Fictional Book Reviews on Survival

Here are a few books that I have read and that several of my readers have rated.  Some of the ratings I agree with, others I do not.  All of these books have something unique to offer.

Book	Author	Abbreviated Subject	Writing Quality	Overall Rating
Patriot	James W. Rawles	Economic collapse of the United States.  United Nations tries to take over	4	8
Survivors	James W. Rawles	Soldier in Afghanistan trapped overseas when the a collapse occurs.	4	5
Alas, Babylon	Pat Frank	Classic nuclear war scenario.	6	8
One Second After	William R. Forstchen	EMP takes out much of the United States.	6	9
‘ Dies the Fire series	S.M. Stirling	After an EMP,  firearms do not work (I don’t know why, but that is what happens).  Everyone fights with swords, etc.	8	7
The Survivalist series	Jerry Ahern	I read twelve of them.  A lot of flaws in the plot.	5	4
Lights Out	David Crawford	EMP hits the United States.  Neighborhood sticks together as a group to survive.	6	8
The Stand	Stephen King	Plague kills 98% or humans.  Battle between good and evil survivors.  Big book—around 1,500 pages.	7	7
Hunger Games	Suzanne Collins	Post nuclear war.	7	8
The Jakarta Pandemic	Steven Konkoly	Flu in the United States in 2013 kills about 25% of population dies.	5	7
Lucifer’s Hammer	Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle	Massive earthquakes disrupt social order.  Set in CA.	7	8
American Apocalypse	NOVA	Economic collapse	4	2