Zombies books
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New to the genre? These 5 are the books to read first.
World War Z
Max BrooksA mock oral history examining the global political, economic, and military response to a zombie pandemic.
I Am Legend
Richard MathesonThe foundational infection-apocalypse novel that established modern tropes of the lone survivor and scientific pathogen.
The Rising
Brian KeeneReinvigorated 21st-century zombie horror in print by introducing intelligent, fast-moving undead possessed by demonic forces.
Zone One
Colson WhiteheadA literary exploration of trauma, bureaucracy, and urban cleanup in post-outbreak Manhattan.
The Girl with All the Gifts
Mike CareyReinvented the infection vector using the Ophiocordyceps fungus, framed around a partially infected child.
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More zombies books
- The Zombie Survival Guide
The Zombie Survival GuideMax Brooks - Handling the Undead
Handling the UndeadJohn Ajvide Lindqvist - Warm Bodies
Warm BodiesIsaac Marion - The Reapers Are the Angels
The Reapers Are the AngelsAlden Bell - Patient Zero
Patient ZeroJonathan Maberry - Day by Day Armageddon
Day by Day ArmageddonJ. L. Bourne - Cell
CellStephen King - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Pride and Prejudice and ZombiesSeth Grahame-Smith