Book picks similar to
Resistant by Perrin Briar


zombies
apocalyptic-sci-fi
horror
apocalyptic

Tales from the Zombie Road


Tamra CrowValerie Lioudris - 2017
    Some from #1 bestselling authors, some from first timers.

Before Safe Haven: Alex


Christopher Artinian - 2018
    People are calling Safe Haven “Gripping”, “Captivating”, “Emotional”, “Compelling” and “Scary as Hell”. Before Safe Haven: Alex A virus has infected billions all over the world, turning its victims into vicious zombies. The UK and Ireland have remained uninfected...until now. Alex Munro’s city is put in lockdown as an outbreak of the zombie virus takes hold. Each day the government broadcasts claim a new victory in the fight. Each night more shots are heard as the undead begin to stake their claim to the streets of Leeds. What will he do? What can he do? For Alex, family is everything. Survival is everything. Heroes aren’t born. Heroes are made. Today we need a new hero. Today we need Alex. This is his story.

Death in a Northern Town


Peter Mckeirnon - 2013
    'Death In A Northern Town had absolutely everything for me , it made me laugh , it made me cringe, it made me wince in imagined pain and ultimately it just made me very very happy. It is a modern zombie classic with real heart and I implore all lovers of horror fiction to pick up a copy of it NOW!! 10/10' - UK Horror Scene 'A must buy' - A Dead Little Podcast

Necrose Beginnings: Books One and Two


Tim Moon - 2017
    Then they spread. Soon...they'll evolve. Prepare for the third book in the trilogy with this special limited-time box set of Dead Apocalpse and Dead Horde. Ben Chase went to Hawaii for adventure. He never expected the zombie apocalypse. The infection is spreading virtually unchecked, obscured by political cover ups and mistrust in media reports. Trapped on the Big Island, Ben and his friends find themselves surrounded by the infected. When Ben is faced with a critical decision that places the fate of his friends in his hands, what he must do to save them is unthinkable...

Parasite; The True Story of the Zombie Apocalypse


Doug Ward - 2012
    It has appeared on charts in Australia, Canada, and the UK. The zombies are rising in the sleepy town of Slippery Rock and it's up to Henry Cooper to figure out why. But first he needs to save his wife, Melissa. With the help of his neighbor Dean and some super hero clad, comic book fanboys, he's off to the rescue. Join them as they race across Northwestern Pennsylvania on a quest which involves everything from undead to fire trucks. Along the way you will discover the hard science behind how the dead truly rose from the grave. The second book in the series is called "Symbiote; The True Story of the Zombie Apocalypse." It is also available for purchase. Currently the author is working hard on the 3rd installment of this series. Check for updates on his Facebook page.

The Feral Children 2: Savages


David A. Simpson - 2019
    The fierce winter and the battle with Gordon and his gang are fading memories until new friends emerge and old enemies resurface to shatter their fragile existence. They thought they were doing good. They thought the hard part was over. They thought they were the only survivors left in a zombie ravaged world. They were wrong. Fur and fangs, claws and steel will be put to the ultimate test as the tribe seeks justice and revenge against those who won't leave them in peace. To survive, you have to fight.

Moms Against Zombies


Alathia Morgan - 2017
    After being chased by a man that looks half-decomposed her concerns take a turn from diaper changing and feeding schedules to protecting her baby.Trish Walsh dreaded taking all four kids on errands. She expected tantrums, nagging and sibling wars in the backseat, not a man beating on her window. He looked half dead and the bloody mess he left behind made her skin crawl and fear clutch her throat. Cooper Walsh has a top secret job but when criminals break in to steal his company’s secrets he discovers a conspiracy that could either explain everything or nothing at all. It’s up to him to right this wrong.Moms Against Zombies is the first book in the Against Zombies series. As always Alathia Morgan doesn’t disappoint. You’re taken on a vivid journey as the zombie apocalypse begins and witness firsthand how these mothers would do anything to be reunited with their families and to keep them safe from the horror that is about to come.

Apocalyptica - Part One


Joshua Guess - 2016
    Her boyfriend turns out to be a vindictive jerk bent on making her life hell, and as icing on the cake the apocalypse happens while she's trying to sort things out. Thanks to a past she'd rather forget, Ran is ready to handle what comes next. Armed with an endless supply of facts (and an armory full of guns, obviously), she finds herself allied with a stranger and aimed at a singular goal: survive and help others do the same.

Wake The Dead


Gary F. Vanucci - 2013
    With the companionship of a lone wolf, Alex begins to accept this cruel existence, struggling at times to keep a moral compass, and setting out on a new quest of hope where he not only wants to survive, but also seeks to thrive in a world besieged by the living dead.

This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things During the Zombie Apocalypse


Scott M. Baker - 2019
     Every teenage girl has a diary in which she vents her frustrations with siblings and parents. But a zombie apocalypse? This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things During the Zombie Apocalypse is a comedic adventure about a teenage girl, her frustrating family, two high-spirited dogs, and a neighborhood of loveable rednecks coming together to survive a zombie outbreak.

The Last Town


Stephen Knight - 2017
    A flu-like plague that infected thousands and killed roughly ten percent of its victims. Those who died awoke once again, but they were no longer among the living--they came back as soulless carnivorous corpses who desired only one thing: to feed on living human flesh. As the infection spread, across Europe and the rest of the globe, cities were overwhelmed. Nations fell. Humanity flickered like a candle flame in the wind. In the United States: the nation's great cities are becoming hunting grounds. New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles...all are falling victim to hordes of shambling dead who want only one thing: to devour the living. Single Tree, California is a small resort town in Inyo County. Between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, it's easy to overlook. And that's exactly what the citizens of Single Tree want, for the stenches and those fleeing them to ignore the town long enough for it to be transformed into a desert fortress at the foot of Mount Whitney. But time is not on their side. Not only do they have to worry about the dead... they have to fear the living.

Nano Z Trilogy Box Set


Brad Knight - 2016
     Fired from his job of twenty-two years, Mack is contemplating his bleak prospects when things take a turn from bad to worse. While desperately trying to survive, he unwittingly helps Amber, a fourteen year old girl with a dark, troubled past. Brought together by overwhelming circumstances, Mack tries his best to protect her as they travel through lawless lands with roaming undead. But what they are forced to endure may be more than either of them can handle. Contains all three books in the series: Nano Z Nano Z: Salvation Nano Z: Oblivion

Virtual Insanity


Charlie Dalton - 2019
     Built on a disused military research facility, the futuristic headsets scan existing landscapes and re-imagines them with post-apocalyptic environments. They battle zombies, overcome obstacles, and fight to stay alive. But when one member of the team falls off the grid, he uncovers a secret even the game’s designers aren’t aware of.

Vertical City


George S. Mahaffey Jr. - 2015
    Abandoning the streets to millions of hungry infected, the survivors seal off the structure at the 10th floor and string wires between it and other buildings to avoid being eaten alive by the hordes rampaging below. But dwindling supplies force those still alive to take greater risks as they struggle to survive hundreds of feet off the ground.

Winter Plague


Isla Jones - 2018
    Reviewers are calling it 'heartbreaking', 'mysterious' and 'fast-paced'. In a world ravaged by the dead, our words are all we have left. Who will tell the story of the last stand? I will. My name is Winter, and this is my story. The world has been lost to a new strain of rabies, one that ravages those it infects and turns them into blood-thirsty killers. I don't know how I've survived for so long, but I have. And then, I met a group ... I met him. Winter's Plague is the found memoir of a cowardly survivor in a cruel world. Winter writes of how she wandered across the states to find her sister, only to find the first group of survivors she'd seen in five months.A band of thirty survivors are led by the mysterious soldiers, but Winter quickly realises that Leo——the one who saved her life, the one in charge——has a secret. And it lies in the restricted RV with the top-secret cargo.But there are two rules she learns fast in the group: Know your place and stay away from the restricted R.V. Or die.