18 books like The twelve

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

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: Virus diseases, Viruses, Survival

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: Human experimentation in medicine, Survival skills, Survival

Purification David Moody · 2011 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate A bastard hybrid of War of the Worlds and Night of the Living Dead, the Autumn series chronicles the struggle survivors are forced to contend with in a world torn apart by a deadly disease. 99% of the population of the planet has been killed in less than 24 hours. Animated by "phase two" of some unknown contagion, the dead begin to rise. At first slow, blind, dumb and lumbering, the bodies soon… Shares: Communicable diseases, Survival

I Am Legend Richard Matheson · 1954 · ★ 4.3 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares: Human experimentation in medicine, Vampires

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, Vampires

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, Amerikanisches Englisch, Survival

The Terminal Man Michael Crichton · 1972 · ★ 3.5 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate The classic thriller and "New York Times" bestseller is reissued with a new look. Prone to violent seizures, Harry Benson undergoes an experimental procedure that implants electrodes in his brain, sending soothing pulses to the brain's pleasure canyon. However, Harry learns how to control the pulses and increase their frequency. Harry then escapes--a homicidal maniac loose in the city--and… Shares: Human experimentation in medicine, Ficción

Black Tide Rising Gary Poole · 2016 · ★ 4.0 · 295p · ≈ 9h · Moderate TOP NAME WRITERS ENTER THE REALM OF JOHN RINGO'S BLACK TIDE RISING ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE SERIES! A collection of all-original stories set in the Black Tide Rising series of novels created by multiple New York Times best-selling author John Ringo Stories by John Ringo, Eric Flint, John Scalzi & Dave Klecha, Sarah Hoyt, Jody Lynn Nye, Michael Z. Williamson and more. The news that humanity had… Shares: End of the world, Survival

Red Hill Jamie McGuire · 2013 · ★ 4.4 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Nadie despierta pensando que ese día tendrá que enfrentarse al fin del mundo. Pero, a medida que los pacientes se agolpan en la sala de urgencias del hospital en el que trabaja, Scarlet debe comenzar a aceptar que la plaga europea sobre la que las noticias venían informando ha llegado a Estados Unidos ... y que, a partir de ese viernes, ya nada será igual. Es lo mismo que descubre Nathan… Shares: End of the world, Ficción

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, Survival

The reapers are the angels Alden Bell · 2010 · ★ 4.2 · 232p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Zombies have infested a fallen America. A young girl named Temple is on the run. Haunted by her past and pursued by a killer, Temple is surrounded by death and danger, hoping to be set free. For twenty-five years, civilization has survived in meager enclaves, guarded against a plague of the dead. Temple wanders this blighted landscape, keeping to herself and keeping her demons inside her heart.… Shares: Survival skills, Survival

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, Survival

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

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

Swan Song Robert R. McCammon · 1978 · ★ 4.0 · 956p · ≈ 31h · Moderate An ancient evil roams the desolate landscape of an America ravaged by nuclear war. He is the Man with the Scarlet Eye, a malevolent force that feeds on the dark desires of the countless followers he has gathered into his service. His only desire is to find a special child named Swan -- and destroy her. But those who would protect the girl are determined to fight for what is left of the worldŠand… Shares: End of the world, Survival

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

Act of will Barbara Taylor Bradford · 1986 · ★ 4.0 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Audra is an impoverished children's nanny from Leeds who sacrificed everything for her only daughter. Christina is a talented art student who won world renown as a fashion designer – yet who has known pain and heartache. Kyle is a rebellious young woman who chafes against her mother's success – and in whom her grandmother's spirit of duty and sacrifice is reborn. Moving from the bleak Yorkshire… Shares: Amerikanisches Englisch, Ficción

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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