In honour of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, what are the best dieselpunk and/or post-apocalyptic books?

We've been truly blessed to have such a strong prequel to one of the greatest post-apocalyptic action films of all time, Mad Max: Fury Road. With that in mind, what are some books that evoke similar vibes in their worldbuilding as the petrol-stained Australian wasteland of Mad Max?

Mad Max DNA:
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- Post-apocalyptic, underpopulated world
- Scavenger industry, resource scarcity
- Ostentatious displays of personality—camp humour
- Warring factions
- Heart—rare but impactful displays of humanity in the midst of a depraved society

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Details	Rating	Readers Count
The Road Cormac McCarthy	4.05	921 reads
The Stand Stephen King	4.15	671 reads
Station Eleven Emily St. John Mandel	4.11	847 reads
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 1 Hayao Miyazaki	4.2	22 reads
The Postman David Brin	3.57	61 reads
The Sunlit Man Brandon Sanderson	4.29	281 reads
A Boy and His Dog A Boy and His Dog Harlan Ellison	3.71	8 reads
The Man in the High Castle Philip K. Dick	3.45	411 reads
Ten Low Stark Holborn	3.83	7 reads
Dungeon Crawler Carl Matt Dinniman	4.27	202 reads
Perilous Times Thomas D. Lee	3.6	12 reads
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller	4	1 read
Molten Flux Jonathan Weiss	0	0 reads
Farnham's Freehold Robert A. Heinlein	3.36	15 reads
Swan Song Robert R. McCammon	4.17	77 reads
Hard Magic Larry Correia	3.79	38 reads
Battle Angel Alita Yukito Kishiro Fred Burke (Translator) Sterling Bell (Translator) Rachel Balzora Thorn (Translator)	4	29 reads
World Made by Hand James Howard Kunstler	2.75	11 reads
A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller Jr.	3.94	234 reads
The Waste Lands Stephen King	4.19	365 reads
Metro 2033 Dmitry Glukhovsky	3.74	116 reads

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Details	Rating	Readers Count
The Road Cormac McCarthy	4.05	921 reads
The Stand Stephen King	4.15	671 reads
Station Eleven Emily St. John Mandel	4.11	847 reads
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 1 Hayao Miyazaki	4.2	22 reads
The Postman David Brin	3.57	61 reads
The Sunlit Man Brandon Sanderson	4.29	281 reads
A Boy and His Dog A Boy and His Dog Harlan Ellison	3.71	8 reads
The Man in the High Castle Philip K. Dick	3.45	411 reads
Ten Low Stark Holborn	3.83	7 reads
Dungeon Crawler Carl Matt Dinniman	4.27	202 reads
Perilous Times Thomas D. Lee	3.6	12 reads
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller	4	1 read
Molten Flux Jonathan Weiss	0	0 reads
Farnham's Freehold Robert A. Heinlein	3.36	15 reads
Swan Song Robert R. McCammon	4.17	77 reads
Hard Magic Larry Correia	3.79	38 reads
Battle Angel Alita Yukito Kishiro Fred Burke (Translator) Sterling Bell (Translator) Rachel Balzora Thorn (Translator)	4	29 reads
World Made by Hand James Howard Kunstler	2.75	11 reads
A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller Jr.	3.94	234 reads
The Waste Lands Stephen King	4.19	365 reads
Metro 2033 Dmitry Glukhovsky	3.74	116 reads

In honour of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, what are the best dieselpunk and/or post-apocalyptic books?

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