The apocalypse has arrived. In today’s blog post, we are highlighting the best of apocalyptic works across books, movies and television. Let us know which title you are most excited for!

Books

I am Legend by Richard Matheson

Station 11 by Emily St. John Mandel

Severance by Ling Ma

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

Leave the World Behind by Ruman Alam

The Stand by Stephen King

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Parable of Sower by Octavia Butler

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

World War Z by Max Brooks

Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice

Blindness  Jose Saramago

Wool by Hugh Howey

The Dog Stars by Peter Heller

Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich

Zone One by Colson Whitehead

There will come Soft Rains, from the Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury

Movies

Alive

Bird Box

Don’t Look Up

Extinction

Io

Knock at the Cabin Door

The Dead Don’t Die

Melancholia

War of the Worlds

Train to Busan

A Quiet Place

Cargo

I Think We Are Alone Now

Children of Men

28 Days Later

28 Years Later

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

Zombieland

Planet of the Apes

The Night of the Living Dead

Wall-E

Mad Max

Sahun of the Dead

Snowpiercer

Day After Tomorrow

Matrix

Akira

TV Shows

The Last Man on Earth

The Leftovers

Fallout

The 100

All of Us are Dead

Sweet Tooth

Twisted Metal

Silo

Fear the Walking Dead

The Walking Dead

3 Body Problem

Kingdom

The Last of Us

Pluribus

Paradise

Starting on Monday August 31st, the 81st Street Library will be closed as we begin final preparations for the Main Library's Grand Opening on September 9th. The NB Recreation and Library as well as The Guttenberg Resource Center will remain open. If you have any questions about picking up items on hold, please call the library at 201-869-4715.

On Saturday, September 12th at the Main Library is our Health and Wellness Fair! The Health Fair will be held from 10 AM to 2 PM. There will be free shuttle service to the Health Fair. If you have any questions, please call the library.