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Books like Peeps: 9 series to read next

Peeps is horror and science fiction, about plague and pandemic, set in north america, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Peeps is 2 books, 2005–2006.

“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

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The Andromeda Strain
The Strain
Infected
Rats
The Passage
Alone (James Phelan)
Jerusalem's Lot
The Hunger Games
The Enemy (Charlie Higson)

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 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 →

InfectedSeries

seriesScott Sigler3 books2008

Alien invasion, about aliens.

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

Start with Infected →

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 PassageSeries

seriesJustin Cronin3 books2010

Post-apocalyptic, about vampires, set in near future.

Start with The Passage →

Alone (James Phelan)Series

seriesJames Phelan3 books2010

Post-apocalyptic and zombie horror, set in near future.

“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 →

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 Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution and totalitarianism, set in far future.

“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
from the catalogue description

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The Enemy (Charlie Higson)Series

seriesCharlie Higson7 books2009

Post-apocalyptic and zombie horror, 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 →

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 Peeps?: The Andromeda Strain — the closest match to Peeps on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Peeps?: Peeps. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Peeps.
How big is Peeps?: Peeps is 2 books, 2005–2006.

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