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series7 books2009

Zombie horror and post-apocalyptic, 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, about plague and pandemic, set in north america.

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

series3 books2006

About plague and pandemic.

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

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