Run by Blake Crouch (2024)
After America is torn apart by unceasing waves of shocking violence, a lone family on the brink of divorce must eke out survival while staying one step ahead of the murderous hordes raping and pillaging across the country. With previous novels like Upgrade and Dark Matter, Blake Crouch has revealed a definite knack for penning thrilling page-turners, and that knack is plenty evident even in his earlier titles, like 2011’s Run (which is being reissued on October 22, 2024). Run is easy to devour; Crouch writes in such a way that you can’t help but turn to the next page again and again and again. (I read the entire thing in a single 24-hour period.) As a post-apocalyptic novel, Run often feels like Crouch’s attempt at Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, albeit with a few hints of sci-fi here and there. A word of warning, though: As you read about the family’s various ordeals, their many narrow escapes, and the discoveries they make concerning the violence ripping apart America, just be prepared to suspend your disbelief higher than you may normally be comfortable with, even to eyeroll-inducing levels. (Thanks to NetGalley for the advance review copy.)
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