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Books like Bird Box: 9 series to read next

Bird Box is post-apocalyptic and 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.

Bird Box is 2 books, 2014–2020.

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The Passage
Jerusalem's Lot
Rosemary Reilly
The Ashes Trilogy
The 5th Wave
The Enemy (Charlie Higson)
Father John
Alone (James Phelan)
Zombie Novels

The PassageSeries

seriesJustin Cronin3 books2010

Science fiction, about vampires.

Start with The Passage →

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Eerie in tone, about vampires and grief and loss, set in 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 →

Rosemary ReillySeries

seriesIra Levin2 books1967

About demons, set in big city.

“Rosemary's Baby follows a young wife in a Gothic Manhattan apartment building who grows increasingly convinced that her elderly neighbors, and even her own husband, are part of a conspiracy surrounding her pregnancy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Rosemary's Baby →

The Ashes TrilogySeries

seriesIlsa J. Bick3 books2011

Science fiction.

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

Start with Ashes →

The 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

Science fiction and 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 →

The Enemy (Charlie Higson)Series

seriesCharlie Higson7 books2009

Zombie horror, set in british isles and big city.

“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 →

Father JohnSeries

seriesKarl El-Koura2 books2012

Zombie horror.

“Terrifying videos were uploaded to the internet in shocking numbers from across the globe.”
from the catalogue description of Father John vs the Zombies

Start with Father John vs the Zombies →

Alone (James Phelan)Series

seriesJames Phelan3 books2010

Zombie horror, about plague and pandemic, set in big city.

“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

Start with Chasers →

Zombie NovelsSeries

seriesMadeleine Roux2 books2011

Zombie horror, set in big city.

“Allison Hewitt and five colleagues are trapped together at their bookstore when the zombie outbreak hits, and she records events on her blog.”
from the catalogue description of Allison Hewitt Is Trapped

Start with Allison Hewitt Is Trapped →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

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 Bird Box?: The Passage — the closest match to Bird Box on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Bird Box?: Bird Box. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Bird Box.
How big is Bird Box?: Bird Box is 2 books, 2014–2020.

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