Undead vs Walking Dead: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Survival, Zombies, Fiction
Undead
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Out of sight, out of their minds: It's a school-trip splatter fest and completely not cool when the other kids in her class go all braindead on new girl Bobby.The day of the ski trip, when the bus comes to a stop at a…
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Rick Grimes, Sheriff of a small town in Kentucky awakes in a hospital. Comatose after being shot while on duty, Rick finds the world abandoned of all things living and is faced with walking undead, who attack him on…
Side by side
The verdict
- Readers rate Walking Dead highest: Walking Dead 4.5 · Undead 3.9.
- Undead is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 10 for Walking Dead.
- Walking Dead has the widest readership — 73052 ratings behind its score.
- Walking Dead runs the darker storyline; Undead stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Undead | Walking Dead | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (3712) | 4.5 (73052) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | 4.2 (440) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (8) | 4.5 (6427) |
Reception
| Undead | Walking Dead | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 3712 | 73052 |
| Editions | 5 | 7 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 5743 | 39310 |
| Reading it now | 75 | 2741 |
| Written reviews | 594 | 3074 |
| Wikipedia attention | 9440 | 600 |
| Pages | 304 | 560 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Undead or Walking Dead?
Walking Dead has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Walking Dead 4.5/5, Undead 3.9/5).
Which is shorter to read: Undead or Walking Dead?
Undead is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Undead (304 pages, ≈ 5 h 38 m); Walking Dead (560 pages, ≈ 10 h 22 m).
Which is harder to read: Undead or Walking Dead?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Undead: Moderate; Walking Dead: Light.