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series3 books1951

Dark in tone, 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 →

CellNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006

Horror, dark in tone, about plague and pandemic, set in north america.

“In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”
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World War ZSeries

series3 books2006

Zombie horror and horror, about war.

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

I Am LegendNovel

Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1954

Horror, 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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Our Children's ChildrenNovel

Clifford D. Simakstandalone novel1974

Time travel, about aliens.

“By means of one-way time tunnels, they fled the ravening beasts with teeth, claws and tentacles, that reproduced like bacteria and were intelligent.”
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TripodsSeries

series4 books1967

completed

About aliens and rebellion and revolution, set in near future.

“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
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Start with When the Tripods Came →

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