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Books like Z-Day: 9 series to read next

Z-Day is post-apocalyptic and zombie horror, set in our world and contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Z-Day is 4 books, 2016–2019.

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World War Z
H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
The Enemy (Charlie Higson)
Day by Day Armageddon
The Triffids
Zom-B
Night
As the World Dies Universe
The Andromeda Strain

World War ZSeries

seriesMax Brooks3 books2006

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

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The War of the Worlds →

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 →

Day by Day ArmageddonSeries

seriesJ. L. Bourne6 books2004

Post-apocalyptic and zombie horror, set in our world.

“An ongoing journal depicting one man's personal struggle for survival, dealing with the trials of an undead world unfolding around him.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Day by Day Armageddon →

The TriffidsSeries

seriesJohn Whitbourn, John Wyndham & Simon Clark3 books1951

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 →

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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Zom-B →

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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As the World Dies UniverseSeries

seriesRhiannon Frater19 books2008

Post-apocalyptic and zombie horror, about survival, set in contemporary and north america.

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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 →

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 Z-Day?: World War Z — the closest match to Z-Day on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Z-Day?: A Place Outside the Wild. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Z-Day.
How big is Z-Day?: Z-Day is 4 books, 2016–2019.

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