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Books like Zombie Dawn Outbreak: 9 series to read next

Zombie Dawn Outbreak is zombie horror, set in contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Zombie Dawn Outbreak is 4 books, 2010–2011.

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World War Z
The Enemy (Charlie Higson)
Dead World (Joe McKinney)
The Andromeda Strain
Rats
As the World Dies Universe
Night
Zom-B
Zombie Novels

World War ZSeries

seriesMax Brooks3 books2006

About war.

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

The Enemy (Charlie Higson)Series

seriesCharlie Higson7 books2009

About coming of age, set in british isles.

“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 post-apocalyptic, 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

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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 →

RatsSeries

seriesJames Herbert4 books1974

Set in british isles.

“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 →

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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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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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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Zombie NovelsSeries

seriesMadeleine Roux2 books2011

Zombie horror and post-apocalyptic, tense in tone, about survival, set in contemporary and big city.

“Allison Hewitt and five colleagues are trapped together at their bookstore when the zombie outbreak hits, and she records events on her blog.”
from the catalogue description of Allison Hewitt Is Trapped

Start with Allison Hewitt Is Trapped →

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.

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What should I read after Zombie Dawn Outbreak?: World War Z — the closest match to Zombie Dawn Outbreak on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Zombie Dawn Outbreak?: Zombie Dawn Outbreak. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Zombie Dawn Outbreak.
How big is Zombie Dawn Outbreak?: Zombie Dawn Outbreak is 4 books, 2010–2011.

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