They are everywhere. Lurking in street corner shadows and hidden among what’s left of the world’s trees. They’re behind highway embankments and new building facades, over the rivers and throughout neighborhoods. They are down the hallway, up the stairs, and in your attic. Mostly though, they’re in bookstores. And their prevalence cannot be denied. They are the Undead. Or, if you prefer a more colorful vernacular: Zombies. And here are nine ways bookworms can hold them close to your hearts.
1. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Brooks’ latest foray into the legend of the undead is “a record of the greatest conflict in human history.” According to the introduction, this book came about after our fearless chronicler was told by his boss at the U.N. that his Postwar Commission Report relied too heavily on “the human factor” and would have to be redacted. Naturally, no matter how inhuman the afflicted may appear, this is above all a human tragedy. And the millions of dead deserve to be remembered by more than mere facts and figures. This is the history Gibbon would’ve written had he witnessed another kind of rise and fall. And it’s the history of us all, whether they want us to know it or not.
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My Zombie Book Club begs to differ – Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was not enough Austen or Zombies. A great idea that really wasn’t well enough executed.
And we highly recommend The Walking Dead graphic novels.
Our current selections? The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan, and Dawn of the Dreadfulls.
You forgot Jaron Lee Knuth’s romantic zombie novel “After Life”
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How could you include that one comic book but not The Walking Dead, the greatest zombie lit of all time which is in the process of becoming an AMC television series!!
You include a comic book on here and it’s not The Walking Dead?
The lack of inclusion of The Walking Dead truly destroys the integrity of this list. It is the best zombie story ever told.
Another omission (in my opinion) is Stephen King’s “Cell.” A fun new spin on the traditional undead yarn.
I must agree with their recommendation of World War Z, just finished it last month and I was very happy with the author’s work.
I wanted to say what the last two did.
Just read Feed by Mira Grant and loved it.
Handling the Undead by John Ajvide Lindqvist is another missed zombie gem. He also penned the amazing vampire novel Let the Right One In.
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