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21 Best Zombie Books

Goal: Find the best Zombie books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).

Method:

  1. Search for "best zombie books" and study the top 5+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly here.

21 Best Zombie Books

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1

The Reapers Are the Angels

A Novel

by Alden Bell

2

Monster Island

A Zombie Novel

by David Wellington

3

The Forest of Hands and Teeth

by Carrie Ryan

4

The Girl With All the Gifts

by M. R. Carey

5

This Is Not a Test

A Novel

by Courtney Summers

6

World War Z

An Oral History of the Zombie War

by Max Brooks

7

Feed

Newsflesh, Book 1

by Mira Grant

8

Handling the Undead

by John Ajvide Lindqvist

9

My Life as a White Trash Zombie

by Diana Rowland

10

Rot & Ruin

Benny Imura, Book 1

by Jonathan Maberry

11

The Rising

by Brian Keene

12

Warm Bodies

Warm Bodies, Book 1

by Isaac Marion

13

Zone One

A Novel

by Colson Whitehead

14

Breathers

A Zombie's Lament

by S.G. Browne

15

Bruja Born

Brooklyn Brujas, Book 2

by Zoraida Córdova

16

Cell

by Stephen King

17

Devil's Wake

A Novel

by Steven Barnes

18

Married with Zombies

Living with the Dead, Book 1

by Jesse Petersen

19

Patient Zero

Joe Ledger, Book 1

by Jonathan Maberry

20

Slow Burn

Firestorm, Book 10

by Bobby Adair

21

The End Games

by T. Michael Martin

Sources

Edited by

Richard Reis

Software engineer whose passion for tracking book recommendations from podcasts inspired the creation of MRB.

Anurag Ramdasan

Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shaped MRB and its growth.

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