Earth Incorporated#
| Title |
Published |
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| Colours |
2015 |
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Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
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| From the Storm |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Last Dog on Earth |
2017 |
Buy |
| The Other Lives |
2018 |
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| The Human Son |
2020 |
Buy |
| Emperor’s Fate |
2022 |
Buy |
The End of the World Running Club Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Běžecký klub na konci světa |
2014 |
N/A |
| The End of the World Running Club |
2014 |
Buy |
| The End of the World Survivors Club |
2019 |
Buy |
Adrian J. Walker is a British author whose speculative fiction uses catastrophe and strange premises to explore what it means to be human. His best-known work, The End of the World Running Club (2014), follows Ed, an overweight, underperforming father who must run across post-apocalyptic Britain to reach his family after an asteroid strike. The premise sounds like an action story, but the book is really about what it takes to become the person your family needs you to be.
Walker has published nine books since 2012, including The Last Dog on Earth (2017), about the bond between a man and a dog during a societal collapse, and The Human Son (2020), set in a future where artificial beings have replaced humanity and must decide whether to raise one last human child. His standalone novels explore different angles of the same question: what matters when everything else is stripped away.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Adrian J. Walker written?
Adrian J. Walker has written nine books across three series.
What was Adrian J. Walker's first book?
Adrian J. Walker’s first book is From the Storm, published in 2012.
What distinguishes Walker's science fiction from others in the genre?
Walker writes speculative fiction that is character-driven rather than technology-driven. The End of the World Running Club follows an out-of-shape man forced to run 500 miles across a destroyed Britain, and the story is about fatherhood and self-improvement as much as survival. The Human Son imagines the last human child raised by the artificial beings who replaced humanity. His books use genre premises to explore personal and philosophical questions.