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The Road Cormac McCarthy 2006 · Dystopian A spare story of survival in a ruined world, with the same bleakness and a very personal focus.
'Salem's Lot Stephen King 1975 · Horror A more traditional vampire novel with a small town at its centre.
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War Max Brooks 2006 · Horror A wider, global view of a plague that overturns civilisation, told as interviews.