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Books like Man Eaters: 9 series to read next

Man Eaters is zombie horror and post-apocalyptic, about survival, set in contemporary, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Man Eaters is 5 books, 2012–2017.

“Of course, that doesn't mean its deranged, bloodthirsty horde won't...”
from the catalogue description

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World War Z
The Enemy (Charlie Higson)
Night
The Resurgam Trilogy
Forest of Hands and Teeth
Gone
As the World Dies Universe
The Passage
Dead World (Joe McKinney)

World War ZSeries

seriesMax Brooks3 books2006

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

The Enemy (Charlie Higson)Series

seriesCharlie Higson7 books2009

About coming of age, set in 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 →

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

Reading order →

The Resurgam TrilogySeries

seriesJoan Frances Turner3 books2010

About undead.

Start with Dust →

Forest of Hands and TeethSeries

seriesCarrie Ryan9 books2009

“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 →

GoneSeries

seriesMichael Grant9 books2008

“Michael Grant's Gone series begins when everyone aged fifteen and older vanishes without warning from a swath of the California coast, trapping the town of Perdido Beach inside an impenetrable barrier the survivors call the FAYZ.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Gone →

As the World Dies UniverseSeries

seriesRhiannon Frater19 books2008

Zombie horror and post-apocalyptic, about survival, set in contemporary and north america.

Reading order →

The PassageSeries

seriesJustin Cronin3 books2010

About vampires.

Start with The Passage →

Dead World (Joe McKinney)Series

seriesJoe McKinney7 books2006

Zombie horror and post-apocalyptic, dark and tense 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 →

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 Man Eaters?: World War Z — the closest match to Man Eaters on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Man Eaters?: Man Eaters. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Man Eaters.
How big is Man Eaters?: Man Eaters is 5 books, 2012–2017.

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