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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 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.”

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    Start with The Day of the Triffids →

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  • Cover of The Enemy (Charlie Higson)
    The Enemy (Charlie Higson)Series

    series · 7 books · 2009

    Zombie horror and horror, set in british isles.

    “The Enemy opens Charlie Higson's seven-book YA horror series, set in London after a mysterious sickness turns every adult into a voracious, flesh-hungry threat and leaves children to fend for themselves in a city gone feral.”

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    Start with The Enemy →

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  • Cover of Rats
    RatsSeries

    series · 4 books · 1974

    completed

    Horror, set in british isles.

    “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 →

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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 Alone (James Phelan)
    Alone (James Phelan)Series

    series · 3 books · 2010

    Zombie horror, set in near future.

    “Jesse is on a UN Youth Ambassadors camp in New York when his subway carriage is rocked by an explosion.”

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    Start with Chasers →

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