I’ve been on an “end of the world” kick lately, mostly subconsciously.

Not just looking forward to the return of “The Walking Dead” on Feb. 12, but enjoying “The Fades,” the new series on BBC America, and anticipating the movie version of “World War Z” this fall. Anticipation mixed with dread, actually, considering all the changes they’ve apparently made to the great Max Brooks episodic novel.

I didn’t get into the latest end-of-the-world opus I tried, however. I stopped reading David Moody’s “Autumn,” the first in a multi-book series, after I realized the glacial pace its end-of-the-world-through-the-flu-with-zombies story. Checking out the fourth book online, I noticed it said it took place something like 40 days into the story. No thanks. I’ve had enough of the glacial pace of “The Walking Dead” to do me for a while.

I was also a little disappointed in “The Night Eternal,” the third book in “The Strain” trilogy by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan. The series started strong with the original 2009 book about a plague of vampires threatening the world and the second book, “The Fall,” was pretty good if dire. By the time of the third book, things were pretty bleak and it’s no surprise that bad things happen to some characters you liked pretty well.

So I’ll happily make do with the return of “The Walking Dead” and the occasional glimpse of History’s “Life after People.” That series, which looks at the deterioration of the world’s landmarks after the end of humanity, is fascinating and forlorn.

And there’s always another reading of “The Stand.”