The Dog Stars
by Peter Heller
Recommended by Patrick O'Shaughnessy and Caroline Paul
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in Post Apocalyptic, Apocalyptic, and Most Recommended Books.
Hig somehow survived the flu pandemic that killed everyone he knows. Now his wife is gone, his friends are dead, and he lives in the hangar of a small abandoned airport with his dog, Jasper, and a mercurial, guntoting misanthrope named Bangley. But when a random transmission beams through the radio of his 1956 Cessna, the voice ignites a hope deep...
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in Post Apocalyptic, Apocalyptic, and Most Recommended Books.
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Caroline Paul
“I really love The Dog Stars. I picked it up because I love the stars, basically.”
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