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World War ZSeries

series3 books2006

Post-apocalyptic, about war.

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CellNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006

Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, set in north america.

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

series2 books1969

Science fiction.

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

series3 books1975

About vampires and grief and loss, set in small town and north america.

“Stephen King's 1975 novel 'Salem's Lot follows writer Ben Mears as he returns to his childhood town of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, only to discover that its residents are being turned into vampires by a newly arrived stranger.”
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I Am LegendNovel

Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1954

Post-apocalyptic, 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.”
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RatsSeries

series4 books1974

completed

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.”
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