Top Ten Tuesday: Books for People Who Like World War Z

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created over at The Broke and the Bookish. Each week they post a new Top Ten list and everyone is invited to share their answers. If you’re interested, head on over to The Broke and the Bookish to take a peek at upcoming Top Ten Topics.

This week’s topic: Top Ten Books for Folks Who Like World War Z by Max Brooks

For the zombie elements –

The Newsflesh Trilogy by Mira Grant — Feed, Deadline, and Blackout
Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
The Walking Dead — TV show & Graphic Novels

For the structure — WWZ is written as an oral history and has a very nonfiction feel.

The Good War: An Oral History of World War Two by Studs Terkel — Brooks based the structure of his novel off of Terkel’s work.
Robopocalypse by Daniel Wilson — I know a lot of people that didn’t enjoy this one as much, but I loved it.
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic by Randy Stilts — This is another nonficiton title, but there’s something about World War Z that reminds me of this one. Even though one is based in facts and the other is fiction, they’re both readable…journalistic. Does that make sense?

And just because –

The Passage by Justin Cronin — Virals instead of zombies, but they’re both undead so they’re similar, right?
Oryx & Crake and The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood — The story of before and after the end of the world.

Because it can’t be left out — Pride & Prejudice & Zombies. I mean, it’s the classic love story with zombie kick-assery!

And one I haven’t read yet, but am looking forward to: This is Not a Test by Courtney Summers

Read-alikes are a teeny part of my job (I’ve been thinking about a Walking Dead and/or zombie post for a while), so if you want to check out books similar to The Hunger Games, Bossypants, the Sookie Stackhouse series, and a few others….follow the links

17 thoughts on “Top Ten Tuesday: Books for People Who Like World War Z”

I still haven’t gotten to World War Z what is wrong with me right? Okay soon I promise. Then I’ll be back to pillage your list.

Marissa
here’s my TTT

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melissarochelle on July 17, 2012 at 1:20 pm said:

Yes! Read World War Z…I mean, the movie does come out (kind of) soon!

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Really, you can’t go wrong with zombies. What’s not to like? Awesome, awesome list!

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melissarochelle on July 17, 2012 at 1:23 pm said:

Seriously…Zombies are always awesome (except I don’t like watching them nearly as much as I like reading about them).

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Hah! I did Top Ten Books if you enjoyed Feed, so we have sort of the same list! Feel free to check mine out. Also, I reviewed a new South African Zombie novel

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barefoot_med_student on July 17, 2012 at 6:09 am said:

Also, “And the band played on” sounds like my kind of book. I’m going to look for that one.

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- melissarochelle on July 17, 2012 at 1:56 pm said:
  
  It’s SO good! (And I love your list!)

I have never heard of World War Z – is that weird? It definitely sounds interesting…with the zombies and all…
My TTT:
http://booksmartie.blogspot.de/2012/07/i-dont-know-how-it-is-for-you-guys-but.html

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melissarochelle on July 17, 2012 at 1:52 pm said:

Not at all weird! But if you’re into Brad Pitt you’ll be hearing more about it. I believe it’s his next film!

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The only one I’ve read so far is The Passage and I surprisingly enjoyed it a lot! I’ll have to check out some of your other read-alikes as well

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I love the way you segmented your list. Such a good idea! Haven’t gotten to it yet, but I’ve been dying to read ‘World War Z.’ Thanks for the increased motivation!

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I have been wanting to read The Passage for a while now – I actually got a copy of it yesterday, now I just need to find the time to read it.

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Love how you broke down your list for lovers of a good zombie read

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Really enjoyed And The Band Played On, I read a few months ago and though it was quite dense, I couldn’t put it down. I also really enjoyed both the Atwood books on your list, so I’ll definitely have to take a look at some of the others you’ve got listed here!

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