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RatsSeries

series4 books1974

completed

Horror.

“The Rats, James Herbert's 1974 debut novel, imagines a plague of giant mutant rats overrunning London, told through a rotating cast of victims and survivors in the tradition of British disaster horror.”
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Start with The Rats →

The TriffidsSeries

series3 books1951

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, dark in tone, about survival, set in british isles and our world.

“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 →

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

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 →

includes The War of the Worlds

CellNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006

Horror and dystopia, about plague and pandemic, set in north america.

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

series6 books1976

completed

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.”
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Start with Wild Seed →

World War ZSeries

series3 books2006

Zombie horror and horror, about war.

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

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