The Undead!!!

Annotation:The first in the Sookie Stackhouse series. Set in Louisiana, with vampires, witches and rituals of the bayou. This series is the basis for the True Blood TV series.

Annotation:Best known for his book, "Let Me In," (and its film version, "Let the Right One In"), this is a horror story about the conflict people would face if their relatives suddenly rose from the dead.

Annotation:Survivors share their heroic and chilling stories about the zombie apocalypse. Max Brooks's novel is full of humor, social commentary, and thrills!

Annotation:This is a book about vampires, but there are no brooding teen heart-throbs here! When a government experiment goes wrong, thousands of blood-sucking criminals are released onto the world. Can one child with a special gift save us all?

Annotation:The title says it all. Entertaining and clever, this is considered the original mash-up that launched many, many similar novels.

Annotation:In the not-too-distant future, mankind has found the cure to nearly every illness. However, in the process of creating these miracles of science, a new disease has been spawned. Now two reporters must uncover who was behind the spread of this zombie-breeding virus.

Annotation:Now a popular television series, Kirkman's graphic novel captures the psychological impact that a zombie apocalypse could have on a group of survivors.

Annotation:Joe Ledger, of the U.S. Department of Military Sciences, must stop a terrorist organization from releasing a zombie virus onto the American people.

Annotation:After a virus spreads across the globe, changing people into blood-thirsty vampires, Robert Neville is the only remaining member of the human race. After having lost everything else he had, this one man must now try to stop the disease from taking his life.

Annotation:In this inventive horror story, vampires are free to prey on townspeople as the annual month of darkness descends upon a small Alaskan community.

Annotation:A page-turner about a young girl who is trapped in a dystopian society, surrounded by the walking dead. While this is a young adult novel, it is sure to please fans of zombie stories.

Annotation:The first in a trilogy, the story mixes biological terror with the undead. After a plane touches down in New York with most of its passengers drained of blood, the Centers for Disease Control tries unsuccessfully to quarantine the survivors. Now it is a race against time to stop the spread of this mysterious disease.
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