Ok - I finished World War Z last summer and LOVED it. What zombie book would be a good second foray into zombie books? I want a scary book about the undead :) Any ideas?

Brian Keene has 3 zombie books that are pretty good, I personally prefer Dead Sea to the other two.

I own the Monster Island/Nation/Planet books but have yet to read them. People seem to either love or hate them.

I like the Wellington books but I think he has some bizarre ideas on what a zombie should be like (uses supernatural powers).

The first two Keene Novels were like that... the Zombies were actually demons posessing the dead... so they were intelligent, tool using, weapon wielding zombies... Which is why I preferred "Dead Sea" because they were your standard Zombies for the most part.

Well, I would like to suggest my zombie novel As The World Dies: The First Days. The fans of the book really enjoy it and I continue to get good feedback on it. The story takes place in Texas and I think it kicks some major zombie ass. But, of course, I wrote it, so I love it.

You can "look inside" the novel on amazon.com and read some of the reviews here http://www.amazon.com/As-World-Dies-Zomb...

I also have a free zombie novella in first draft form up on Scribd. http://www.scribd.com/doc/2909104/As-The... It ties into the As The World Dies Trilogy, but can easily stand alone.

I hope you enjoy!

Drop Dead Gorgeous was a fun little zombie novel, I believe it is going to be the beginning of a series as well.

"Pontypool Changes Everything" by Anthony (Tony) Burgess (Not the Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess). A great little story about "Zombieism" being a result of a virus that is transmitted by language, so you have to be vewy, vewy, quiet. Bruce Macdonald made a movie based on it last year.

Tessa wrote: "Ok - I finished World War Z last summer and LOVED it. What zombie book would be a good second foray into zombie books? I want a scary book about the undead :) Any ideas?"

David Wellington's books are pretty good as well as Dead Rising by Brian Keene.

My zombie novel, PATIENT ZERO, will be released by St Martins Press on March 3. It's been getting pretty encouraging reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, Rue Morue, etc., and support from Joe Lansdale, Peter Straub, Douglas Preston and a bunch of other too authors.

PATIENT ZERO feautures Baltimore cop Joe Ledger who is recruited by a secret government organization to help stop a group of terrorists who have a plague that turns people into zombies.

It'll be in bookstores everywhere on March 3, and is available for pre-order online.

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Hey Jonathan, I've heard the guys on the Mail Order Zombie podcast raving about a preview copy of your book. Been a while since I've read a zombie novel so I look forward to checking it out this spring.

I hope you enjoy it. It's been variously described as 'Michael Crichton meets 28 Days Later' or '24 Meets Night of the Living Dead'. Pretty close to the mark either way.

I'm writing the second in the series (which doesn't have zombies but does have genetically engineered monsters).

Sounds right up my Strasse - looking forward to it Jonathan - I'll get my copy ordered.

Plague of the Dead and Dying to Live and the second books in both series are very good as well.

I was lucky enough to have an early look at Patient Zero. On a scale of 1 being kind of creepy to 10 needing to be sedated I was looking for the Valium. While under the bed. But I still couldn't stop turning the pages. It's an amazing book.

I bought The Zen of Zombie: Better Living Through the Undead for my husband. It's not a story book but a humorous "self-help" book, which fits well amongst the killing and survival zombie books. It's okay to also laugh at a zombie's expense. :o)

Well if you liked World War Z you should definitely read Max Brooks' other zombie book The Zombie Survival Guide. That way you'll know how to survive the zombie apocalypse.

have you read the zombie survival guid?

The Zombie Survival Guide is good. I am seriously enjoying The Living Dead anthology right now. It's awesome!

I had the pleasure of interviewing Max Brooks for my recent nonfiction book, ZOMBIE CSU: The Forensics of the Living Dead. He's a warm and very funny guy, and a helluva good writer.

Day by Day Armageddon

I just started reading "Day by Day Armageddon" and so far it's great. It's written as a series of journal entries by a guy in the U.S. military, and it starts with the first signs of a flu-like outbreak in China that quickly spreads. Reminds me somewhat of World War Z and The Walking Dead. Hard to find the book in a local B&N but I was able to order it without probs.

You can read the first part of the book for free online -- google "day by day armageddon" for the site.

In addition to Rhiannon Frater's book, As The World Dies, I would recommend the two books in the Morningstar Series by Z.A. Recht - Plague of the Dead and Thunder and Ashes. I believe he's working on the third...

I also HIGHLY recommend the Autumn series by David Moody. The Monster series....not so much. Zombies don't need to have special powers and be able to talk and think. They are no longer zombies at that point!!!! Sheesh!

I also very much agree with Chris re J.L. Bourne's book. He's working on the sequel too!

If you can find them, Book of the Dead and Book of the Dead 2: Still Dead are anthologies edited by John Skipp and Craig Spector with short fiction by renowned horror writers. I also second Michael's nomination for Dying to Live by Kim Paffenroth; it's original, smart, and even has a happy ending, depending on who you root for. ;) happy hunting!

I have a new zombie book called THE ESTUARY which has just been released by Permuted Press. You can check it out on www.derekgunn.com

Cheers!
Derek