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A sharp-tongued, scythe-wielding fight for survival where the monsters in polite society are far more dangerous than the undead at the gates. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Dread Nation.
- tense
- dread-soaked
- rebellious
- atmospheric
- 01
This is not a test
Courtney Summers
A claustrophobic, emotionally devastating exploration of trauma disguised as a gritty apocalyptic survival story.
- 02
Legendborn
Tracy Deonn
A fierce, grief-fueled collision of Southern Black history and Arthurian legend hidden within an elite college campus.
- 03
The Forest of Hands and Teeth
Carrie Ryan · 2009
A claustrophobic, dread-soaked journey of shattered truths and desperate survival in a world surrounded by the relentless undead.
- 04
Wilder Girls
Rory Power
A visceral, dread-soaked descent into the monstrous beauty of survival and the fierce, feral bonds of girlhood.
- 05
I'm Not Dying With You Tonight
Gilly Segal
A breathless, single-night sprint through a fractured city that forces two strangers to confront their biases in order to survive.
- 06
Rot & Ruin
Jonathan Maberry
A gritty, blood-soaked coming-of-age journey that asks what it truly means to be human when the world has already ended.
- 07
Underground airlines
Ben H. Winters
A dread-soaked, hardboiled thriller set in a chillingly plausible alternate America that forces a reckoning with complicity and guilt.
- 08
DreadNought
Cherie Priest
A tense, high-stakes historical journey where familial duty collides with deadly political intrigue aboard a cross-country transport.
- 09
Piecing Me Together
Renée Watson
A reflective and empowering journey of a young woman navigating the intersection of race, class, and well-intentioned but flawed mentorship.
- 10
Alice In Zombieland
Gena Showalter
A high-octane blend of supernatural revenge and swoony paranormal romance that hits like a shot of adrenaline.
- 11
Boneshaker
Cherie Priest
A gritty, rust-coated descent into a toxic, undead-infested metropolis driven by a mother's desperate love.
- 12
The Marrow Thieves
Cherie Dimaline
A tense, lyrical journey of survival where found family and ancestral memory are the ultimate acts of defiance against a dying world.
