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Books like The Rising (Brian Keene): 9 series to read next

The Rising (Brian Keene) is zombie horror and horror, about survival, set in contemporary, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Rising (Brian Keene) is 5 books, 2003–2024.

“The Rising was optioned for both film and video game adaptation in 2004.”
from the catalogue description of The Rising

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World War Z
Jerusalem's Lot
Monster Island
The Andromeda Strain
The Enemy (Charlie Higson)
Dead World (Joe McKinney)
Zom-B
Rats
The Living Dead (Albemont)

World War ZSeries

seriesMax Brooks3 books2006

About war.

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

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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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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 →

The Living Dead (Albemont)Series

seriesL. I. Albemont3 books2012

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

“Almost overnight the town becomes a snowy tomb of the roaming, hungry infected.”
from the catalogue description of Contagion: A Novel of The Living Dead

Start with Contagion: A Novel of The Living Dead →

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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 Rising (Brian Keene)?: World War Z — the closest match to The Rising (Brian Keene) on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Rising (Brian Keene)?: The Rising. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Rising (Brian Keene).
How big is The Rising (Brian Keene)?: The Rising (Brian Keene) is 5 books, 2003–2024.

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