Station Eleven

"This book isn’t exactly a feel-good romp, but for a post-apocalyptic novel, Station Eleven comes remarkably close. It follows a theater group traveling through the Great Lakes region years after a pandemic has wiped out most of humanity. Emily St. John Mandel delivers a beautifully observed walk through her book’s 21st century world, as seen by characters who are grappling with what they’ve lost and what remains. While I was reading it, I kept putting the book down, looking around me, and thinking, “Everything is a miracle.” And also: “Survival is insufficient.”"

"Both books drew me in irresistibly, not least because they run contrary to type. In very different ways, both concern themselves more with the world that's been lost than with the world of the future."

"I get slightly angry when I finish any good book — I'm miffed that I'm not reading it anymore. The last good book I read was Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven."