18 books like The reapers are the angels

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Horizon Sophie Littlefield · 2012 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Moderate As hope emerges from beneath the wastelands of California, Cass Dollar must overcome the worst of what's inside her to defeat the Beaters once and for all. Shares: Survival skills, Survival, Zombies

Mountain Man Keith C Blackmore · 2012 · 399p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Boomstick.Samurai bat.Motorcycle leather.And the will to live amongst the unliving.Augustus Berry lives a day-to-day existence comprised of waking up, getting drunk, and preparing for the inevitable day when "they" will come up the side of his mountain and penetrate his fortress. Living on the outskirts of a city and scavenging for whatever supplies remain since the demise of civilization, Gus… Shares: Survival, Zombies

Can You Survive a Zombie Apocalypse? Anthony Wacholtz · 2015 · ★ 3.8 · 112p · ≈ 3h · Moderate A wailing moan. A stumbling walk. A horrid stench. You never thought it could happen, but zombies walk the streets with an unending hunger for flesh. With a single bite or scratch, you'll become one of the undead monsters. When YOU CHOOSE what to do next, will you be able to survive the zombie hordes? Shares: Survival skills, Survival, Zombies

Undead Kirsty McKay · 2011 · ★ 3.9 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate 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 roadside restaurant, everyone gets off and heads in for lunch. Everyone, that is, except Bobby, the new girl, who stays behind with rebel-without-a-clue Smitty. Then hours pass.… Shares: Survival, Zombies

Précis de décomposition Emil Cioran · 1949 · ★ 4.2 · 181p · ≈ 6h · Challenging "Toute idée devrait être neutre ; mais l'homme l'anime, y projette ses flammes et ses démences : le passage de la logique à l'épilepsie est consommée... Ainsi naissent les mythologies, les doctrines, et les farces sanglantes. Point d'intolérance ou de prosélytisme qui ne révèle le fond bestial de l'enthousiasme. Ce qu'il faut détruire dans l'homme, c'est sa propension à croire, son appétit de… Shares: Life, Human beings, Philosophy

The City of Mirrors Justin Cronin · 2015 · ★ 4.2 · 624p · ≈ 20h · Moderate "In The Passage and The Twelve, Justin Cronin brilliantly imagined the fall of civilization and humanity desperate fight to survive. Now all is quiet on the horizon--but does silence promise the nightmare end or the second coming of unspeakable darkness? At last, this bestselling epic races to its breathtaking finale"-- Shares: Survival skills, Survival

Not Your Average Zombie Chera Kee · 2017 · 236p · ≈ 7h · Moderate A thorough analysis of zombies in popular culture from the 1930s to contemporary society.The zombie apocalypse hasn't happened—yet—but zombies are all over popular culture. From movies and TV shows to video games and zombie walks, the undead stalk through our collective fantasies. What is it about zombies that exerts such a powerful fascination? In Not Your Average Zombie, Chera Kee offers an… Shares: Human beings, Zombies

Walking Dead Robert Kirkman · 2006 · 560p · ≈ 18h · Moderate 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 sight. He returns home to find his family, son Carl and wife Lori, gone. He meets his new neighbor, who points him towards Atlanta. After retrieving supplies from the abandoned Police… Shares: Survival, Zombies

The Infinite Sea Richard Yancey · 2014 · ★ 3.6 · 328p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Cassie Sullivan, one of Earth's few remaining human survivors, attempts to put a stop to the Others' plan to destroy the remaining humans. Shares: Survival skills, Survival

The Natural Mind - Waking Up Alan Macmillan Orr · 2009 In The Natural Mind - Waking Up, the author deconstructs questions such as "do you know why you think the way you do? Do you know why you say the things you do? Do you know why you behave the way you do?", and hundreds like them, through topics that includes litter, war, love, supermarkets, banking, electricity, and desire. In such a diverse range of issues, one cannot help but be drawn in to a… Shares: Life, Philosophy

The Zombie Survival Guide Max Brooks · 2003 · ★ 3.9 · 315p · ≈ 10h · Moderate The Zombie Survival Guide is your key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now. Fully illustrated and exhaustively comprehensive, this book covers everything you need to know, including how to understand zombie physiology and behavior, the most effective defense tactics and weaponry, ways to outfit your home for a long siege, and how to survive and adapt in any… Shares: Survival skills, Survival, Zombies

The 5th wave (The 5th Wave #1) Richard Yancey · 2013 · ★ 4.0 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one. Now, it's the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered Earth's last… Shares: Survival skills, Survival

The Martian Andy Weir · 2011 · ★ 4.4 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate The Martian is a 2011 science fiction novel written by Andy Weir. It was his debut novel under his own name. It was originally self-published in 2011; Crown Publishing purchased the rights and re-released it in 2014. The story follows an American astronaut, Mark Watney, as he becomes stranded alone on Mars in 2035 and must improvise in order to survive. Shares: Survival skills, Survival

The Identity of Man Jacob Bronowski · 1965 · ★ 4.0 · 107p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Shares: Human beings, Philosophy Shares: Human beings, Philosophy

Meditations Marcus Aurelius · 1626 · ★ 4.3 · 214p · ≈ 7h · Demanding Meditations is a collection of personal reflections and notes by the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (reigned 161 to 180 AD), offering a profound look into the philosophy of Stoicism. It was never intended for publication, making it a raw and intimate self-help manual for the emperor during his campaigns and rule. The central theme revolves around living a good, rational, and virtuous life in… Shares: Life, Philosophy

Death of a saint Lily Herne · 2012 · ★ 4.0 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate "Secrets. Everyone has them. But what if your secret is something so unthinkable that you can't even admit it to yourself? Exiled from the city enclave for crimes against the Resurrectionist State, teen rebels Lele, Ginger, Ash and Saint -- aka the Mall Rats -- are hiding out in the Deadlands, a once-prosperous area now swarming with the living dead. With the sinister Guardians breathing down… Shares: Survival, Zombies

Philosophy and living Olaf Stapledon · 1935 · ★ 3.4 This Excellent Collection brings together Stapledon's longer, major books and a fine selection of shorter pieces and Science-Fiction Books. This Books created and collected in Olaf Stapledon's Most important Works illuminate the life and work of one of the most individual writers of the XX century - a man who elevated political writing to an art. William Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950) is one of the… Shares: Philosophy

The Scorch Trials James Dashner · 2010 · ★ 3.9 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Thomas was sure that escape from the Maze would mean freedom for him and the Gladers. But WICKED isn’t done yet. Phase Two has just begun. The Scorch. The Gladers have two weeks to cross through the Scorch—the most burned-out section of the world. And WICKED has made sure to adjust the variables and stack the odds against them. There are others now. Their survival depends on the Gladers’… Shares: Survival skills, Survival

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