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Books like Alone (James Phelan): 9 series to read next

Alone (James Phelan) is post-apocalyptic and zombie horror, about survival, set in north america, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Alone (James Phelan) is 3 books, 2010–2011.

“Jesse is on a UN Youth Ambassadors camp in New York when his subway carriage is rocked by an explosion.”
from the catalogue description of Chasers

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The 5th Wave
Maze Runner
The Ashes Trilogy
The Enemy (Charlie Higson)
The Hunger Games
The Resurgam Trilogy
Forest of Hands and Teeth
Night
The Passage

The 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

Alien invasion, about aliens.

“Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The 5th Wave →

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
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Start with The Maze Runner →

The Ashes TrilogySeries

seriesIlsa J. Bick3 books2011

Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, tense and dark in tone, about survival, set in near future and north america.

“The trilogy follows one continuous crisis across its three volumes.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ashes →

The Enemy (Charlie Higson)Series

seriesCharlie Higson7 books2009

Horror, set in british isles.

“The Enemy opens Charlie Higson's seven-book YA horror series, set in London after a mysterious sickness turns every adult into a voracious, flesh-hungry threat and leaves children to fend for themselves in a city gone feral.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Enemy →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution and totalitarianism, set in far future.

“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
from the catalogue description

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The Resurgam TrilogySeries

seriesJoan Frances Turner3 books2010

About undead.

Start with Dust →

Forest of Hands and TeethSeries

seriesCarrie Ryan9 books2009

Post-apocalyptic and zombie horror, tense and dark in tone, about survival, set in near future.

“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

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NightUniverse

universe134 books2006

Set in contemporary.

“Jonathan Maberry's Night is one dark country stitched from horror and hard science, where a weaponized pathogen and an old nightmare called Doctor Nine turn out to haunt the same map.”
from the catalogue description

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The PassageSeries

seriesJustin Cronin3 books2010

Horror, about vampires.

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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 Alone (James Phelan)?: The 5th Wave — the closest match to Alone (James Phelan) on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Alone (James Phelan)?: Chasers. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Alone (James Phelan).
How big is Alone (James Phelan)?: Alone (James Phelan) is 3 books, 2010–2011.

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