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

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Vote	Details	Readers Count
	The Road Cormac McCarthy	1,181 reads
	The Stand Stephen King	856 reads
	Station Eleven Emily St. John Mandel	1,053 reads
	Deu Ras Stark Holborn Anna Llisterri i Boix (Translator)	10 reads
	A Boy and His Dog A Boy and His Dog Harlan Ellison	8 reads
	The Man in the High Castle Philip K. Dick	495 reads
	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 1 Hayao Miyazaki	27 reads
	The Sunlit Man Brandon Sanderson	371 reads
	Metro 2033 Dmitry Glukhovsky	150 reads
	The Postman David Brin	76 reads
	Perilous Times Thomas D. Lee	16 reads
	Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 1 Yukito Kishiro	30 reads
	Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller	1 read
	Swan Song Robert R. McCammon	105 reads
	Molten Flux Jonathan Weiss	0 reads
	Hard Magic Larry Correia	44 reads
	World Made by Hand James Howard Kunstler	13 reads
	A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller Jr.	283 reads
	Farnham's Freehold Robert A. Heinlein	20 reads
	The Waste Lands Stephen King	460 reads
	Dungeon Crawler Carl Matt Dinniman	319 reads

Vote	Details	Readers Count
	The Road Cormac McCarthy	1,181 reads
	The Stand Stephen King	856 reads
	Station Eleven Emily St. John Mandel	1,053 reads
	Deu Ras Stark Holborn Anna Llisterri i Boix (Translator)	10 reads
	A Boy and His Dog A Boy and His Dog Harlan Ellison	8 reads
	The Man in the High Castle Philip K. Dick	495 reads
	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 1 Hayao Miyazaki	27 reads
	The Sunlit Man Brandon Sanderson	371 reads
	Metro 2033 Dmitry Glukhovsky	150 reads
	The Postman David Brin	76 reads
	Perilous Times Thomas D. Lee	16 reads
	Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 1 Yukito Kishiro	30 reads
	Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller	1 read
	Swan Song Robert R. McCammon	105 reads
	Molten Flux Jonathan Weiss	0 reads
	Hard Magic Larry Correia	44 reads
	World Made by Hand James Howard Kunstler	13 reads
	A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller Jr.	283 reads
	Farnham's Freehold Robert A. Heinlein	20 reads
	The Waste Lands Stephen King	460 reads
	Dungeon Crawler Carl Matt Dinniman	319 reads

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

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