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    World War ZSeries

    series · 3 books · 2006

    Horror, about war and plague and pandemic.

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

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    Stephen King · standalone novel · 2006

    Horror and science fiction, about plague and pandemic, set in north america.

    “In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”

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    Jerusalem's LotSeries

    series · 3 books · 1975

    Horror, about vampires, set in small town and north america.

    “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.”

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  • Cover of The Andromeda Strain
    The Andromeda StrainSeries

    series · 2 books · 1969

    Science fiction, about plague and pandemic.

    “Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”

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    Start with The Andromeda Strain →

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    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.”

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    Start with The Day of the Triffids →

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  • Cover of H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
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    universe · 65 books · 1898

    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.”

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    Start with The War of the Worlds →

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