garbage dump crushed 500 baby light rats like a swarm of stars. Spider-armor gleamed, reeking of urine and stench; a security guard's dagger missed by a fraction of an inch, only to be lulled to sleep by a thud. Mushroom smoke ignited, lungs exploded, releasing a honeyed, rotten wood scent. The Rv f vanguard system concealed a trap that doubled physical attributes.

16. 16 冰 The Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoarded a Hundred Billion in Supplies 冰河末世，我囤积了百亿物资 Sea of Memories记忆的海Sci-Fi & Apocalypse7.4M WordsOngoing Doomsday + reborn + massive stockpiling + playing it safe + unlimited space + dark revenge, no saintly protagonist The world enters an ice age. The freezing apocalypse arrives, and 95% of the planet's population perishes! In his previous life, Zhang Yi was killed by people he'd helped because of his kind heart. Reborn one month before the freezing apocalypse, Zhang Yi awakens a spatial ability and begins frantically stockpiling supplies! Short on supplies? He empties the hundred-billion-yuan war 360kReads8.7Score17.8kShelves

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    Deceived by my goddess and betrayed by my neighbor, I'll make them pay for this in my second life.

17. 17 核 Nuclear War Apocalypse: A New Dawn in the Wasteland 核战末世：废土新曙光 Tianshi Kuibiao天豕魁杓Sci-Fi & Apocalypse850k WordsCompleted [Post-apocalypse + Communism + Radiation + Metro + Mechs + Shelters + War + Mutated Animals] [No supernatural powers, no System, one female lead] A purely science-fiction apocalypse novel, and a quality read. The main plot follows the development of different shelters in the wasteland. At its heart are a red sci-fi world, a realistic portrait of post-apocalyptic society, and the ideological currents that surge after order collapses. It depicts a nation and its people working together, still sear 25Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    The old plum blossoms in the courtyard exude a fresh fragrance, but the friends of yesteryear are no longer by my side. Alone in the alleyway high in the sky, I sit and watch life's fleeting dreams unfold. When I awaken, I fear it was all just a dream; my past and present will be forgotten, and where will my home be? This novel has left a lasting impression on me; I've read it many times and still find its charm captivating. The author's writing is both concise and profound, making it endlessly fascinating. At the same time, the plot keeps me hooked, each scene brimming with anticipation. There are also many points worth pondering.

18. 18 末 Apocalypse Farming: From One Acre to Invincibility 末世种田：从一亩地到无敌 Bai Ye Rabbit白也兔Sci-Fi & Apocalypse500k WordsCompleted A sudden apocalypse descends, with zombies roaming everywhere and human civilization teetering on the brink of collapse. Zhang Yi unexpectedly awakens the ability to control plants. In the depths of despair, he mutates an ordinary Venus flytrap into “Crimson Vine.” It devours zombies and guards his base, becoming his most dependable line of defense. But that isn’t enough. To survive in this brutal world, Zhang Yi turns his attention to two more Venus flytraps. He takes the risk of guiding them 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A very good book.

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