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Books like The Walkin' Trilogy: 9 series to read next

The Walkin' Trilogy is about undead, set in our world, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Walkin' Trilogy is 3 books, 2013–2015.

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The Triffids
The Pure Trilogy
World War Z
Legends of the Dustwalker
Forest of Hands and Teeth
Patternist
The Resurgam Trilogy
The Fire Sermon
The Hunger Games

The TriffidsSeries

seriesJohn Whitbourn, John Wyndham & Simon Clark3 books1951

Science fiction, set in british isles.

“Together the three novels form a loose post-apocalyptic trilogy built on Wyndham's original premise rather than a tightly plotted single story.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Day of the Triffids →

The Pure TrilogySeries

seriesJulianna Baggott3 books2012

Science fiction and dystopia, tense in tone.

Start with Pure →

World War ZSeries

seriesMax Brooks3 books2006

Horror, about war, set in contemporary.

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

Legends of the DustwalkerSeries

seriesJay Posey3 books2013

Science fiction, tense in tone.

Start with Three →

Forest of Hands and TeethSeries

seriesCarrie Ryan9 books2009

Tense in tone, 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 →

PatternistSeries

seriesOctavia E. Butler6 books1976

Science fiction, about genetic engineering.

“The Patternist series is a group of science fiction novels by Octavia E. Butler that detail a secret history continuing from the Ancient Egyptian period to the far future that involves telepathic mind control and an extraterrestrial plague.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Wild Seed →

The Resurgam TrilogySeries

seriesJoan Frances Turner3 books2010

About plague and pandemic, set in north america and near future.

Start with Dust →

The Fire SermonSeries

seriesFrancesca Haig3 books2015

Science fiction and dystopia, tense in tone, about psychic powers.

“Four hundred years in the future, the Earth has turned primitive following a nuclear fire that has laid waste to civilization and nature.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Fire Sermon →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia and science fiction, set in north america.

“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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Why these

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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 Walkin' Trilogy?: The Triffids — the closest match to The Walkin' Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Walkin' Trilogy?: Your Brother's Blood. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Walkin' Trilogy.
How big is The Walkin' Trilogy?: The Walkin' Trilogy is 3 books, 2013–2015.

Books like The Walkin' Trilogy: 9 series to read next

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