This is a list of zombie related novels that are notable, or written by notable authors.
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Novels and anthologies
Name Author Year DescriptionAutumn: Aftermath Moody, David2012The final book in the Autumn seriesAutumn: The City Moody, David2003The second novel in the Autumn series begins by introducing new characters whose actions run concurrent with the action in the original novel, before uniting the two groups.Autumn: Disintegration Moody, David2011A continuation of the Autumn seriesAutumn: The Human Condition Moody, David2005A continuation of the Autumn seriesAutumn: Purification Moody, David2004The third novel in the Autumn series revolves around a military bunker sealed off from the outside world.The AwakeningMcBean, Brett2012 A coming-of-age novel concerning a teenager's tumultuous summer as he deals with the joys and hardships of growing up, while learning about the value of freedom at the hands of a kind but cursed old man. Contains strong elements of traditional Haitian Vodou and zombies.BlackoutGrant, Mira2011 Third novel in the Newsflesh series, following Deadline.Bone SongMeaney, John2008 In a world populated by humans along with zombies, ghosts and other mystical creatures, a human police officer falls in love with his superior, a beautiful zombie woman.The Book of All Flesh Lowder, James (Editor) 2001 Anthology of stories including works by Tobias S. Buckell, Scott Edelman, Ed Greenwood, and Jim C. Hines.Book of the Dead Skipp, John and Spector, Craig (Editors) 1989 Anthology of stories including works by Stephen King, Ramsey Campbell, and Joe R. Lansdale.The Book of Final Flesh Lowder, James (Editor) 2003 Origins Award-winning anthology including works by Kealan Patrick Burke, Joseph Nassise, Paul G. Tremblay, and Tim Waggoner.The Book of More Flesh Lowder, James (Editor) 2002 Anthology including stories by Jesse Bullington, Charles Coleman Finlay, Claude Lalumière, and Thomas Piccirilli.The Boy on the Bridge Carey, M.R.2017A prequel to The Girl with All the Gifts.Breathers: A Zombie's Lament Browne, S. G.2009A dark, comedic take on zombies told from the point of view of a recently reanimated corpse.Cell King, Stephen2006Anyone talking on a cell phone after a particular event becomes an aggressive, bloodthirsty zombie.City of the DeadKeene, Brian2005This is the official follow-up to The Rising. Demons possess the bodies of the dead, including animals. One man attempts to reach his son.Conan the DefiantPerry, Steve1987One of Conan's companions, Tuanne, is a beautiful zombie; he is romantically interested in her.The DeadHigson, Charlie2010 A young adult novel. Adults over sixteen turn to zombies and young survivors battle against them.Dead CityMcKinney, Joe2006 Battered by five cataclysmic hurricanes in three weeks, the Texas Gulf Coast and half of the Lone Star state is reeling from the worst devastation in history. A deadly virus has broken out, returning the dead to life.Dead of NightMaberry, Jonathan2011 A prison doctor injects a condemned serial killer with a formula designed to keep his consciousness awake while his body rots in the grave. But all drugs have unforeseen side-effects. Before he could be buried, the killer wakes up. Hungry. Infected. Contagious. This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang...but a bite.Dead North: The Exile Book of Canadian Zombie FictionMoreno-Garcia, Silvia (Editor)2007 Collection of twenty short stories from various authors, including Gemma Files, Claude Lalumière, Simon Strantzas, and Richard Van Camp.Dead SeaKeene, Brian2007 A zombie apocalypse starts with undead rats emerging from Baltimore's sewers.DeadlineGrant, Mira2011 Second novel in the Newsflesh series, following Feed and followed by Blackout.Death TroopersSchreiber, Joe2009 A story in the Star Wars universe about an Imperial prison ship stranded in space, encountering another ship crammed with the ship's crew, which have been turned into zombies due to a bio-weapon the ship was carrying.Die for MePlum, Amy2011 The main heroine befriends a group of revenant zombies who sacrifice their lives to save humans, and falls in love with one of them. Dragon on a PedestalPierce, Anthony1983 One of the protagonists is a zombie woman who falls in love with a human, and marries him at the end of the novel.The EnemyHigson, Charlie2009 A young adult novel. Surviving youngsters battle adults who have become zombies.The EndHigson, Charlie2012 A post-apocalyptic young adult horror novel and the seventh book in a planned seven-book series, titled The Enemy. The FallenHigson, Charlie2013 A post-apocalyptic young adult horror novel and the fifth book in a planned seven-book series, titled The Enemy. The FearHigson, Charlie2011A young adult novel. Surviving youths battle "mothers" and "fathers" who have fallen ill.FeedGrant, Mira2010 News reporters blogging in a world that has, in the main, survived a zombie apocalypse; first novel in the Newsflesh series, followed by Deadline.FeedbackGrant, Mira2016 The fourth novel in the Newsflesh series, Feedback covers the same time period as Feed from the perspective of a different set of characters.The Forest of Hands and Teeth Ryan, Carrie 2009Teen book. In a village generations after the zombie apocalypse a 16-year-old struggles with her town's religious rules until the village walls are breached and she is forced to flee into the woods.Friday the 13th: The Jason Strain Faust, Christa 2006 An attempt at replicating the immortality and healing factor of Jason Voorhees goes wrong, and results in a zombie plague.Geeks vs. ZombiesHigson, Charlie2012 A companion short story book in The Enemy series portrays an exclusive scene from The Fear (2011), on World Book Day.Generation Dead Waters, Daniel 2008Teen book. In the present day, U.S. teens are randomly rising from the dead, and the country is in turmoil over the question of zombie civil rights.The Girl with All the Gifts Carey, M.R. 2014 In a dystopian future, most of humanity is wiped out by a fungal infection. The infected quickly lose their mental powers and feed on the flesh of healthy humans. In 2017, Carey published a prequel, The Boy on the Bridge.Hadriana in All My Dreams Depestre, René1988In Haiti, a young French woman is turned into a zombie on her wedding day. Winner of the 1988 Prix Renaudot.Handling the Undead Lindqvist, John Ajvide2005During a massive heatwave the unexplained resurrection of thousands of recently deceased people begins in Stockholm, Sweden. David, whose wife has recently died, has gone to the morgue to identify remains of his lost love only to find that she has begun to move. It's terrifying to David, but gives him a strange kind of hope.Herbert West--Reanimator Lovecraft, H.P. 1921 Medical doctor invents a serum that re-animates corpses.History is Dead: A Zombie Anthology Paffenroth, Kim (Editor) 2007 Twenty short stories by twenty different authors with zombies in alternate histories.The HuntedHigson, Charlie2014 A post-apocalyptic young adult horror novel and the sixth book in a planned seven-book series, titled The Enemy. Husk Redekop, Corey 2012 A blackly humorous take on the genre, as an unwilling but terribly hungry zombie strives to continue his career as an actor.Illuminatus! Shea, Robert and Wilson, Robert Anton 1976In the third volume, Leviathan, opens with a rock festival on the shores of Lake Totenkopf in Bavaria. Unknown to all except the heroes and the villains, the bodies of an entire division of the Waffen-SS were interred on an underwater plateau supported by a "biomystical field" to maintain bodily integrity. At the climax of the festival, they will return to life as zombies, surface, and slaughter all 250,000 hippies at the festival.Kiss of Life Waters, Daniel 2009Teen book. Sequel to Generation Dead.The Living Dead 2 Adams, John Joseph 2010 A collection of 44 short stories about zombies includes contributions by Max Brooks, Robert Kirkman, and David Wellington.The Magic Island William Seabrook 1929 An account of the author's travels in Haiti, which is considered the first English language book about zombies. It influenced the rise of the zombie genre in American film.Midnight TidesErikson, Steven2004 One of the main characters is a zombie pirate woman who likes to seduce living men.Monster Island Wellington, David 2006In New York City, the dead walk the streets. From the other side of the planet, a small but heavily armed group of schoolgirls-turned-soldiers comes in search of desperately needed medicine, with a former UN weapons inspector as their local guide.Monster NationWellington, David 2006 A prequel to Monster Island where a sentient zombie tries to cure herself.Monster PlanetWellington, David 2007 Sentient zombies are intent on taking over the world killing the living with a nuclear weapon.Les morts ont marché Mathieu Fortin 2011 In Saint-Liconet, a zombie outbreak took place. To try finding who was the first living dead among the eight last suspects, you read interviews with witnesses, autopsy reports, and proofs analysis reports. NecromancerScott, Harper2009 Sequel to Predators or Prey?. Monster hunter Wendy Markland fights zombies in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey.On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert With Dead Folks Lansdale, Joe R. 1989 A bounty hunter chases his quarry in a land where the "dead folks" have re-animated due to a bacterium which has escaped a lab.On Stranger Tides Powers, Tim 1988Puppeteer John Chandagnac, who was sailing to Jamaica, has no choice but to join the buccaneers who have taken him prisoner. Blackbeard is assembling an empire of ruthless navy of pirates, living and undead, to voyage to the fabled Fountain of Youth. John, now known as Jack Shandy, tries to free himself from Blackbeard's deadly supernatural domination.Patient Zero: A Joe Ledger NovelMaberry, Jonathan2009 A radical Middle Eastern terrorist group plans to release a deadly bio-weapon on the American people. Pontypool Changes Everything Burgess, Tony 1998The dark side of humanity as an epidemic virus terrorizes the earth. Pride and Prejudice and ZombiesGrahame-Smith, Seth2009Mashup combining Jane Austen's classic 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice with elements of modern zombie fiction.Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls Hockensmith, Steve 2010 Prequel to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After Hockensmith, Steve 2011 Sequel to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.Le protocole Reston Mathieu Fortin 2009 In the city of Trois-Rivières, a mutant Asian monster escapes from a boat and a zombie outbreak begins. The governments try to keep the story from the media while a high school teacher and his roommate try to survive to their zombie neighbour. Raising Stony Mayhall Gregory, Daryl2011Set in 1968, after the first zombie apocalypse, the body of a teenage mother is discovered in the snow, clutching a dead baby. The dead child begins to grow.Resident Evil: Caliban Cove Perry, S.D.1998 A paramilitary force investigates an Umbrella cover facility.Resident Evil: City of the Dead Perry, S.D. 1999 Adaptation of Resident Evil 2.Resident Evil: Code Veronica Perry, S.D. 2001 Adaptation of Resident Evil – Code: Veronica.Resident Evil: Nemesis Perry, S.D. 2000 Adaptation of Resident Evil 3.Resident Evil: The Umbrella Conspiracy Perry, S.D.1998 Adaptation of Resident Evil.Resident Evil: Underworld Perry, S.D.1999 A monster-creation lab is targeted for destruction.Resident Evil: Zero HourPerry, S.D.2004 Adaption of Resident Evil 0.The RisingKeene, Brian2004Demons possess the bodies of the dead, including animals. One man attempts to reach his son.The SacrificeHigson, Charlie2012 A post-apocalyptic young adult horror novel and the fourth book in a planned seven-book series, titled The Enemy. The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror Moore, Christopher2004In his inept attempt to bring "Santa" back to life, an angel causes the townspeople of Pine Cove to fall under siege