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The Nate Gatsby  (macenro) | 97 comments I really want to read a zombie book this month, but I have no idea which one would be good. Any favorite zombie books?


Branwen Sedai *of the Brown Ajah* I'm not a huge huge fan of zombies, so I havn't read too many books with them in it, but 'The Forest of Hands and Teeth' trilogy by Carrie Ryan is pretty good! :)


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Steven Cole (nakedsteve) | 2 comments I haven't read it yet myself, but nominated for the 2011 Hugo was Feed by Mira Grant. It was also on Locus magazine's 2010 recommended reading list, and was featured on John Scalzi's "Big Idea" feature at http://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/04/30...

(It's next on my list... Should be starting it soon.)


The Nate Gatsby  (macenro) | 97 comments Branwen wrote: "I'm not a huge huge fan of zombies, so I havn't read too many books with them in it, but 'The Forest of Hands and Teeth' trilogy by Carrie Ryan is pretty good! :)"

I really love zombie movies, but I can't remember ever reading a book with zombies. I think I have that trilogy in my to-read section but I'll look.


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Jeshu (jeshusauria) The only book with zombies I've read is The Zombie Survival Guide Complete Protection From the Living Dead by Max Brooks , which is not a novel but a book that teaches how to survive in a zombie apocalypse.


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Dierdra McGill (dierdramcgill) | 112 comments Mod
Deserunt Velit wrote: "I really enjoyed Feed, but I'm not really a big fan of reading about politics, and that's a key factor in the book. However, it's pretty quick-paced and the characters are a lot of fun to read about."

I can't really read books with a lot of politics I find myself finding something... anything else to do.


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Marie | 4 comments Patient Zero (Joe Ledger, #1) by Jonathan Maberry Rot & Ruin (Benny Imura, #1) by Jonathan Maberry Dust & Decay (Benny Imura, #2) by Jonathan Maberry

Jonathan Maberry spins great zombie tales. I'm not a huge zombie fan, but enjoyed Patient Zero, and Rot&Ruin... haven't read the follow up Dust&Decay yet.


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Gina -  What She Read (_whatsheread) The Jenny Poxseries is a great trilogy. It's not really zombies but it's similar in a way.....if you read it you'll understand what i'm coming from


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Taylor (seffietay) Forest of Hands and Teeth is a really good zombie book! The next two in the trilogy were great too, but the first was definitely the best.


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Lex Write | 4 comments I recall that you said you were reading or thinking about reading "World War Z" I had never read a zombie book before that one but I really enjoyed it. If you are looking for a more in your face Zombie gore type of thing though, there are probably better books out there than this.


The Nate Gatsby  (macenro) | 97 comments Gina wrote: "The Jenny Poxseries is a great trilogy. It's not really zombies but it's similar in a way.....if you read it you'll understand what i'm coming from"

Those books look pretty interesting. It would suck if the person you could touch was some jerk. haha


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Gina -  What She Read (_whatsheread) Nathan wrote: "Gina wrote: "The Jenny Poxseries is a great trilogy. It's not really zombies but it's similar in a way.....if you read it you'll understand what i'm coming from"

Those books look pr..."


haha exactly. I was somewhat surprised at the fact that it's kind of zombieish (mainly the first and last one) but they are really good.


The Nate Gatsby  (macenro) | 97 comments There are people in real life that were kinda like this. Typhoid Mary killed a lot of people around her because they didn't know people could have a disease but not be sick.


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Gina -  What She Read (_whatsheread) Wow that's really freakish but it's really interesting at the same time! When was all this?


The Nate Gatsby  (macenro) | 97 comments "Typhoid Mary, was the first person in the United States identified as an asymptomatic carrier of the pathogen associated with typhoid fever.

She was presumed to have infected some 53 people, three of whom died, over the course of her career as a cook.

She was forcibly isolated twice by public health authorities and died after nearly three decades altogether in isolation."


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Gina -  What She Read (_whatsheread) Wow. That's really interesting. I would've thought that they would have found the cause for what she had when she spread the disease. I wonder if there are any recent cases like this one.


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Rachel i've heard great things about world war z


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Lisa James (sthwnd) Cinta wrote: "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

or even

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls"


I read the first one, it was hilarious :)


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