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Books like Michael Talbot's Post-Apocalyptic Adventures: 9 series to read next

Michael Talbot's Post-Apocalyptic Adventures is post-apocalyptic and zombie horror, set in our world and contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Michael Talbot's Post-Apocalyptic Adventures is 52 books across 7 series, 2010–2024.

“The spine is Mark Tufo's Zombie Fallout, where Talbot, his family, and a homicidally devoted bulldog claw through the first outbreak and everything worse that follows.”
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H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
The Triffids
Forest of Hands and Teeth
World War Z
Night
Earthseed
The Passage
Alone (James Phelan)
The Resurgam Trilogy

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The War of the Worlds →

The TriffidsSeries

seriesJohn Whitbourn, John Wyndham & Simon Clark3 books1951

Set in british isles.

“Together the three novels form a loose post-apocalyptic trilogy built on Wyndham's original premise rather than a tightly plotted single story.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Day of the Triffids →

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 →

World War ZSeries

seriesMax Brooks3 books2006

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

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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EarthseedSeries

seriesOctavia E. Butler, Damian Duffy, David Brame & John Jennings7 books1993

Dystopia, about faith and religion.

“The two-book series was left unfinished at Butler's death; a planned third novel, Parable of the Trickster, was never completed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Parable of the Sower →

The PassageSeries

seriesJustin Cronin3 books2010

About vampires.

Start with The Passage →

Alone (James Phelan)Series

seriesJames Phelan3 books2010

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 →

The Resurgam TrilogySeries

seriesJoan Frances Turner3 books2010

About undead.

Start with Dust →

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What should I read after Michael Talbot's Post-Apocalyptic Adventures?: H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds — the closest match to Michael Talbot's Post-Apocalyptic Adventures on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Michael Talbot's Post-Apocalyptic Adventures?: Michael Talbot's Post-Apocalyptic Adventures is 52 books across 7 series, 2010–2024.

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