Novels of Hard Times

I just read an essay by Mark Steyn in which he discussed the London riots and mentioned Clockwork Orange and The Wanting Seed by Anthony Burgess.

When times are strange, it is tempting either to seek escape in literature or to go the opposite direction in search of doomsday or extreme scenarios. A few books to consider:

1. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
   


2. 1984 by George Orwell
   


3. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
   


4. Children of Men by P.D. James
   


5. Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
   


6. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
   


7. The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
   


8. The Postman by David Brin
   


9. The Pesthouse by Jim Crace
   


10. The White Plague by Frank Herbert
    


11. Malevil by Robert Merle
    


12. I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
    


13. Earth Abides by George R. Stewart
    


14. A Canticle for Lebowitz by Walter Smith
    


15. The Stand by Stephen King
    


16. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
    


17. Others?