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The Enemy (Charlie Higson)Series
series7 books2009
Zombie horror and horror, dark and tense in tone, about survival, set in contemporary.
“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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CellNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006
Science fiction and dystopia, set in north america.
“In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”
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Zom-BSeries
series12 books2012
About race and racism.
“B is forced on a mad dash through the serpentine corridors of high school, making allegiances with anyone with enough gall to fight off their pursuers.”
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Wilder GirlsNovel
Rory Powerstandalone novel2019
About friendship, set in islands.
RatsSeries
series4 books1974
completed
Horror, dark and tense in tone, about survival, set in contemporary and 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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I Am LegendNovel
Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1954
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.”
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