For some reason the zombie apocalypse has been a particularly popular subject in post-apocalyptic fiction. I think it's because it lets us imagine how we would react in such a scenario. It also helps that it's one of the few end of the world scenarios that can be survived. There's not much planning involved if the world ends with a rock from space cracking the planet in half.

In WWZ Max Brooks shows us the horrors and heroes of the world wide zombie outbreak through the stories of the survivors. From the initial outbreak to the worst of it and finally the triumph of humanity overcoming and retaking the world. I enjoyed the stories and how the author gave us different viewpoints from around the conflict.

I disagree with some other reviewers that say there is no tension in the book because you already know that they'll survive. Few and far between are the books written where the protagonist doesn't survive the story. I recommend this one for fans of zombies and general end of the world type stories.