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Books like Infected: 9 series to read next

Infected is science fiction and alien invasion, about aliens, set in contemporary, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Infected is 3 books, 2008–2014.

“Seeds of unknown origin contaminate some humans who turn into paranoiac psychopaths.”
from the catalogue description

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The Andromeda Strain
The 5th Wave
Peeps
Jerusalem's Lot
The Strain
The Shining
Desperation/Regulators
Little Tall Island / In the Path of the Eclipse
Forge of God

The Andromeda StrainSeries

seriesDaniel H. Wilson & Michael Crichton2 books1969

Science fiction, tense in tone, about plague and pandemic and survival, set in contemporary.

“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Andromeda Strain →

The 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

Post-apocalyptic, set in near future.

“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 →

PeepsSeries

seriesScott Westerfeld2 books2005

Set in big city.

“The apocalyptic threat to the world that begins in Peeps continues in The Last Days, which features some of the same characters.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Peeps →

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 →

The StrainSeries

seriesChuck Hogan & Guillermo Del Toro3 books2009

About vampires.

“When a Boeing 777 lands at JFK Airport with nearly everyone aboard dead, CDC epidemiologist Ephraim Goodweather is called in and instead uncovers a vampiric plague beginning to spread through New York City.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Strain →

The ShiningSeries

seriesStephen King5 books1977

About psychic powers and addiction.

“Together the two form a horror duology spanning nearly forty years of real-world publication.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Shining →

Desperation/RegulatorsSeries

seriesStephen King2 books1996

Set in small town.

“Stephen King published Desperation and The Regulators simultaneously in 1996, the first under his own name and the second under his Richard Bachman pseudonym.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Desperation →

Little Tall Island / In the Path of the EclipseSeries

seriesStephen King4 books1989

Psychological thriller.

“The first two novels share a real total solar eclipse as a pivotal, connecting event despite having otherwise unrelated plots and characters.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Home Delivery →

Forge of GodSeries

seriesGreg Bear2 books1987

Science fiction, dark and tense in tone, about aliens and survival.

“Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”
from the catalogue description of The Forge of God

Start with The Forge of God →

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 Infected?: The Andromeda Strain — the closest match to Infected on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Infected?: Infected. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Infected.
How big is Infected?: Infected is 3 books, 2008–2014.

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