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Books like The Dead Saga: 9 series to read next

The Dead Saga 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.

The Dead Saga is 7 books, 2013–2020.

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World War Z
The Enemy (Charlie Higson)
Night
Jerusalem's Lot
As the World Dies Universe
The Andromeda Strain
Rats
Zom-B
Forest of Hands and Teeth

World War ZSeries

seriesMax Brooks3 books2006

About war.

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 british isles and 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 →

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

About vampires and grief and loss, set in small town and north america.

“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 →

As the World Dies UniverseSeries

seriesRhiannon Frater19 books2008

Set in north america.

Reading order →

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 →

RatsSeries

seriesJames Herbert4 books1974

Set in british isles and big city.

“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 →

Zom-BSeries

seriesDarren Shan12 books2012

About race and racism.

“B is forced on a mad dash through the serpentine corridors of high school, making allegiances with anyone with enough gall to fight off their pursuers.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Zom-B →

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 →

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 The Dead Saga?: World War Z — the closest match to The Dead Saga on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Dead Saga?: Odium. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Dead Saga.
How big is The Dead Saga?: The Dead Saga is 7 books, 2013–2020.

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