Which Post Apocalyptic Series Follow One Family Across Generations?

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JossHart
JossHart
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There's a hidden gem in the 'Rifter' series by Ginn Hale. It's a fantasy series with a post-apocalyptic feel (a shattered world, lost tech), and it follows the same core group of souls reincarnated across generations, fighting the same cosmic battle. Their relationships and memories echo through time, tying them together as a found family across ages.
2026-07-23 05:10:07
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LauraReed
LauraReed
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The 'Dark Tower' series by Stephen King is the ultimate meta-example. Roland's quest is across a world that 'has moved on'—a weird, decaying post-apocalypse. His ka-tet is a found family, and his entire journey is about cycles and generations, both his own lineage and the broader cycles of the universe he's trying to save or reset.
2026-07-23 13:54:02
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WesHunt
WesHunt
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A slightly offbeat suggestion: 'The Country of Ice Cream Star' by Sandra Newman. It's written in a futuristic patois and follows a young woman leader in a tribe where everyone dies of a plague by age twenty. Her quest is fundamentally about securing a future for the children, for the next generation she won't live to see. It's achingly concerned with legacy.
2026-07-24 22:10:44
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AydenKing
AydenKing
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My mind went straight to the 'Dies the Fire' series again because it's so meticulous about showing the second generation growing up knowing nothing but the changed world. Their parents are 'the Change Generation,' haunted by memory, while the kids are natives of the new reality. That cultural clash is everything.
2026-07-25 05:08:05
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