The End of the World Running Club

Not Your Typical Post-Apocalypse Story. This book played out like a FAR superior version of Cormac McCarthy's The Road - so fans of that book (and sadly, it has legions) should like this one as well. Except whereas that book was so extremely dark, bleak, and miserable, this one tries to approach things with a much more plausible, real world tone and outlook. Yes, there are challenges. But we face them one step at a time - for hundreds of thousands of steps. Overall a very refreshing yet serious take on the post Apocalyptic genre, and a worthy first ever Century Book for me.

I feel like I could belong to “The End of the World Book Club.” This one is better than many post-apocalyptic books I've read. I don't know if it was intentional, but it had a lot of similarities with The Odyssey. Extended journey by a crew to get back to family with episodic adventures (that I won't spoil but that seem very close to the cyclops and Circe tales). Add to that some sprinklings of Norse and Christian mythology, and you have a tale with more layers than your typical The Stand or Walking Dead rehash. Oh, there are some good bits about endurance running, but it's not as prominent as the title would suggest.