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Books like The Resurgam Trilogy: 9 series to read next

The Resurgam Trilogy is post-apocalyptic and zombie horror, about survival, 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.

The Resurgam Trilogy is 3 books, 2010–2014.

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Alone (James Phelan)
The Ashes Trilogy
Night
Forest of Hands and Teeth
The Enemy (Charlie Higson)
The Passage
The 5th Wave
Ship Breaker
Gone

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 Ashes TrilogySeries

seriesIlsa J. Bick3 books2011

Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, dark and tense in tone, about survival, set in near future and north america.

“The trilogy follows one continuous crisis across its three volumes.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ashes →

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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Forest of Hands and TeethSeries

seriesCarrie Ryan9 books2009

Post-apocalyptic and zombie horror, dark and tense in tone, about survival, set in near future.

“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 →

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 →

The PassageSeries

seriesJustin Cronin3 books2010

About vampires.

Start with The Passage →

The 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

Alien invasion, about aliens.

“Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The 5th Wave →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, dark and tense in tone, about survival, set in near future and north america.

“Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker follows Nailer as helping her pulls him out of his abusive father's orbit and into a much larger, more dangerous game involving her family's fortune.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ship Breaker →

GoneSeries

seriesMichael Grant9 books2008

Science fiction, dark and tense in tone, about survival, set in contemporary.

“Michael Grant's Gone series begins when everyone aged fifteen and older vanishes without warning from a swath of the California coast, trapping the town of Perdido Beach inside an impenetrable barrier the survivors call the FAYZ.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Gone →

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 Resurgam Trilogy?: Alone (James Phelan) — the closest match to The Resurgam Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Resurgam Trilogy?: Dust. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Resurgam Trilogy.
How big is The Resurgam Trilogy?: The Resurgam Trilogy is 3 books, 2010–2014.

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