Series
Books like Zoo: 9 series to read next
Zoo is science fiction and thriller & suspense, set in our world and contemporary, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.
Zoo is 2 books, 2012–2016.
“A sequel, Zoo 2, by Patterson and Max DiLallo, was released on June 7, 2016, as a novella.”
from the catalogue description of Zoo
- The Triffids
- The Andromeda Strain
- Nemesis Saga
- Southern Reach Trilogy
- World War Z
- Jerusalem's Lot
- The Extinction Files
- The Caretaker Trilogy
- When the Wind Blows
- The TriffidsSeries
seriesJohn Whitbourn, John Wyndham & Simon Clark3 books1951
Post-apocalyptic, set in british isles.
matchedsurvivalour worldscience fictiondark
- The Andromeda StrainSeries
seriesDaniel H. Wilson & Michael Crichton2 books1969
Science fiction, tense in tone, about survival and plague and pandemic, set in contemporary.
matchedcontemporarysurvivaltensescience fictionplague and pandemic
- Nemesis SagaSeries
seriesJeremy Robinson8 books2012
Science fiction and thriller & suspense, tense in tone, about survival, set in contemporary and our world.
matchedcontemporarysurvivalour worldtensescience fictionthriller & suspense
- Southern Reach TrilogySeries
seriesJeff VanderMeer4 books2014
Weird fiction and horror, eerie in tone, about madness.
matchedour worldcontemporaryscience fiction
- World War ZSeries
seriesMax Brooks3 books2006
Zombie horror and horror, about war.
matchedcontemporarysurvivalour worldtensedarkplague and pandemic
- Jerusalem's LotSeries
seriesStephen King3 books1975
Horror, about vampires, set in small town and north america.
matchedcontemporarytenseour worlddark
- The Extinction FilesSeries
seriesA. G. Riddle2 books2017
About genetic engineering.
matchedour worldcontemporarytensescience fictionthriller & suspenseplague and pandemic
- The Caretaker TrilogySeries
seriesDavid Klass3 books2006
Time travel, about coming of age, set in near future.
matchedour worldecological collapsetensescience fictionthriller & suspense
- When the Wind BlowsSeries
seriesJames Patterson2 books1998
About genetic engineering, set in north america.
matchedcontemporarysurvivaltensescience fictionthriller & suspense
Read next in Zoo
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 Zoo?
- The Triffids — the closest match to Zoo on what it is about, not on what sells.
- Where do I start with Zoo?
- Zoo. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Zoo.
- How big is Zoo?
- Zoo is 2 books, 2012–2016.