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Books like Mad Swine: 9 series to read next

Mad Swine is zombie horror and horror, set in contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Mad Swine is 3 books, 2008–2015.

“Zombie implies the infected have died and reanimated.”
from the catalogue description of Mad Swine: The Beginning

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World War Z
Dead World (Joe McKinney)
The Andromeda Strain
The Enemy (Charlie Higson)
Jerusalem's Lot
Red Hill
Zombie Novels
Rats
The Strain

World War ZSeries

seriesMax Brooks3 books2006

About war.

Start with World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War →

Dead World (Joe McKinney)Series

seriesJoe McKinney7 books2006

Zombie horror and horror, tense and dark in tone, about survival, set in contemporary and north america.

“In the wake of five cataclysmic hurricanes, a deadly virus breaks out in Texas, returning the dead to life with an insatiable hunger for human flesh.”
from the catalogue description of Dead City

Start with Dead City →

The Andromeda StrainSeries

seriesDaniel H. Wilson & Michael Crichton2 books1969

Science fiction.

“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 Enemy (Charlie Higson)Series

seriesCharlie Higson7 books2009

About coming of age, 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 →

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 →

Red HillSeries

seriesJamie McGuire2 books2013

Zombie horror and post-apocalyptic, tense in tone, set in contemporary and our world.

“Nadie despierta pensando que ese día tendrá que enfrentarse al fin del mundo.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Red Hill →

Zombie NovelsSeries

seriesMadeleine Roux2 books2011

Zombie horror and post-apocalyptic, tense in tone, about survival, set in contemporary and 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 →

RatsSeries

seriesJames Herbert4 books1974

Set in british isles.

“The Rats, James Herbert's 1974 debut novel, imagines a plague of giant mutant rats overrunning London, told through a rotating cast of victims and survivors in the tradition of British disaster horror.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Rats →

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 →

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 Mad Swine?: World War Z — the closest match to Mad Swine on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Mad Swine?: Mad Swine: The Beginning. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Mad Swine.
How big is Mad Swine?: Mad Swine is 3 books, 2008–2015.

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