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10 Best Horror Books where Zombies Narrate the Story

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Fascinated by the concept of death and the Undead? If you've been devouring every piece of zombie literature you can find but are craving a new perspective, we've got something that will give you a real thrill. Our list of "10 Best Horror Books Where Zombies Narrate the Story" is just what you need for that adrenaline rush. Let's be honest, who hasn't imagined what it's like to be a zombie?

Put aside those typical tales, watch the genre bend and twist as the less empathized entity takes the lead. Experience the chilling thrill of a zombie apocalypse through the eyes (and rotting brain) of your new found protagonist. This is a unique twist on a well-loved genre, trading human survivors for those causing all the havoc and despair.

Who knows, you might find yourself empathizing with a creature you once considered monstrous, or at least understand their taste for brains. Intrigued yet? So go ahead, venture into the dark, gruesome, yet oddly captivating narrative from the perspective of a rotting corpse. We promise you a unique literary experience that might just change the way you view the horror genre.

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『Warm Bodies』

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Alienated from his fellow zombies because of his dislike of having to kill humans and his enjoyment of Sinatra music, "R" meets a living girl who sharply contrasts with his cold and dreary world and whom he resolves to protect in spite of her delicious appearance.

Author Isaac Marion
Price unknown
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Release Date Dec 25, 2012
Source Google Books
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『Handling the Undead』

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The lights are refusing to go out all over Stockholm. There's a mysterious problem in the power system. Every appliance in the city is going at full blast and the entire population is struck by blinding headaches. The pressure builds to an intolerable pitch and then...stops. Moments later, in morgues and cemeteries across Stockholm, the dead start to rise. John Ajvide Lindqvist, the acclaimed author of the world's most original vampire novel, Let the Right One In, turns his attention to the living dead. Not the nameless zombies of classic horror but real dead people: mothers, children, grandchildren and spouses. Desperately loved, bitterly missed and now 'reliving.' Which is not, it turns out, the same as being alive. Lindqvist brings a deliciously ironic mixture of the macabre and the heartbreaking to the big questions of love and death. It makes Handling the Undead the must-read horror novel of the year.

Author John Ajvide Lindqvist
Price unknown
Publisher Text Publishing
Release Date Feb 01, 2010
Source Google Books
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『Breathers』

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For zombie aficionados everywhere, a hilarious debut novel about life (and love) after death. Meet Andy Warner, a recently deceased everyman and newly minted zombie. Resented by his parents, abandoned by his friends, and reviled by a society that no longer considers him human, Andy is having a bit of trouble adjusting to his new existence. But all that changes when he goes to an Undead Anonymous meeting and finds kindred souls in Rita, an impossibly sexy recent suicide with a taste for the formaldehyde in cosmetic products, and Jerry, a twenty-one-year-old car-crash victim with an exposed brain and a penchant for Renaissance pornography. When the group meets a rogue zombie who teaches them the joys of human flesh, things start to get messy, and Andy embarks on a journey of self-discovery that will take him from his casket to the SPCA to a media-driven class-action lawsuit on behalf of the rights of zombies everywhere. Darkly funny, surprisingly touching, and gory enough to satisfy even the most discerning reader, Breathers is a romantic zombie comedy (rom-zom-com, for short) that will leave you laughing, squirming, and clamoring for more.

Author S.G. Browne
Price $7.99
Publisher Crown
Release Date Mar 03, 2009
Source Google Books
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『Zombie, Ohio』

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When rural Ohio college professor Peter Mellor dies in an automobile accident during a zombie outbreak, he is reborn as a highly intelligent (yet somewhat amnesiac) member of the living dead. With society crumbling around him and violence escalating into daily life, Peter quickly learns that being a zombie isn’t all fun and brains. Humans—unsympathetic, generally, to his new proclivities—try to kill him at nearly every opportunity. His old friends are loath to associate with him. And he finds himself inconveniently addicted to the gooey stuff inside of people’s heads. As if all this weren’t bad enough, Peter soon learns that his automobile accident was no accident at all. Faced with the harrowing mystery of his death, Peter resolves to use his strange zombie “afterlife” to solve his own murder. Skillfully combining the genres of horror, humor, and film noir, Zombie, Ohio weaves an enthralling and innovative tale that any fan of the current zombie craze is sure to relish. Followers of detective and horror fiction alike will find something to love about Zombie, Ohio—a tale of murder, mystery, and the walking dead.

Author Scott Kenemore
Price $11.99
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Release Date Feb 10, 2011
Source Google Books
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『I, Zombie』

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***WARNING: NOT FIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION*** This book contains foul language and fouler descriptions of life as a zombie. It will offend most anyone, so proceed with caution or not at all. And be forewarned: This is not a zombie book. This is a different sort of tale. It is a story about the unfortunate, about those who did not get away. It is a human story at its rotten heart. It is the reason we can't stop obsessing about these creatures, in whom we see all too much of ourselves.

Author Hugh Howey
Price unknown
Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date Jan 01, 2012
Source Google Books
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『My Life as a White Trash Zombie』

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Horror meets humorous urban fantasy in first book of the White Trash Zombie series • Winner of the 2012 Best Urban Fantasy Protagonist by the RT Awards Angel Crawford is a Loser. Living with her alcoholic deadbeat dad in the swamps of southern Louisiana, she's a high school dropout with a pill habit and a criminal record who's been fired from more crap jobs than she can count. Now on probation for a felony, it seems that Angel will never pull herself out of the downward spiral her life has taken. That is, until the day she wakes up in the ER after overdosing on painkillers. Angel remembers being in a horrible car crash, but she doesn't have a mark on her. To add to the weirdness, she receives an anonymous letter telling her there's a job waiting for her at the county morgue—and that it's an offer she doesn't dare refuse. Before she knows it she's dealing wth a huge crush on a certain hunky deputy and a brand new addiction: an overpowering craving for brains. Plus, her morgue is filling up with the victims of a serial killer who decapitates his prey—just when she's hungriest! Angel's going to have to grow up fast if she wants to keep this job and stay in one piece. Because if she doesn't, she's dead meat. Literally.

Author Diana Rowland
Price unknown
Publisher Astra Publishing House
Release Date Jul 05, 2011
Source Google Books
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『The New Hunger』

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“In rich, evocative prose, Marion transports his readers back into the postapocalyptic parable he first brought to life—or death—in his brilliant debut Warm Bodies.” —Library Journal (starred review) “Refreshingly unique...I love this novella.” —LitStack The must-read prequel to the “highly original” (The Seattle Times) New York Times bestseller Warm Bodies—now a major motion picture—from the author whose genre-defying debut turned the classic horror story on its head. The end of the world didn’t happen overnight. After years of societal breakdowns, wars and quakes and rising tides, humanity was already near the edge. Then came a final blow no one could have expected: all the world’s corpses rising up to make more. Born into this bleak and bloody landscape, twelve-year-old Julie struggles to hold on to hope as she and her parents drive across the wastelands of America, a nightmarish road trip in search of a new home. Hungry, lost, and scared, sixteen-year-old Nora finds herself her brother’s sole guardian after her parents abandon them in the not-quite-empty ruins of Seattle. And in the darkness of a forest, a dead man opens his eyes. Who is he? What is he? With no clues beyond a red tie and the letter “R,” he must unravel the grim mystery of his existence—right after he learns how to think, how to walk, and how to satisfy the monster howling in his belly. The New Hunger is a crucial link between Warm Bodies and The Burning World, a glimpse into the past that sets the stage for an astonishing future.

Author Isaac Marion
Price $12.99
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Release Date Oct 06, 2015
Source Google Books
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『The Reapers Are the Angels』

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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. She can't remember a time before the zombies, but she does remember an old man who took her in and the younger brother she cared for until the tragedy that set her on a personal journey toward redemption. Moving back and forth between the insulated remnants of society and the brutal frontier beyond, Temple must decide where ultimately to make a home and find the salvation she seeks. “Alden Bell provides an astonishing twist on the southern gothic: like Flannery O'Connor with zombies.” —Michael Gruber, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Air and Shadows

Author Alden Bell
Price $12.99
Publisher Holt Paperbacks
Release Date Aug 03, 2010
Source Google Books
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『World War Z』

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An account of the decade-long conflict between humankind and hordes of the predatory undead is told from the perspective of dozens of survivors who describe in their own words the epic human battle for survival, in a novel that is the basis for the June 2013 film starring Brad Pitt. Reissue. Movie Tie-In.

Author Max Brooks
Price unknown
Publisher Broadway Books
Release Date Jan 01, 2013
Source Google Books
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『Pride and Prejudice and Zombies』

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The New York Times best seller is now a major motion picture starring Lily James and Sam Riley, with Matt Smith, Charles Dance, and Lena Headey. This edition features sixteen pages of color stills from the film, a reading group discussion guide, and other bonus materials. Complete with romance, heartbreak, swordfights, cannibalism, and thousands of rotting corpses, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is an audacious retelling of English literature’s most enduring novel. This expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem begins when a mysterious plague falls upon the quiet English village of Meryton—and the dead are returning to life! Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace, but she’s soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty and arrogant Mr. Darcy. What ensues is a delightful comedy of manners with plenty of civilized sparring between the two young lovers—and even more violent sparring on the blood-soaked battlefield. It’s the perfect read for literature lovers, zombie fans, and anyone who loves a reanimated Austen.

Author Jane Austen/Seth Grahame-Smith
Price $9.99
Publisher Quirk Books
Release Date May 01, 2009
Source Google Books
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Alright, guys, we've reached the end of another insane, horrific journey. Each of these books flips the script and gives the unique perspective of the shambling, flesh-eating nightmares: the zombies themselves. Regardless if you're an ardent horror fanatic or simply keen to spice up your reading list, delving into these offerings will surely take you on a rough-and-tumble ride of terror. Maybe you'll find sympathy for our undead narrators, or perhaps you'll just appreciate the thrilling scares and left-field twists. They might not be chic and sophisticated, but boy, they sure know how to tell a horrifying good story. Remember, horror doesn't just reside in the unknown or the hidden, but also the familiar turned monstrously strange; what's more known to us than our own selves? So, go ahead, pull up a blanket, cozy up in your favorite reading nook and dare to step into the unsettling minds of the undead for a night. Or, who knows, maybe even a lazy Sunday afternoon. Just be warned - these quirky reads come with chills and thrills that are totally not for the faint of heart. Have fun exploring these grotesque, chilling, and fascinating terrains.

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