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Books like Zombie Rules: 9 series to read next

Zombie Rules is zombie horror and post-apocalyptic, set in north america. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Zombie Rules is 8 books, 2014–2021.

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As the World Dies Universe
Night
The Resurgam Trilogy
Earthseed
The Enemy (Charlie Higson)
Jerusalem's Lot
The Passage
Stephen King multiverse
Forest of Hands and Teeth

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

Reading order →

The Resurgam TrilogySeries

seriesJoan Frances Turner3 books2010

About plague and pandemic and undead, set in near future.

Start with Dust →

EarthseedSeries

seriesOctavia E. Butler, Damian Duffy, David Brame & John Jennings7 books1993

Dystopia, about faith and religion, set in near future.

“The two-book series was left unfinished at Butler's death; a planned third novel, Parable of the Trickster, was never completed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Parable of the Sower →

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 →

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 →

The PassageSeries

seriesJustin Cronin3 books2010

About vampires, set in near future.

Start with The Passage →

Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Gunslinger →

Forest of Hands and TeethSeries

seriesCarrie Ryan9 books2009

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 →

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 Rules?: As the World Dies Universe — the closest match to Zombie Rules on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Zombie Rules?: Zombie Rules. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Zombie Rules.
How big is Zombie Rules?: Zombie Rules is 8 books, 2014–2021.

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