7 books like Brains

What to read after Brains — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Zombies Jennifer Rutherford · 2013 · 121p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Overview: Not so long ago zombies rarely shuffled out of B-grade horror movies and cult comic books, but today they are everywhere. Zombies are proliferating, demonstrating an extraordinary capacity to transport fluidly from genre to genre, from the apocalyptic future to the already survived past, and in and out of fictional form. Today they can be found in just about any genre or discourse and… Shares: Zombiism, Zombies

Dead city Joe McKinney · 2006 · ★ 4.0 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate In the wake of five cataclysmic hurricanes, a deadly virus breaks out in Texas, returning the dead to life with an insatiable hunger for human flesh. Shares: Viruses, Zombies

Rise and Walk Gregory Solis · 2007 · 232p · ≈ 7h · Moderate The wait is over! The long awaited sequel to Rise and Walk is here. The adventure continues as our party of four survivors descend into a town overrun by the walking dead. Tensions mount as they are driven apart by differing needs and circumstance. New threats emerge when a team of mercenaries arrive commanded by the patriarch of the Richardson family, bent on finding his son. Our heroes will… Shares: Zombiism, Zombies

Zone One Colson Whitehead · 2011 · ★ 3.5 · 265p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Mark Spitz and his squad of three "sweepers" move through Zone One of lower Manhattan, a walled-off enclave scheduled for resettlement in the aftermath of a zombie plague. The great masses of the undead have been violently dispatched by a Marine detachment. It falls to Spitz and his fellows to take care of the handful that remain, as well as a second-tier of the infected known as "stragglers":… Shares: Viruses, Zombies

Star Wars - Red Harvest Joe Schreiber · 2010 · ★ 3.3 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate The era of the Old Republic is a dark and dangerous time, as Jedi Knights valiantly battle the Sith Lords and their ruthless armies. But the Sith have disturbing plans—and none more so than the fulfillment of Darth Scabrous’s fanatical dream, which is about to become nightmarish reality. Unlike those other Jedi sidelined to the Agricultural Corps—young Jedi whose abilities have not proved up to… Shares: Viruses, Zombies

The boy on the bridge Mike Carey · 2017 · ★ 4.0 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Moderate "Once upon a time, in a land blighted by terror, there was a very clever boy. The people thought the boy could save them, so they opened their gates and sent him out into the world. To where the monsters lived."--Dust jacket. Shares: Viruses, Zombies

The Girl with All the Gifts Mike Carey · 2014 · ★ 4.0 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Melanie is a very special girl. Dr Caldwell calls her "our little genius." Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite, but they don't laugh. Melanie loves school. She loves learning about… Shares: Viruses, Zombies

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