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  • Cover of Cell
    CellNovel

    Stephen King · standalone novel · 2006

    Dystopia.

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

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  • Cover of World War Z
    World War ZSeries

    series · 3 books · 2006

    About war.

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

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  • Cover of The Andromeda Strain
    The Andromeda StrainSeries

    series · 2 books · 1969

    Science fiction, tense in tone, about survival and plague and pandemic, set in contemporary.

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

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Andromeda Strain →

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  • Cover of I Am Legend
    I Am LegendNovel

    Richard Matheson · standalone novel · 1954

    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 The Triffids
    The TriffidsSeries

    series · 3 books · 1951

    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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  • Cover of H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
    H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

    universe · 65 books · 1898

    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
    Start with The War of the Worlds →

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