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Books like Zombies on the Block: 9 series to read next

Zombies on the Block is zombie horror, set in contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Zombies on the Block is 13 books, 2019–2023.

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Jerusalem's Lot
Night
World War Z
Zom-B
The Enemy (Charlie Higson)
H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Forest of Hands and Teeth
As the World Dies Universe
The Andromeda Strain

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Eerie in tone, about vampires and grief and loss.

“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 →

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 →

World War ZSeries

seriesMax Brooks3 books2006

About war and plague and pandemic.

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

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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Start with Zom-B →

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 →

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Science fiction and 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 →

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 →

As the World Dies UniverseSeries

seriesRhiannon Frater19 books2008

Zombie horror and post-apocalyptic, about survival, set in contemporary and north america.

Reading order →

The Andromeda StrainSeries

seriesDaniel H. Wilson & Michael Crichton2 books1969

Science fiction, about plague and pandemic.

“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

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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 Zombies on the Block?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to Zombies on the Block on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Zombies on the Block?: Zombies on the Block. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Zombies on the Block.
How big is Zombies on the Block?: Zombies on the Block is 13 books, 2019–2023.

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