A Half-Dozen Favorite Books About Being the Last Person on Earth *

(in order of preference)

 

  1. Wittgenstein’s Mistress by David Markson

  2. After World by Debbie Urbanski

  3. Dissipatio H.G.: The Vanishing by Guido Morselli

  4. Hulk: The End by Peter David and Dale Keown

  5. The Wall by Marlen Haushofer

  6. I Am Legend by Richard Matheson

* The coding on my main “Lists” page has become so clotted that I couldn’t change the entryway for—or the link to—this sub-page, which is why there are six books on this list rather than the five the link promised.

— December 9, 2023


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