List of zombie novels

This is a list of zombie related novels that are notable themselves or by notable authors.

Novels and anthologies

NameAuthorYearDescription
Autumn: AftermathMoody, David2012The final book in the Autumn series
Autumn: The CityMoody, 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: DisintegrationMoody, David2011A continuation of the Autumn series
Autumn: The Human ConditionMoody, David2005A continuation of the Autumn series
Autumn: PurificationMoody, David2004The third novel in the Autumn series revolves around a military bunker sealed off from the outside world.
The AwakeningMcBean, Brett2012A 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, Mira2011Third novel in the Newsflesh series, following Deadline.
Bone SongMeaney, John2008In 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 FleshLowder, James (Editor)2001Anthology of stories including works by Tobias S. Buckell, Scott Edelman, Ed Greenwood, and Jim C. Hines.
The Book of Final FleshLowder, James (Editor)2003Origins Award-winning anthology including works by Kealan Patrick Burke, Joseph Nassise, Paul G. Tremblay, and Tim Waggoner.
The Book of More FleshLowder, James (Editor)2002Anthology including stories by Jesse Bullington, Charles Coleman Finlay, Claude Lalumière, and Thomas Piccirilli.
The Boy on the BridgeCarey, M.R.2017A prequel to The Girl with All the Gifts.
Breathers: A Zombie's LamentBrowne, S. G.2009A dark, comedic take on zombies told from the point of view of a recently reanimated corpse.
CellKing, Stephen2006Anyone talking on a cell phone after a particular event becomes an aggressive, bloodthirsty zombie.[1]
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, Charlie2010A young adult novel. Adults over sixteen turn to zombies and young survivors battle against them.
Dead CityMcKinney, Joe2006Battered 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, Jonathan2011A 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)2007Collection of twenty short stories from various authors, including Gemma Files, Claude Lalumière, Simon Strantzas, and Richard Van Camp.
Dead SeaKeene, Brian2007A zombie apocalypse starts with undead rats emerging from Baltimore's sewers.
DeadlineGrant, Mira2011Second novel in the Newsflesh series, following Feed and followed by Blackout.
Death TroopersSchreiber, Joe2009A 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, Amy2011The 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, Anthony1983One 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, Charlie2009A young adult novel. Surviving youngsters battle adults who have become zombies.
The EndHigson, Charlie2012A post-apocalyptic young adult horror novel and the seventh book in a planned seven-book series, titled The Enemy.
The FallenHigson, Charlie2013A 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, Mira2010News reporters blogging in a world that has, in the main, survived a zombie apocalypse; first novel in the Newsflesh series, followed by Deadline.
FeedbackGrant, Mira2016The 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 TeethRyan, Carrie2009Teen 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.[2]
Friday the 13th: The Jason StrainFaust, Christa2006An attempt at replicating the immortality and healing factor of Jason Voorhees goes wrong, and results in a zombie plague.
Geeks vs. ZombiesHigson, Charlie2012A companion short story book in The Enemy series portrays an exclusive scene from The Fear (2011), on World Book Day.
Generation DeadWaters, Daniel2008Teen 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 GiftsCarey, M.R.2014In 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.
Handling the UndeadLindqvist, 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--ReanimatorLovecraft, H.P.1921Medical doctor invents a serum that re-animates corpses.
History is Dead: A Zombie AnthologyPaffenroth, Kim (Editor)2007Twenty short stories by twenty different authors with zombies in alternate histories.
The HuntedHigson, Charlie2014A post-apocalyptic young adult horror novel and the sixth book in a planned seven-book series, titled The Enemy.
HuskRedekop, Corey2012A 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 Anton1976In 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 LifeWaters, Daniel2009Teen book. Sequel to Generation Dead.
The Living Dead 2Adams, John Joseph2010A collection of 44 short stories about zombies includes contributions by Max Brooks, Robert Kirkman, and David Wellington.
The Magic IslandWilliam Seabrook1929An 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.[3]
Midnight TidesErikson, Steven2004One of the main characters is a zombie pirate woman who likes to seduce living men.
Monster IslandWellington, David2006In 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, David2006A prequel to Monster Island where a sentient zombie tries to cure herself.
Monster PlanetWellington, David2007Sentient zombies are intent on taking over the world killing the living with a nuclear weapon.
Les morts ont marchéMathieu Fortin2011In 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, Harper2009Sequel 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 FolksLansdale, Joe R.1989A 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 TidesPowers, Tim1988Puppeteer 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, Jonathan2009A radical Middle Eastern terrorist group plans to release a deadly bio-weapon on the American people.
Pontypool Changes EverythingBurgess, Tony1998The 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.[4]
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the DreadfulsHockensmith, Steve2010Prequel to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever AfterHockensmith, Steve2011Sequel to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
Le protocole RestonMathieu Fortin2009In 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 MayhallGregory, 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 CovePerry, S.D.1998A paramilitary force investigates an Umbrella cover facility.
Resident Evil: City of the DeadPerry, S.D.1999Adaptation of Resident Evil 2.
Resident Evil: Code VeronicaPerry, S.D.2001Adaptation of Resident Evil – Code: Veronica.
Resident Evil: NemesisPerry, S.D.2000Adaptation of Resident Evil 3.
Resident Evil: The Umbrella ConspiracyPerry, S.D.1998Adaptation of Resident Evil.
Resident Evil: UnderworldPerry, S.D.1999A monster-creation lab is targeted for destruction.
Resident Evil: Zero HourPerry, S.D.2004Adaption of Resident Evil 0.
The RisingKeene, Brian2004Demons possess the bodies of the dead, including animals. One man attempts to reach his son.
The SacrificeHigson, Charlie2012A 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 TerrorMoore, Christopher2004In his inept attempt to bring "Santa" back to life, an angel causes the townspeople of Pine Cove to fall under siege by brain-hungry zombies who arise from their burial plots.
UndeadRusso, John A.2010A novelization of Night of the Living Dead and a sequel called Return of the Living Dead.
The Undead: Zombie AnthologySnell, D. L. (Editor), Hall, Elijah (Editor), Shapiro, Eric (Contributor)2005Collection of 23 stories. Classic tales of survival in a world populated by the living dead as well as an array of unique takes on the zombie genre from authors including David Wellington and David Moody[5]
Under a Graveyard SkyRingo, John2013The story of a family escaping a zombie epidemic in the US on a sailboat and the beginning of the process of finding survivors on the high seas as a prelude to retaking the mainland. Book one of the Black Tide Rising series.
Us vs the World Child, Catriona[6][7] 2021 Set in Edinburgh, and full of pop-culture zombie references, the novel deals with how a mother and son cope when a family member turns.
The Walking Dead: Rise of the GovernorKirkman, Robert and Bonasinga, Jay2011It depicts the journey of Philip Blake in the early days of the undead apocalypse to his eventual rise as "The Governor" of Woodbury.
The Walking Dead: The Road to WoodburyKirkman, Robert and Bonasinga, Jay2012It follows the travails of Lilly Caul who finds herself coming in contact with the "Governor" of Woodbury, a refuge amongst the zombie apocalypse that is not what it seems. The second of a planned trilogy.
Warm BodiesMarion, Isaac2010R is a zombie who is a little different than his fellow Dead. He meets Julie Grigio, a Living girl, and ends up falling in love.
World War ZBrooks, Max2007An oral history told by many survivors of the start, during, and aftermath of the zombie apocalypse.[8][9]
Zom-BShan, Darren2012Series of 13 books written from 2012-2016 for teenagers. When zombies attack B's school, B is forced on a mad dash through the serpentine corridors, making allegiances with anyone with enough guts to fight off their pursuers.
Zombie Apocalypse!Jones, Stephen2010A mosaic novel in which interconnected narratives create a unique vision of the end of the world brought about by a plague.
Zombie Apocalypse! FightbackJones, Stephen2012The sequel to Zombie Apocalypse! The human fightback against the legions of the walking dead begins.
The Zombie Survival GuideBrooks, Max2003An earnest discussion of various survival techniques in a world threatened by zombies.
Zombies: A Record of the Year of InfectionRoff, Don2009A man writes in his bird watching journal about trying to survive in a zombie apocalypse.
Zone OneWhitehead, Colson2011Mark Spitz is a "sweeper," clearing away stragglers from Manhattan's Zone One district after the zombie attacks. These trapped souls are malfunctioning zombies, destined to ceaselessly repeat mundane acts they carried out while alive.

Nonfiction

NameAuthorYear
Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero's Visions of Hell on Earth Paffenroth, Kim 2006
Theories of International Politics and Zombies Drezner, Daniel W. 2010
The Undead and Philosophy: Chicken Soup for the Soulless Greene, Richard and K. Silem Mohammad 2006
The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia Dendle, Peter 2000
Triumph of The Walking Dead: Robert Kirkman's Zombie Epic on Page and Screen Lowder, James (Editor) 2011

Comic books

NameAuthorArtistYearIssue(s)
28 Days Later: The AftermathNiles, SteveCalero, Dennis, Almos, Diego, Branch, Ken and Jones, Nat2007One-shot issue
Black PantherHudlin, ReginaldPortela, Francis2005#27-31
BlackgasEllis, WarrenFiumara, Max2006#1-3 A small island is overcome by a mysterious force that turns people into violent cannibals.
ContainmentRed, EricStakal, Nick2005#1-5
CursedAvery, Fiona Kai and Blevins, TippiMolenaar, Romano2003#1-4
Dawn of the DeadRomero, George A. (original story) and Niles, Steve (adaption)Chee Yang Ong2004#1-3
Dead@17Howard, JoshHoward, Josh2003#1-4
Dead@17: Blood of SaintsHoward, JoshHoward, Josh2004#1-4
Dead@17: ProtectorateHamby, AlexHall, Benjamin2005#1-3
Dead@17: RevolutionHoward, JoshHoward, Josh2004#1-4
Dead@17: Rough CutHoward, Josh, Hamby, Alex, Embry Egg, Burns, Jason M., Hopkins, David and Bussey, PatHoward, Josh, Abel, Martin, Benjamin Hall, Law, Scotty, Stephens, Sean and Bussey, Pat2004#1-3
DeadworldReed, GaryLocke, Vince and Makkonen, Sami1987
Escape of the Living DeadRusso, John A.Verma, Dheeraj2005#1-5
Highschool of the DeadSato, Daisuke and Sato, ShoujiSato, Shoji2006
Land of the DeadRomero, George A. (original story) and Ryall, ChrisGabriel Rodriguez2005
Living with the DeadRichardson, MikeStenbeck, Ben2007
Marvel ZombiesMillar, Mark and Kirkman, RobertsPhillips, Sean2005#1-5
Marvel Zombies 2Kirkman, RobertPhillips, Sean2007#1-5 Cosmically powered zombies try to help the last few known human survivors. Others try to eat them.
Marvel Zombies 3Van Lente, FredWalker, Kev2008#1-4
Marvel Zombies 4Van Lente, FredWalker, Kev2009#1-4
Marvel Zombies 5Van Lente, FredLopez, Jose Angel Cano2010#1-5
Marvel Zombies: Dead DaysKirkman, RobertPhillips, Sean2007Oneshot
Marvel Zombies ReturnVan Lente, FredDragotta, Nick2009#1-5
Marvel Zombies vs. Army of DarknessLayman, JohnNeves, Fabiano2007#13, #1-5
Night of the Living DeadRomero, George A. and Russo John (original story) Skulan, Tom and Stanway, Eric (adaption)Kastro, Carlos with Meheu, Eric1991
Night of the Living DeadHannan, NoelRawling, Rik1994
Raise the DeadMoore, Leah and Reppion, JohnHugo Petrus2007
Rebel Blood Riley Rossmo and Alex Link Riley Rossmo 2012 #1-4
RemainsNiles, SteveDwyer, Kieron2004#1-5
Resident EvilPaul W. S. AndersonOdagawa, Ryan, Bermejo, Lee and D'Anda, Carlos1998#1-5
Resident Evil – Code: VeronicaChung Hing, Lee and King Sum, HuiKing Sum, Hui2002#1-4
Shaun of the DeadPegg, Simon and Wright, Edgar (original story) Ryall, Chris (adaption)Howard, Zach2005#1-4
Sonic the HedgehogFlynn, IanYardley, Tracy, Bryce Thomas, Adam, Stanley, Evan, Lawrence, Jack, Tramontano, Priscilla2019#13-29 and one annual, depicts manmade virus which transforms organisms into metallic zombie-like beings
Strange Killings: NecromancerEllis, WarrenWolfer, Mike2004
Tales of the ZombieGerber, SteveMarcos, Pablo1973#1-10 and one annual
Toe TagsRomero, George A.Castillo, Tommy2004#1-6
Ultimate Fantastic FourMillar, MarkLand, Greg2005#21-23, #30-32
UnsoundedAshley Cope2010
Victorian UndeadEdginton, IanFabbri, Davide2010#1-6
Victorian Undead IIEdginton, IanFabbri, Davide2011#1-5, plus a one-shot special
The Walking DeadKirkman, RobertMoore, Tony and Adlard, Charlie2003#1-193
Xombie: Reanimated (Volume 1)Farr, JamesLovett, Nate2008
The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded AttacksBrooks, MaxRoberson, Ibraim2009One-shot graphic novel

See also

References

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