Series

Books like Dread Nation: 9 series to read next

Dread Nation is set in north america. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Dread Nation is 6 books, 2017–2020.

“Jane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Civil War era America derailing the War Between the States and changing the nation forever.”
from the catalogue description

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Night
The Hunger Games
The Ashes Trilogy
The 5th Wave
Zom-B
Forest of Hands and Teeth
Reverend Jedidiah Mercer
Jerusalem's Lot
The Morganville Vampires

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 Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia and science fiction, about rebellion and revolution, 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 Ashes TrilogySeries

seriesIlsa J. Bick3 books2011

Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, set in near future.

“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 →

Zom-BSeries

seriesDarren Shan12 books2012

Post-apocalyptic, set in contemporary and our world.

“B is forced on a mad dash through the serpentine corridors of high school, making allegiances with anyone with enough gall to fight off their pursuers.”
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Start with Zom-B →

Forest of Hands and TeethSeries

seriesCarrie Ryan9 books2009

Post-apocalyptic, 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

Start with The Forest of Hands and Teeth →

Reverend Jedidiah MercerSeries

seriesJoe R. Lansdale10 books1986

Westerns, set in small town.

“Soon the dead will rise and seek human flesh and the Reverend finds himself right in the middle of it.”
from the catalogue description of Dead in the West

Start with Dead in the West →

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 Morganville VampiresSeries

seriesRachel Caine40 books2006

Urban fantasy, about vampires, set in contemporary and small town.

“The novels feature Claire Danvers, a student at Texas Prairie University, and her housemates in the vampire-controlled city of Morganville, Texas.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Glass Houses →

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.

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What should I read after Dread Nation?: Night — the closest match to Dread Nation on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Dread Nation?: Dread Nation. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Dread Nation.
How big is Dread Nation?: Dread Nation is 6 books, 2017–2020.

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