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Books like The Living Dead: 9 series to read next

The Living Dead 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 Living Dead is 13 books, 1974–2025.

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Jerusalem's Lot
The Labyrinth
World War Z
The Andromeda Strain
As the World Dies Universe
Dead World (Joe McKinney)
Night
Monster Island
Little Tall Island / In the Path of the Eclipse

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Eerie in tone, about vampires and grief and loss.

“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 LabyrinthUniverse

universe48 books2001

Horror, dark in tone, set in contemporary.

“Here the walls between apocalypses are thin, and the same old hungers press against all of them.”
from the catalogue description

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World War ZSeries

seriesMax Brooks3 books2006

About war.

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

The Andromeda StrainSeries

seriesDaniel H. Wilson & Michael Crichton2 books1969

Science fiction, tense in tone, about survival and plague and pandemic, 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 →

As the World Dies UniverseSeries

seriesRhiannon Frater19 books2008

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

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Dead World (Joe McKinney)Series

seriesJoe McKinney7 books2006

Zombie horror and horror, 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 →

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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Monster IslandSeries

seriesDavid Wellington3 books2006

Zombie horror and horror, dark and tense in tone, about survival and plague and pandemic, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with Monster Island →

Little Tall Island / In the Path of the EclipseSeries

seriesStephen King4 books1989

Psychological thriller.

“The first two novels share a real total solar eclipse as a pivotal, connecting event despite having otherwise unrelated plots and characters.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Home Delivery →

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 Living Dead?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to The Living Dead on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Living Dead?: Night of the Living Dead. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Living Dead.
How big is The Living Dead?: The Living Dead is 13 books, 1974–2025.

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