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A heart-wrenching, blood-soaked road trip through the apocalypse, anchored by the most endearing monster you'll ever meet. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The Girl with All the Gifts.
- dread-soaked
- claustrophobic
- melancholy
- urgent
- 01
The boy on the bridge
M. R. Carey
A claustrophobic, deeply empathetic journey through a ruined world where humanity's survival rests on the shoulders of an outcast child.
- 02
The reapers are the angels
Alden Bell
A lyrical, Southern Gothic road trip through a ruined America, where beauty and brutality walk hand in hand.
- 03
Wilder Girls
Rory Power
A visceral, dread-soaked descent into the monstrous beauty of survival and the fierce, feral bonds of girlhood.
- 04
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman
A dark, delicate fairy tale about the terrifying vastness of childhood and the memories we bury to survive growing up.
- 05
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.
- 06
Alice In Zombieland
Gena Showalter
A high-octane blend of supernatural revenge and swoony paranormal romance that hits like a shot of adrenaline.
- 07
Warm bodies
Isaac Marion
A darkly funny, surprisingly tender exploration of what it means to be human, told from the perspective of a monster slowly waking up.
- 08
This is not a test
Courtney Summers
A claustrophobic, emotionally devastating exploration of trauma disguised as a gritty apocalyptic survival story.
- 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
Gone
Michael Grant · 2008
A claustrophobic, superpowered descent into teenage anarchy where survival means losing your innocence.
- 11
The Burning Girls
C. J. Tudor
A dread-soaked descent into a claustrophobic village where the past refuses to stay buried.
- 12
The dead
Charlie Higson
A relentless, blood-soaked sprint through a ruined city where growing up literally means turning into a monster.
