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CellNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006
Dystopia, set in our world.
“In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”
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The Andromeda StrainSeries
series2 books1969
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 →
Lucifer's HammerNovel
Larry Niven & Jerry Pournellestandalone novel1977
About ecological collapse, set in late 20th century.
I Am LegendNovel
Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1954
About vampires and last of their kind, set in our world and 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.”
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World War ZSeries
series3 books2006
About war, set in our world.
Start with World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War →
The PassageSeries
series3 books2010
About vampires, set in near future.
Start with The Passage →