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  • Cover of Cell
    CellNovel

    Stephen King · standalone novel · 2006

    Science fiction and dystopia, set in north america.

    “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

    Zombie horror, about war.

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

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  • Cover of Patternist
    PatternistSeries

    series · 6 books · 1976

    completed

    Science fiction, 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

    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 I Am Legend
    I Am LegendNovel

    Richard Matheson · standalone novel · 1954

    Science fiction, 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.”

    from the catalogue

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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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Broken Lands →

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