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

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@rosshardy
Ross HardySupporter

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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4.05
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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 1
  • Hayao Miyazaki
4.2
The Postman
The Postman
  • David Brin
3.57
The Sunlit Man
The Sunlit Man
  • Brandon Sanderson
4.29
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A Boy and His Dog

A Boy and His Dog
  • Harlan Ellison
3.71
The Man in the High Castle
The Man in the High Castle
  • Philip K. Dick
3.45
Ten Low
Ten Low
  • Stark Holborn
3.83
Dungeon Crawler Carl
Dungeon Crawler Carl
  • Matt Dinniman
4.27
Perilous Times
Perilous Times
  • Thomas D. Lee
3.6
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mad Max: Fury Road
  • George Miller
4
Molten Flux
Molten Flux
  • Jonathan Weiss
0
Farnham's Freehold
Farnham's Freehold
  • Robert A. Heinlein
3.36
Swan Song
Swan Song
  • Robert R. McCammon
4.17
Hard Magic
Hard Magic
  • Larry Correia
3.79
Battle Angel Alita
Battle Angel Alita
  • Yukito Kishiro
  • Fred Burke (Translator)
  • Sterling Bell (Translator)
  • Rachel Balzora Thorn (Translator)
4
World Made by Hand
World Made by Hand
  • James Howard Kunstler
2.75
A Canticle for Leibowitz
A Canticle for Leibowitz
  • Walter M. Miller Jr.
3.94
The Waste Lands
The Waste Lands
  • Stephen King
4.19
Metro 2033
Metro 2033
  • Dmitry Glukhovsky
3.74