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Books like My Dead World: 9 series to read next

My Dead World is post-apocalyptic. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

My Dead World is 3 books, 2016–2019.

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Night
Last Survivors
Forest of Hands and Teeth
Black Tide Rising (John Ringo)
Fallen World
Jerusalem's Lot
Maze Runner
The Last Survivors Universe
Day by Day Armageddon

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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Last SurvivorsSeries

seriesSusan Beth Pfeffer4 books2006

Start with Life As We Knew It →

Forest of Hands and TeethSeries

seriesCarrie Ryan9 books2009

Zombie horror.

“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 →

Black Tide Rising (John Ringo)Series

seriesJohn Ringo, Mike Massa, Gary Poole, Jody Lynn Nye, Brian Trent, Christopher L. Smith, Jason Cordova, Michael Z. Williamson, Robert E. Hampson, Sarah A. Hoyt, Brendan DuBois, Charles E. Gannon, Dave Freer, Griffin Barber, Jamie Ibson, John Birmingham, Kacey Ezell, Lydia Sherrer, Brent Roeder, David Klecha, Eric Flint, Eric S. Brown, John Scalzi, Kevin J. Anderson, Mel Todd, Michael Gants, Rebecca Moesta, Robert Buettner, Stephanie Osborn & Travis S. Taylor63 books2013

Post-apocalyptic and science fiction.

“John Ringo's original quartet spawned an extended shared-world series co-written with several collaborators, following other survivor groups through the same collapse.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Under a Graveyard Sky →

Fallen WorldSeries

seriesMegan Crewe7 books2012

“Three more, and the paranoid hallucinations kick in.”
from the catalogue description of The Way We Fall

Start with The Way We Fall →

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Eerie in tone, about vampires, 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 →

Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

Dystopia.

“A 16 year old boy awakens with amnesia in a community of other youths in the center of a maze, and realizes they must cooperate to escape.”
from the catalogue description of The Maze Runner
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Start with The Maze Runner →

The Last Survivors UniverseSeries

seriesBobby Adair, T. W. Piperbrook & Susan Beth Pfeffer19 books2006

Post-apocalyptic.

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Day by Day ArmageddonSeries

seriesJ. L. Bourne6 books2004

Zombie horror.

“An ongoing journal depicting one man's personal struggle for survival, dealing with the trials of an undead world unfolding around him.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Day by Day Armageddon →

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 My Dead World?: Night — the closest match to My Dead World on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with My Dead World?: My Dead World. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for My Dead World.
How big is My Dead World?: My Dead World is 3 books, 2016–2019.

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