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  • Cover of Patternist
    PatternistSeries

    series · 6 books · 1976

    completed

    Science fiction, about genetic engineering.

    “The Patternist series is a group of science fiction novels by Octavia E. Butler that detail a secret history continuing from the Ancient Egyptian period to the far future that involves telepathic mind control and an extraterrestrial plague.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Wild Seed →

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  • Cover of Night
    NightUniverse

    universe · 134 books · 2006

    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
    Start with Broken Lands →

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    includes Rot & Ruin, Dead of Night (Maberry), Joe Ledger, Pine Deep, Joe Ledger / Rot and Ruin, The Sam Hunter Case Files

  • Cover of I Am Legend
    I Am LegendNovel

    Richard Matheson · standalone novel · 1954

    Science fiction, about vampires and last of their kind, set in mid 20th century.

    “The last human survivor of the vampire epidemic has to maintain his defences against their onslaught, while attempting to research the cause and possibly solution to the plague.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Maze Runner
    Maze RunnerSeries

    series · 11 books · 2009

    Science fiction and dystopia.

    “A 16 year old boy awakens with amnesia in a community of other youths in the center of a maze, and realizes they must cooperate to escape.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Maze Runner →

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  • Cover of The Enemy (Charlie Higson)
    The Enemy (Charlie Higson)Series

    series · 7 books · 2009

    Zombie horror, set in british isles and contemporary.

    “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
    Start with The Enemy →

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  • Cover of The Triffids
    The TriffidsSeries

    series · 3 books · 1951

    Science fiction, 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
    Start with The Day of the Triffids →

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