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Books like Ashes
A relentless, high-stakes fight for survival where an unlikely trio navigates a shattered, monster-filled world. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Ashes.
- tense
- apocalyptic
- dread-soaked
- eerie
- 01
Ashen winter
Mike Mullin
A tense, ash-choked journey through a fractured world where survival demands everything.
- 02
Ashfall
Mike Mullin
A desperate, ash-choked trek through a ruined world where survival means abandoning the old rules.
- 03
This is not a test
Courtney Summers
A claustrophobic, emotionally devastating exploration of trauma disguised as a gritty apocalyptic survival story.
- 04
The dead & the gone
Susan Beth Pfeffer
A claustrophobic, freezing plunge into urban survival where the true horror is the slow dwindling of hope and resources.
- 05
The Revolution of Ivy
Amy Engel
A tense, high-stakes dystopian survival story where forbidden love collides with the brutal consequences of rebellion.
- 06
Empty world
John Christopher
A hauntingly quiet exploration of what it means to be the last one left behind in a world that has suddenly stopped.
- 07
Life As We Knew It
Susan Beth Pfeffer
A chillingly intimate diary of a world slowly going dark, where survival is measured in cans of soup and shared body heat.
- 08
Gone
Michael Grant · 2008
A claustrophobic, superpowered descent into teenage anarchy where survival means losing your innocence.
- 09
The way we fall
Megan Crewe
A claustrophobic, dread-soaked fight for survival on an isolated island where a terrifying virus forces a teenager to find hope amidst devastating loss.
- 10
Dust & decay
Jonathan Maberry
A relentless, blood-pumping trek through a ruined world that tests the boundaries of humanity and brotherhood.
- 11
Enclave
Ann Aguirre
A gritty, survival-focused dystopian journey where a loyal fighter begins to question the dangerous rules of her isolated world.
- 12
Alice In Zombieland
Gena Showalter
A high-octane blend of supernatural revenge and swoony paranormal romance that hits like a shot of adrenaline.
