70+ Zombie Book Series—from David Wellington, Justina Ireland, Diana Rowland, Manel Loureiro, and more!
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If you want zombie fiction, there are lots of storytellers ready to supply!
Whether you’re talking books, movies, games, or any other medium that can carry tales of the walking, shambling, brain-eating dead, zombies are hot. The list below features more than 70 zombie book series. Featured authors include Seanan McGuire AKA Mira Grant, Manel Loureiro, Justina Ireland, Jonathan Maberry, Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due, J.L. Bourne, Carrie Ryan, David Wellington, Rhiannon Fater, Isaac Marion, Diana Rowland, Sylvester Barzey, Sophie Littlefield, David Moody, and more.
Whatever you want from a zombie story—something light or something weighty; something political or something romantic; something futuristic or something set in the past—you’re bound to find a series here to match your, um, taste…
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Autumn Series by David Moody (2003)
The Walking Dead comic book series by Robert Kirkman, illustrated by Tony Moore, Charlie Adlard (2003)
Monster Island zombie novels by David Wellington (2004)
Day by Day Armageddon series by J.L. Bourne (2004)
Dead World series by Joe McKinney (2006)
Hater Series by David Moody (2006)
Z. A. Reht’s Morningstar Strain series (2006)
Apocalypse Z series by Manel Loureiro (2007)
Joe Ledger series by Jonathan Maberry (2009)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies series by Jane Austen, Seth Grahame-Smith, and Steve Hockensmith (2009)
The Enemy Series series by Charlie Higson (2009)
The Forest of Hands and Teeth series by Carrie Ryan (2009)
Reapers series by Alden Bell (2010)
Revivors series by James Knapp (2010)
Newsflesh Series by Mira Grant / Seanan McGuire (2010)
Zombie Fallout Series by Mark Tufo (2010)
Ex-Heroes Series by Peter Clines (2010)
Warm Bodies series by Isaac Marion (2010)
The Hollows / Hollow Land series by Amanda Hocking (2010)
Living with the Dead Series by Jesse Petersen (2010)
Rot and Ruin Series by Jonathan Maberry (2010)
White Trash Zombie Series by Diana Rowland (2011)
As the World Dies Series by Rhiannon Frater (2011)
A Living Dead Love Story series by Rusty Fischer (2011)
Ashes Trilogy Series by Ilsa J. Bick (2011)
What Zombies Fear series by Kirk Allmond and Laura Bretz (2011)
iZombie comic book series by Chris Roberson, illustrated by Mike Allred (2011)
Robert Kirkman’s Walking Dead novels by Robert Kirkman, Jay Bonansinga, Wesley Chu (2011)
Devil’s Wake series by Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due (2012)
The Remaining Series by D.J. Molles (2012)
Zombie Attack! series by Devan Sagliani (2012)
Zombie Games series by K. Lee Middleton (2012)
Zombie West series by Angela Scott (2012)
The Famished Trilogy series by Annie Walls (2012)
Zom-B series by Darren Shan (2012)
The Zombie Bible series by Stant Litore (2012)
Eternal Dead series by Joelle Sterling (2012)
Z 2134 series by Sean Platt and David W. Wright (2012)
Ashley Parker / Plague series by Dana Fredsti (2012)
Strandville Zombie Series by Belinda Frisch (2012)
Aftertime series by Sophie Littlefield (2013)
Adrian’s Undead Diary series by Chris Philbrook (2013)
Black Tide Rising series by John Ringo and Mike Massa (2013)
Deadland Saga series by Rachel Aukes (2013)
Surviving the Evacuation / Life Goes On series by Frank Tayell (2013)
Zombie Apocalypse Trilogy by Robert Chazz Chute (2013)
Dead Days series by Ryan Casey (2013)
Z-Burbia series by Jake Bible (2013)
Something Strange and Deadly Series by Susan Dennard (2013)
Eva Series by Jen Wilde (2013)
Until the End of the World series by Sarah Lyons Fleming (2013)
Tasha Trilogy by Olivia A. Cole (2014)
Zombie Rules Series by David Achord (2014)
Left Alive Zombie Apocalypse Series by Jeremy Laszlo (2014)
Zombie Seed series by P.M. Barnes (2014)
Carlie Simmons Post-Apocalyptic Thrillers by JT Sawyer (2014)
Chad Halverson Zombie Apocalypse series by Bryan Cassiday (2014)
Burn the Dead series by Steven Jenkins (2015)
NOLA Zombie series by Gillian Zane (2015)
Zombie Theories Series by Rich Restucci (2015)
Empty Bodies series by Zach Bohannon (2015)
Zombie Apocalypse series by Jeff DeGordick (2016)
ROTD series by Jeremy Dyson (2016)
Planet Dead by Sylvester Barzey (2017)
Jack Zombie Series by Flint Maxwell (2017)
Zombie Road series by David A. Simpson (2017)
Against Zombies Series by Alathia Paris Morgan (2017)
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland (2018)
After the Apocalypse series by Warren Hately (2019)
Dead Aware series by Eleanor Merry (2019)
Zombies! series by R.S. Merritt (2019)
Another World’s Zombie Apocalypse Is Not My Problem! by Haru Yayari, Fuyuki, Charis Messier (2019)
Dead South series by Zach Bohannon (2020)
Zom100 (2021)
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