The gene pool is trying to end a lineage of inbreeding . Law of nature is just phenomenal like that . <| sep |> I loved Dystopian fiction . Here ' s my suggestions . Orxy and Crake the first in a trilogy by Margaret Atwood One Second After by William Forstchen there is a second book in the series Life as we knew it the first in a series of 4 by Susan Beth Pfeffer 14 by Peter Clines it was recently a book club book for this sub , and falls into several of your categories Station 11 by Emily St . John Mandel The Girl with all the Gifts by M . R . CareyEdit Formatting <| sep |> Off the top of my head , there ' s a flamingo , a dolphin , a polar bear , an octopus or squid ? , a seagull , a live duck and a whale . Not sure what is missing .