Books like 'The Mammoth Book of Terror'
Readers who enjoyed The Mammoth Book of Terror by Stephen Jones, Clive Barker, Brian Lumley, Robert Bloch, David Campton, Manly Wade Wellman, Charles L. Grant, F. Paul Wilson, David Riley, Stephen Laws, Graham Masterton, David J. Schow, Hugh B. Cave, Dennis Etchison, Lisa Tuttle, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Ramsey Campbell, Edward Wagner & Basil Copper also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Sanctum by Bobby Adair
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWill Any Sanctuary Stand? With both the Naked Horde and the Survivor Army destroyed, Zed and Murphy make their preparations and head to College Station to do their small part in salvaging humanity’s future. But the post-virus world isn’t kind to humans or their plans and nothing they find on their journey is what they expected...Categorized as:
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Extinction War by Nicholas Sansbury Smith
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe seventh and never-before-published book in USA Today bestselling Nicholas Sansbury Smith's propulsive post-apocalyptic series about a soldier's mission to save the world.An army advances.. -
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Bleed by Bobby Adair
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSurvive the infection! Survive the Infected! Zed and Murphy are trying to find their surviving friends to finally get out of Austin and head west to safety, away from the zombie hordes. But trouble, their perpetual companion, dogs them at every turn as they discover that infected humans aren’t the only source of mortal danger... -
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Resurgence by Iain Rob Wright
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMankind is fighting back. The demons have become less aggressive and confused, but that doesn't mean the war is anywhere close to over. New threats are arriving, and old foes are rallying. Soon, the final battle for mankind's survival will begin... -
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![Adrians Untote: Teil 2 by Chris Philbrook]()
Adrians Untote: Teil 2 by Chris Philbrook
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHerauszufinden, dass ein Nachbar überlebt hat, nachdem die Untoten die Welt übernommen haben, ist nicht immer eine gute Sache. Es sei denn, bei diesem Nachbarn handelt es sich um den mürrischen, bewaffneten und pensionierten Green Beret, Gilbert Donohue. In diesem Fall findet man heraus, dass dieser Nachbar so etwas wie der sprichwörtliche Jackpot ist... -
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The Ruins 4 by T.W. Piperbrook
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEscape at what cost? Trapped in a new horror, the survivors struggle to regain their freedom...Categorized as:
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![The Apocalypse War by Peter Meredith]()
The Apocalypse War by Peter Meredith
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Action-Packed Conclusion to the Undead World Series!The people of the Estes Valley have found their peace destroyed as they are attacked by the single greatest army left in the world. Not only do they have to contend with an army of men equipped with the latest hi-tech military gear, they also have to battle a horde of undead half a million strong... -
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Midnight by Chris Philbrook
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe 3rd volume of the #1 rated horror series is here at long last. Tap tap tap went the zombie on the bridge. Things are getting stranger and stranger for Adrian Ring, and far more dangerous. It wasn't enough for the people of Westfield to follow Abby and her family home on Christmas Eve and try to kill them. Now they're back for more... -
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Extinction by Iain Rob Wright
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsContinue the epic story of mankind’s struggle against extinction in Book 3 of the bestselling “Hell on Earth” Series: EXTINCTION. VAMPS: After dealing with his rival, Pusher, and escaping the clutches of treacherous Prime Minister, John Windsor, Vamps and his last remaining friend, Mass, set out with the mysterious Aymun. A man who came from the gate that imploded on Oxford Street... -
![Three Parts Dead by Glynn James, Michael Stephen Fuchs]()
Three Parts Dead by Glynn James, Michael Stephen Fuchs
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA world fallen - under a plague of seven billion walking deadA tiny island nation - the last refuge of the livingOne team - of the world's most elite special operatorsThe dead, these heroes, humanity's last hope, all have...Alpha team, the world's best and last surviving Tier-1 operators, are adrift on Lake Michigan - and fast drifting into what looks like a damned hostile shoreline... -
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Rage by Jonathan Maberry
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRage is the first title in Jonathan Maberry's brand new Joe Ledger spin-off series of international weird science thrillers.A small island off the coast of Japan is torn apart by a bioweapon that drives everyone—men, women, and children—insane with murderous rage. The people behind that attack want Korea united or destroyed. No middle ground. No mercy... -
![The Stones of Angkor by Sam Sisavath]()
The Stones of Angkor by Sam Sisavath
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe war for survival continues. The fight for Song Island is over. Despite suffering losses, Will and his group have claimed the island as their own and achieved the safe haven they’ve longed for since The Purge. Months later, Will makes contact with another group of survivors, and travels to their base in hopes of striking an alliance and gathering much-needed medical supplies... -
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Fugitives by Alexander Gordon Smith
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI am no longer trapped in the darkness. But the darkness is still trapped inside me. We did it. We cracked the gates, escaped from Furnace. We're out, but we're not free. Not yet. Now the whole city is in lockdown — the roads sealed, the police scouring every building. And there are worse things here — creatures of unimaginable fury hunting us down. An unholy army, sent by Alfred Furnace himself... -
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Solitary by Alexander Gordon Smith
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFurnace Prison ...Where death is the least of your worries.Escape is just the beginning ...We thought we’d made it, we thought we were free. But we should have known there was no way out of Furnace.All we did was slip deeper into the guts of the prison: into solitary confinement, where the real nightmares live - the warden, the Wheezers, and something much, much worse.The clock’s ticking... -
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Maximum Violence by Glynn James, Michael Stephen Fuchs
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn Canterbury, as the virus rages out of control, one troop of Royal Marine Commandos fights a 360-degree battle for survival, racing to rescue the Channel Tunnel survivors from a relentless siege – before Hellfire missile strikes and carpet bombing kill anyone left alive.Across the Atlantic, the crew of the John F... -
![The Ruins Book 2 by T.W. Piperbrook]()
The Ruins Book 2 by T.W. Piperbrook
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWho will survive The Arches?A place of recovery has become a place of death as one survivor's worsening illness puts three in danger...Categorized as:
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The Ruins Book 3 by T.W. Piperbrook
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNew Threats Await in the SouthHaving endured the battle of The Arches, the remaining survivors journey in a new direction, hoping to find salvation...Categorized as:
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Legion by Iain Rob Wright
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA world ending thrill ride of epic proportions. With so many characters and so many twists, it's like the horror equivalent of Game of Thrones.Humanity bleeds, its jugular torn and bleeding.The world needs heroes...But all it has is darkness.People need to stand and fight...Before it's too late... -
![Mountain Man: Prequel by Keith C. Blackmore]()
Mountain Man: Prequel by Keith C. Blackmore
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter a long day of prepping a house for painting, all Gus Berry wanted was the night off, to spend some time with his girlfriend, and relax before having to return to work the next morning. But that isn’t going to happen. Because Gus’s co-worker Benny has found a one-night job at the local Mollymart East, a job that has to be done by morning... -
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Dark Recollections by Chris Philbrook
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFor the first time, the internet phenomenon is now in print!Beheading a zombie isn't easy in a world where you're more afraid of the living than the dead.Adrian Ring's simple life is thrown into chaos when the world is ripped apart by a plague of undead and legions of desperate survivors... -
![The Gates of Byzantium by Sam Sisavath]()
The Gates of Byzantium by Sam Sisavath
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMan is no longer at the top of the food chain. The Purge has devastated the globe, turning much of humanity into night-dwelling, bloodthirsty creatures (dubbed “ghouls” by the survivors), while small pockets of remaining humans have managed to carry on. With the loss of their sanctuary, Will and his small band of survivors are forced to seek shelter elsewhere... -
![Pandemic by Scott Sigler]()
Pandemic by Scott Sigler
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe explosive conclusion to the New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with Infected and Contagious.The alien intelligence that unleashed two horrific assaults on humanity has been destroyed. But before it was brought down in flames, it launched one last payload-a tiny soda-can-sized canister filled with germs engineered to wreak new forms of havoc on the human race... -
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The Dark by Jeremy Robinson
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFrom the twisted imagination of New York Times and #1 Audible bestselling author, Jeremy Robinson, comes a horrifying revelation about the centuries old Three Days of Darkness prophecy, during which the legions of Hell will be unleashed on the Earth. The Dark is a mind-bending and character driven sci-fi-infused horror novel like no other... -
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Counteraction by M.D. Massey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs a hunter in post-apocalyptic central Texas, Scratch Sullivan has survived zombies, vampires, rogue militia units - heck, he even killed a werewolf with nothing more than a spear and a bad attitude. But what's a man to do when the local werewolf pack destroys his town and abducts his best girl? If you're Scratch Sullivan, you get spittin' mad - and then you get retribution... -
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![Karen's First Day by Joseph Zuko]()
Karen's First Day by Joseph Zuko
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRaising kids is tough. Keeping them alive as the zombie apocalypse begins is tougher. But that's exactly what stay-at-home mom Karen needs to do: fight fiercely to keep her young daughters safe as her husband Jim battles his way across the city, so they can escape the carnage together... -
![The Raven: Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe]()
The Raven: Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPart of a new six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by award-winning director Guillermo del Toro The Raven: Tales and Poems is a landmark new anthology of Poe's work, which defied convention, shocked readers, and confounded critics. This selection of Poe's writings demonstrates the astonishing power and imagination with which he probed the darkest corners of the human mind... -
![Nightfall by Joseph Zuko]()
Nightfall by Joseph Zuko
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJim and Karen Blackmore have discovered that when it comes to the zombie apocalypse, there is no such thing as safety in numbers. Between their separate groups of survivors is a city of the living dead, hungry for flesh and growing in numbers by the minute... -
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Uprising by A.R. Wise
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe High Rollers are falling apart. Billy is leading them into war against the wishes of Laura, who is intent on living in peace. Unbeknownst to them, one among them holds the cure that could save all mankind, and there are two powerful enemies that want it... -
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Sons of Reagan by A.R. Wise
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe finale of the second series of Deadlocked.The High Rollers are ready to take revenge against the forces aligned against them. A hard and long winter has forced them into hiding, but has also given them a respite from something else… something far worse than anything they’ve battled so far.The Noah Initiative has begun, and the land will soon be devastated by a new virus... -
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Dead Instinct by T.W. Piperbrook
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan be read as a standalone or companion to the Contamination series...! Don't trust what you eat. Don't trust what you drink. The infection is spreading... In a world plagued with violence and infection, Ken and Roberta Smith want nothing more than to find their son. Having been on the road for four days, they must now cross the remaining three hundred miles of desert wasteland to get to him... -
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Aftermath by A.R. Wise
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwenty years have passed since the zombie apocalypse devastated the world. A single man is on a quest of revenge in search of the people responsible for the outbreak of the zombie virus. His quest leads him to a discovery in the western United States that will irrevocably change his goal... -
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Siege & Survival by T.W. Brown
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe first winter has come, and with it, new problems. No longer are the zombies the biggest threat to survival. With the global infrastructure gone, people are forced to do whatever it takes to survive...even the unthinkable. Steve faces his toughest decision yet as he tries to lead his people through one nightmare after another... -
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Confrontation by T.W. Brown
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSeveral months have passed since the dead began to walk. The first winter has taken its toll in more ways than one as humanity continues to struggle to survive. Not every threat to humanity comes form the undead as so many have discovered man's ability to sink into depravity with the absence of law and order. Time and again survivors have fought, run. and regrouped... -
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Survival by T.W. Piperbrook
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEver since leaving the salvage yard, Noah Chambers has been plagued by the infected and hunted by the men who patrol the streets. In order to survive, he’ll need to summon strength he never imagined... -
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![Hellifax by Keith C. Blackmore]()
Hellifax by Keith C. Blackmore
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Red Adept Select – “Voted Outstanding in Genre”A serial killer stalks the ice-glazed streets.Half-frozen deadheads choke the avenues.Infected vermin rise from the labyrinth of sewer systems, hungry for warm flesh.And a handful of survivors struggle to escape and find someplace safe. In his hunt for Tenner, Scott discovers he must contend with all of this, before things truly get worse.Welcome... -
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Contagious by Scott Sigler
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFrom the acclaimed author of "Infected" comes an epic and exhilarating story of humanity's secret battle against a horrific enemy. Across America, a mysterious pathogen transforms ordinary people into raging killers, psychopaths driven by a terrifying, alien agenda... -
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Beyond Exile by J.L. Bourne, Ronald M. Hahn
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe terrifying sequel to Day by Day Armageddon—for fans of The Walking Dead. "J.L. Bourne is the new king of hardcore zombie action!" (Brad Thor)Armies of undead have risen up across the U.S. and around the globe; there is no safe haven from the diseased corpses hungering for human flesh... -
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Lockdown by Alexander Gordon Smith
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsFurnace Penitentiary: the world’s most secure prison for young offenders, buried a mile beneath the earth’s surface. Convicted of a murder he didn’t commit, sentenced to life without parole, “new fish” Alex Sawyer knows he has two choices: find a way out, or resign himself to a death behind bars, in the darkness at the bottom of the world. Except in Furnace, death is the least of his worries... -
![What Survives of Us by Kathy Miner]()
What Survives of Us by Kathy Miner
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsB.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree and Winner of National Indie Excellence AwardNaomi sees her first corpse in a Colorado Springs grocery store, but it won’t be her last. With devastating speed, a plague sweeps first the city, then the state, then the world, leaving less than 1% of the population to go on... -
![The Dark Knight by Nick Cole]()
The Dark Knight by Nick Cole
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Dark Knight by Nick Cole continues the story begun in The Red King as the survivors band together to build a modern-day castle against a tide of dark forces overrunning Southern California... -
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Resistance by T.W. Piperbrook
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE ONLY WAY TO SURVIVE IS TO RESIST After freeing Dan and Quinn, Sandy Duncan must fight to escape the lumberyard while protecting the others she came to save. The infected lurk outside the gates... -
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Reaction by K.R. Griffiths
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition of ASIN B00KUI1O1QTime is running out. The Wildfire virus has caused irreversible damage to the UK, and fleeing looks like the only option left. For Michael Evans, that represents a serious problem... -
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I Am Legend / Hell House by Richard Matheson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI Am Legend tells the story of Robert Neville, the last living man on earth after every other human being has been transformed into a vampire by a terrible plague ... and now they are all thirsty for his blood. Following this short novel are ten more unforgettable tales.The New York Times called Hell House "a fine horror story"... -
![The Rising: Selected Scenes from the End of the World by Brian Keene]()
The Rising: Selected Scenes from the End of the World by Brian Keene
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThirty-two short stories based in the world of The Rising and its sequel, City of the Dead, reveal how the undead epidemic plays out across the globe. Nowhere is safe from the zombie invasion... -
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![Rise of the Dead by Jeremy Dyson, John R. Crosthwaite]()
Rise of the Dead by Jeremy Dyson, John R. Crosthwaite
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBlake was never one for taking chances. He lived in a world of statistics and probabilities where everything could be controlled. That world disappeared the day the dead got up and began attacking the living. Now he must struggle to survive and to make sense of a new and chaotic world that is quickly spiraling out of control... -
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Deadlocked 3 by A.R. Wise
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Deadlocked series continues as Billy heads into the city in search of his mother. During his quest, he will meet a strident military figure that will alter his journey and two brothers that will become his closest allies. However, his trip will endanger the family he has only just met, and he might not be able to save them... -
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Ghost Run by J.L. Bourne
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe acclaimed and eagerly anticipated fourth thriller in the zombie apocalypse series from the author of Day by Day Armageddon and Day by Day Armageddon: Beyond Exile, for fans of the smash hit show The Walking Dead.In a desperate bid to survive as hordes of bloodthirsty undead now dominate the ravaged U.S... -
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Taking it Back by Joseph Talluto
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTAKING IT BACK: BOOK TWO OF THE WHITE FLAG OF THE DEAD ZOMBIE SERIES Around every corner, they are waiting. In every dark alley, they are lurking. Behind every door, they are hiding. For each survivor of the Upheaval, every day brings the same grim reality: the dead are coming. For every community that managed to survive, for every band that came together, questions nag their minds... -
![White Flag of the Dead by Joseph Talluto]()
White Flag of the Dead by Joseph Talluto
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhite Flag of the Dead Book 1: Surrender of the Living. How would you expect the world to end? Would it be in a searing flash of light? Perhaps through the accumulated destruction of natural disasters? Or will it end with a gasp, a final surrender of life? Millions died when the Enillo Virus swept the earth... -
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Ravaged by Jason Brant
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWelcome to the mountains of Pennsylvania, one of the last vestiges of the human race.Lance York, a self-described loser in another life, has rediscovered himself in the midst of the apocalypse. Along with a cadre of other survivors, including the hardened, sexy Cass, Lance has taken refuge in a compound, struggling to survive the onslaught of monstrosities descending upon them each night...
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