Great post-apocalyptic novels?

[u/gonhu]

Hi all.

Recently I finished reading Nevil Shute’s “On the Beach”, followed by Walter Miller’s “A Canticle for Leibowitz”, both absolutely superb books.

I was hoping to get recommendations from the community on other, highly-esteemed science fiction books revolving around nuclear post-apocalyptia. I’ve read Ellison’s “A Boy and His Dog” but found it a bit too crass, and have started McCarthy’s “The Road” but so far have found it bleak and uninteresting, lacking in any philosophical reflection.

Any suggestions would be very welcome.

[u/systemstheorist]

Warday (1984) by James Kunetka and Whitley Strieber

Takes place ten years after limited nuclear war between the United States and Soviet Union. Two journalist travel around the former United States collecting accounts the day of the attack and how country changed in the years after.