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  • Cover of Cell
    CellNovel

    Stephen King · standalone novel · 2006

    Horror and 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

    Horror, about war.

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

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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.”

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    Start with Broken Lands →

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  • Cover of Black Tide Rising (John Ringo)
    Black Tide Rising (John Ringo)Series

    series · 63 books · 2013

    Post-apocalyptic and science fiction.

    “John Ringo's original quartet spawned an extended shared-world series co-written with several collaborators, following other survivor groups through the same collapse.”

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    Start with Under a Graveyard Sky →

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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.”

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    Start with The Andromeda Strain →

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  • Cover of Day by Day Armageddon
    Day by Day ArmageddonSeries

    series · 6 books · 2004

    Post-apocalyptic and zombie horror, set in our world.

    “An ongoing journal depicting one man's personal struggle for survival, dealing with the trials of an undead world unfolding around him.”

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    Start with Day by Day Armageddon →

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