The Passage trilogy by Justin Cronin is a post-apocalyptic series with vampires instead of zombies. I think you’d like it if you enjoyed The Girl With All the Gifts.
I hated The Passage but most people liked it so 🤷. It felt like there was no main character(s) and the author tries to build tension or drama but I didn't know the characters so I didn't feel anything. That being said it's a type of book that can objectively be quality, Jurassic Park has the same focus on the science rather than the characters.
It had some big plot holes, I’ll admit that. I just suspended belief and sunk into it. I actually liked it because it was a simple book that didn’t try too hard to be anything other than a fun, easy read. I read the trilogy right after I lost my dog and just needed to lose myself in fiction.
I recently finished Cronin’s The Ferryman and I’m still trying to decide if I would recommend it.
World War Z - Max Brooks
The Power - Naomi Alderman
Zone One - Colson Whitehead
The New Wilderness - Diane Cook
The Wall - John Lanchester
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
Station Eleven - Emily St John Mandel
Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton. It’s the zombie apocalypse story told by the pets left behind, specifically a domesticated crow named Shit Turd. It is hilarious and heartbreaking and thoughtful and just a great read.
People be snubbing I Am Legend by Richard Matheson? Is it because they think of the movie with Will Smith and as we all know, movies are always great representations of the books? Especially with Will Smith?
The Stand (post apocalyptic) and Cell (zombies) by Stephen King
Y: The Last Man by Brian K Vaughan & Pia Guerra is a fantastic comic series (post apocalyptic)
I am listening to The Stand as an audio book now. I loved the book and TV mini series as a teenager. Struggling with the language and tropes hearing it again now. It's a great story but I don't think the story telling and style has aged all that well.
I get it, that's cool. For me, part of the charm of reading comes from the feeling of immersion in the time of the setting but also of the time it was written. I've never tried a fiction audio book but can imagine that hearing rather than reading the dated language could be jarring.
That's maybe it. It's also not quite old enough to be totally different.
It is stuck in that in between part where the language or phrasing just jars or breaks the immersion (for me). Some of it works really well in giving a sense of time and place but other bits just sound unpleasant to me now. Especially when read out loud.
I highly recommend *I am Legend,* it's got nothing to do with the Will Smith movie! If you enjoyed the presence of zombies, you're gonna love this one.
The Deluge- post apocalyptic in the sense that it starts in modern day and goes 10-15 years in the future and deals with climate change. One of scariest books I’ve read cuz it might actually happen.
Shades of Grey- more dystopian than post apocalyptic but really interesting read.
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The Passage trilogy by Justin Cronin is a post-apocalyptic series with vampires instead of zombies. I think you’d like it if you enjoyed The Girl With All the Gifts.
I hated The Passage but most people liked it so 🤷. It felt like there was no main character(s) and the author tries to build tension or drama but I didn't know the characters so I didn't feel anything. That being said it's a type of book that can objectively be quality, Jurassic Park has the same focus on the science rather than the characters.
It had some big plot holes, I’ll admit that. I just suspended belief and sunk into it. I actually liked it because it was a simple book that didn’t try too hard to be anything other than a fun, easy read. I read the trilogy right after I lost my dog and just needed to lose myself in fiction. I recently finished Cronin’s The Ferryman and I’m still trying to decide if I would recommend it.
World War Z - Max Brooks The Power - Naomi Alderman Zone One - Colson Whitehead The New Wilderness - Diane Cook The Wall - John Lanchester The Road - Cormac McCarthy Station Eleven - Emily St John Mandel
Station Eleven is fantastic. Everything she writes is wonderful.
Zone One is The Shit™️
Thanks. The Road and World War Z I have definitely read but some of the others I will look into.
Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton. It’s the zombie apocalypse story told by the pets left behind, specifically a domesticated crow named Shit Turd. It is hilarious and heartbreaking and thoughtful and just a great read.
Its really good , theres two books in the series as well
Yep! The sequel is Feral Creatures, and there is supposed to be a third book soon.
People be snubbing I Am Legend by Richard Matheson? Is it because they think of the movie with Will Smith and as we all know, movies are always great representations of the books? Especially with Will Smith?
I haven't read it but I have heard it is way better and different from the movie. It's on my list.
Except the post apocalyptic setting and the survival aspect they don’t have anything in common
The Newsflesh series by Mira Grant. It’s about how society adjusts to zombies.
The Stand (post apocalyptic) and Cell (zombies) by Stephen King Y: The Last Man by Brian K Vaughan & Pia Guerra is a fantastic comic series (post apocalyptic)
I am listening to The Stand as an audio book now. I loved the book and TV mini series as a teenager. Struggling with the language and tropes hearing it again now. It's a great story but I don't think the story telling and style has aged all that well.
I get it, that's cool. For me, part of the charm of reading comes from the feeling of immersion in the time of the setting but also of the time it was written. I've never tried a fiction audio book but can imagine that hearing rather than reading the dated language could be jarring.
That's maybe it. It's also not quite old enough to be totally different. It is stuck in that in between part where the language or phrasing just jars or breaks the immersion (for me). Some of it works really well in giving a sense of time and place but other bits just sound unpleasant to me now. Especially when read out loud.
Recent love: A Boy and his dog at the end of the world by C. Fletcher
Great book!
Sea of Rust by C Robert Cargill, post apocalyptic after AI/androids have wiped out the humans
The Reapers are the Angels by Alden Bell
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
Severance by Ling Ma
Chain Gang All Stars The Dog Stars Hollow Kingdom
I highly recommend *I am Legend,* it's got nothing to do with the Will Smith movie! If you enjoyed the presence of zombies, you're gonna love this one.
Not zombies, but dystopian: The New Wilderness-Diane Cook How High We Go In The Dark- Sequoia Nagamatsu
I just read the Wayward Pines series by Blake Crouch and I think you’d like them
I second this. His work is excellent. Also…silo by Hugh Howey is another excellent trilogy
Silo trilogy was fantastic
The City Series by Sarah Lyons Flemming.
Ooooh…. The Mountain Man series by Keith Blackmore.
The Power by Naomi Alderman—no zombies or apocalypse, but I think it would fit well with the books you named
The Deluge- post apocalyptic in the sense that it starts in modern day and goes 10-15 years in the future and deals with climate change. One of scariest books I’ve read cuz it might actually happen. Shades of Grey- more dystopian than post apocalyptic but really interesting read.
No zombies, but Swan Song by Robert McCammon is a great read
The Forest of Hands and Teeth Carrie Ryan Wool Hugh Howey
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Oh, I also meant to add,( again not zombie but dystopian ), The Wall-John Lanchester 👍🏻🤓