I read someone refer to this book as 'the best zombie movie I've ever read,' and I don't think they could be more right.

After the world's first televised séance goes horribly wrong, the dead start digging themselves out from their graves, and returning home. They're not just after sweet, juicy, brains (though they'd like some of them too, thanks very much); they're returning to their homes and the people they loved in life ('Honey, I'm home! BRAINS! OMNOMNOMNOM!'). Two college rivals, a young girl and her best friend, a Hanna Montana-esque pop star and an NY gang member fight to survive the zombie apocalypse and stop 'The Uprising'. Meanwhile, Phoenix Cormier fights to protect her father, even though stopping him may be the only way to stop the walking dead.

Returning to more 'traditional' zombie lore, Soulless' jombies are not virus infected, but actually the risen dead, digging themselves out from their graves. But they're not mindless; these zombies are clever, they're hungry, and they're not slow--they can run. Oh, and talk. Creepy, much?

Soulless is gripping and thrilling, and reading it at night in the dark? Not a good idea--though if you do, you may forego your cardio workout, so maybe it's a win-win.