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Books like Afterworld Apocalypse: 9 series to read next

Afterworld Apocalypse is post-apocalyptic, set in near future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Afterworld Apocalypse is 3 books, from 2022.

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Forest of Hands and Teeth
Tripods
Jerusalem's Lot
The Triffids
Shade's Children milieu
The Resurgam Trilogy
Maze Runner
The Passage
Dark Inside

Forest of Hands and TeethSeries

seriesCarrie Ryan9 books2009

Zombie horror.

“The Forest of Hands and Teeth follows the first heroine's break from that village into the wider, undead-infested world; The Dead-Tossed Waves and The Dark and Hollow Places carry the aftermath forward through new narrators.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Forest of Hands and Teeth →

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Alien invasion, about aliens and rebellion and revolution.

“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with When the Tripods Came →

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

About vampires, set in contemporary and small town.

“Stephen King's 1975 novel 'Salem's Lot follows writer Ben Mears as he returns to his childhood town of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, only to discover that its residents are being turned into vampires by a newly arrived stranger.”
from the catalogue description

Start with 'Salem's Lot →

The TriffidsSeries

seriesJohn Whitbourn, John Wyndham & Simon Clark3 books1951

Set in british isles.

“Together the three novels form a loose post-apocalyptic trilogy built on Wyndham's original premise rather than a tightly plotted single story.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Day of the Triffids →

Shade's Children milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books1997

Dystopia, about coming of age and rebellion and revolution.

Start with Shade's Children →

The Resurgam TrilogySeries

seriesJoan Frances Turner3 books2010

Zombie horror, about plague and pandemic, set in north america.

Start with Dust →

Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

Dystopia.

“A 16 year old boy awakens with amnesia in a community of other youths in the center of a maze, and realizes they must cooperate to escape.”
from the catalogue description of The Maze Runner
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Maze Runner →

The PassageSeries

seriesJustin Cronin3 books2010

About vampires, set in north america.

Start with The Passage →

Dark InsideSeries

seriesJeyn Roberts3 books2011

“After tremendous earthquakes destroy the Earth's major cities, an ancient evil emerges, turning ordinary people into hunters, killers, and insane monsters but a small group of teens comes together in a fight for survival and safety.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dark Inside →

Why these

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Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Afterworld Apocalypse?: Forest of Hands and Teeth — the closest match to Afterworld Apocalypse on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Afterworld Apocalypse?: Dead Run. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Afterworld Apocalypse.
How big is Afterworld Apocalypse?: Afterworld Apocalypse is 3 books, from 2022.

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