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  • Cover of Patternist
    PatternistSeries

    series · 6 books · 1976

    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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Wild Seed →

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  • Cover of Rats
    RatsSeries

    series · 4 books · 1974

    completed

    Horror, set in british isles and big city.

    “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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Rats →

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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 Cell
    CellNovel

    Stephen King · standalone novel · 2006

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

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

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of World War Z
    World War ZSeries

    series · 3 books · 2006

    Zombie horror and horror, 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

    About plague and pandemic.

    “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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