If you loved
Books like Rise
A tense, journalistic plunge into a viral apocalypse where the pursuit of truth is as dangerous as the infected. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Rise.
- dread-soaked
- tense
- apocalyptic
- 01
Deadline
Mira Grant
A grief-fueled, adrenaline-spiked race against a corrupt system where the truth is deadlier than the infected.
- 02
Feed
Mira Grant
A razor-sharp, adrenaline-fueled dive into a world where the truth is just as deadly as the infected.
- 03
Every Heart a Doorway
Seanan McGuire
A dark, wistful love letter to the children who fell through the cracks of reality and the worlds that ruined them for the ordinary.
- 04
Beneath the Sugar Sky
Seanan McGuire
A delightfully surreal, candy-coated quest that hides sharp teeth and a deeply empathetic heart.
- 05
Song for the Unraveling of the World
Brian Evenson
A masterclass in the uncanny that quietly and methodically dismantles your grip on reality.
- 06
Unlocked
John Scalzi
A gripping, documentary-style oral history of a world forever altered by a pandemic, focusing on human ingenuity rather than apocalyptic ruin.
- 07
Magic for beginners
Kelly Link
A surreal, pop-culture-infused fever dream where the mundane and the magical bleed seamlessly into one another.
- 08
The Girl with All the Gifts
Mike Carey
A heart-wrenching, blood-soaked road trip through the apocalypse, anchored by the most endearing monster you'll ever meet.
- 09
Three Moments of an Explosion
China Miéville
A cerebral, unsettling descent into a fractured reality where the mundane is constantly invaded by the grotesque and the impossible.
- 10
The Twisted Ones
T. Kingfisher
A deeply unsettling descent into backwoods terror, anchored by a fiercely relatable narrator and her very good dog.
- 11
This is not a test
Courtney Summers
A claustrophobic, emotionally devastating exploration of trauma disguised as a gritty apocalyptic survival story.
- 12
Zombies vs. Unicorns
Holly Black
A delightfully chaotic, tongue-in-cheek battle of tropes that pits the sparkly against the rotting.
