Recommendations based on Dust & Decayby Jonathan Maberry

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  1. Rot & Ruin

    by Jonathan Maberry
    A post-apocalyptic adventure, as a young man traverses the zombie-infested remains of the US.

    In the zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic America where Benny Imura lives, every teenager must find a job by the time they turn fifteen or get their rations cut in half. Benny doesn't want to ... (Goodreads)

  2. Flesh & Bone

    by Jonathan Maberry
    A young girl with a rare genetic disorder is hunted by a group of ruthless mercenaries. Her only hope is a retired bounty hunter with a dark past.

    “The third time’s the charm with even more adventure—and gore—as the Rot & Ruin series continues” (,Kirkus Reviews,). Reeling from the devastation of Dust & Decay , Benny Imura and his friends plunge ... (Barnes & Noble)

  3. Patient Zero

    by Jonathan Maberry
    A virus outbreak unleashes a global pandemic, forcing a desperate search for a cure.

    The story follows Joe Ledger, a Baltimore detective, who is recruited into the Department of Military Sciences, a specialized entity of the US Government which answers only to the President, to ... (Wikipedia)

  4. Enclave

    by Ann Aguirre
    A post-apocalyptic world of survival and war, as two unlikely young heroes fight for their freedom.

    Ann Aguirre's thrilling young adult novel, Enclave, is the story of two young people in an apocalyptic world—facing dangers, and feelings, unlike any they've ever known. New York City has been ... (Barnes & Noble)

  5. Infinity

    by Sherrilyn Kenyon
    A young woman discovers she is a reincarnated goddess and must fight to save the world from an evil force.

    At fourteen, Nick Gautier thinks he knows everything about the world around him. Streetwise, tough and savvy, his quick sarcasm is the stuff of legends. . .until the night when his best friends try ... (Goodreads)

  6. I Don't Want to Kill You

    by Dan Wells
    A teenage boy's struggle to control his murderous urges, while finding redemption and a sense of belonging.

    After encountering and killing two demons, sociopathic teenager John Wayne Cleaver has decided that if anyone in Clayton County, North Dakota is ever going to be completely safe, he has to be the ... (Wikipedia)

  7. Unwind

    by Neal Shusterman
    A dystopian future world where teenagers are subjected to a “harvesting” process that splits them apart.

    Connor, Risa, and Lev are running for their lives. The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of conception until age ... (Goodreads)

  8. Everwild

    by Neal Shusterman
    In a world where death has been conquered, two teens search for meaning and purpose in a society that values immortality above all else.

    Everlost, the limbo land of dead children, is at war. Nick the “Chocolate Ogre” wants to help the children of Everlost reach the light at the end of the tunnel. Mary Hightower, self-proclaimed queen ... (Goodreads)

  9. Everfound

    by Neal Shusterman
    The final book in the Skinjacker trilogy, where the dead and the living collide in a battle for the afterlife.

    While Mary lies in a glass coffin aboard a ghost train heading west, her minions are awaiting her re-awakening by bringing lots of new souls into Everlost to serve her. Meanwhile Jackin’ Jill has met ... (Goodreads)

  10. Gone

    by Michael Grant
    All adults disappear, leaving a group of teens to fend for themselves in a world where supernatural powers emerge.

    In the blink of an eye, everyone disappears. Gone. Except for the young. There are teens, but not one single adult. Just as suddenly, there are no phones, no internet, no television. No way to get ... (Goodreads)

  11. The Remaining

    by D.J. Molles
    A soldier fights to survive in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies.

    In a steel-and-lead-encased bunker 40 feet below the basement level of his house, Captain Lee Harden of the United States Army waits. On the surface, a plague ravages the planet, infecting over 90% ... (Goodreads)

  12. The Reapers are the Angels

    by Alden Bell
    A coming-of-age journey through a post-apocalyptic world.

    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 ... (Goodreads)

  13. Tiger's Quest

    by Colleen Houck
    Kelsey embarks on a quest to break an ancient curse and save her beloved Ren from a dark fate.

    Back in Oregon, Kelsey tries to pick up the pieces of her life and push aside her feelings for Ren. Kelsey Hayes's eighteenth summer was crazy. The kind of crazy nobody would ever believe. Aside From ... (Goodreads)

  14. Light

    by Michael Grant
    A group of teens are trapped in a town surrounded by an invisible barrier and must fight to survive.

    It's been over a year since all the adults disappeared. Gone. In the time since every person over the age of fourteen disappeared from the town of Perdido Beach, California, countless battles have ... (Goodreads)

  15. My Life as a White Trash Zombie

    by Diana Rowland
    A young woman wakes up as a zombie and must navigate her new undead life while solving a mystery involving missing brains.

    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 ... (Goodreads)

  16. The Testing

    by Joelle Charbonneau
    A young girl must undergo a series of tests to prove her worth and secure her future.

    It’s graduation day for sixteen-year-old Malencia Vale, and the entire Five Lakes Colony (the former Great Lakes) is celebrating. All Cia can think about—hope for—is whether she’ll be chosen for The ... (Barnes & Noble)

  17. Day by Day Armageddon

    by J.L. Bourne
    A soldier's diary of survival in a world overrun by zombies. The fight for survival is brutal and unforgiving.

    Once on the fringes of horror, the “zombie apocalypse,” has become one of the most buzzworthy genres in popular culture. Now, in Day by Day Armageddon , J.L. Bourne delivers an intelligent, gripping ... (Barnes & Noble)

  18. The Monstrumologist

    by Rick Yancey
    A young apprentice assists a monstrumologist in the study of monsters, leading to a dangerous encounter with a new species.

    These are the secrets I have kept. This is the trust I never betrayed. But he is dead now and has been for more than forty years, the one who gave me his trust, the one for whom I kept these secrets. ... (Goodreads)

  19. Ashfall

    by Mike Mullin
    After a supervolcano erupts, a teenage boy must survive in a world of ash and chaos.

    Under the bubbling hot springs and geysers of Yellowstone National Park is a supervolcano. Most people don't know it's there. The caldera is so large that it can only be seen from a plane or ... (Goodreads)

  20. The Iron Daughter

    by Julie Kagawa
    A fairy princess discovers her true power as she battles supernatural forces to save her kingdom.

    From the limitless imagination of New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Julie Kagawa, return to the world of The Iron Fey. Half Summer faery princess, half human, Meghan has never fit in ... (Barnes & Noble)

  21. Deadline

    by Mira Grant
    A medical thriller about a virus outbreak and its impact on the world.

    Shaun Mason is a man without a mission. Not even running the news organization he built with his sister has the same urgency as it used to. Playing with dead things just doesn't seem as fun when ... (Goodreads)

  22. Obsidio

    by Amie Kaufman
    The final book in the Illuminae Files trilogy, following the survivors of two spaceships as they fight for their lives and uncover a conspiracy.

    Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik narrowly escaped with their lives from the attacks on Heimdall station and now find themselves crammed with 2,000 refugees on the container ship, Mao. With the jump station ... (Goodreads)

  23. The Iron Queen

    by Julie Kagawa
    Half-human, half-faery Meghan Chase must fight to claim her throne and save the Nevernever from destruction.

    My name is Meghan Chase. I thought it was over. That my time with the fey, the impossible choices I had to make, the sacrifices of those I loved, was behind me. But a storm is approaching, an army of ... (Goodreads)

  24. The Rise of Nine

    by Pittacus Lore
    A group of nine extraordinary teens join forces to save the world from an alien invasion.

    Marina and Six, along with Ella (previously unknown member of the Garde) and Crayton (her Cêpan) are on a plane heading towards India, where they hope to find another member of the Garde: Number ... (Wikipedia)

  25. Requiem

    by Lauren Oliver
    A young girl's journey of grief and self-discovery as she navigates a post-apocalyptic world.

    The third and final book in Lauren Oliver’s powerful New York Times bestselling trilogy about forbidden love, revolution, and the power to choose. Now an active member of the resistance, Lena has ... (Barnes & Noble)

  26. The Immortal Rules

    by Julie Kagawa
    A vampire teenager's fight for survival in a post-apocalyptic world.

    To survive in a ruined world, she must embrace the darkness… Allison Sekemoto survives in the Fringe, the outermost circle of a walled-in city. By day, she and her crew scavenge for food. By night, ... (Goodreads)

  27. Cress

    by Marissa Meyer
    A girl's fight to reclaim her identity and save her kingdom from a tyrannical queen.

    The novel begins with an introduction to Crescent "Cress" Moon Darnel, a sixteen-year-old girl living in a satellite in space that has been her prison for most of her life. She is contacted by ... (Wikipedia)

  28. The Darkest Minds

    by Alexandra Bracken
    Young adults with extraordinary powers fight for survival against a tyrannical government.

    When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something alarming enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that gets her sent to ... (Goodreads)

  29. The Power of Six

    by Pittacus Lore
    Six gifted teenagers fight against an alien race threatening Earth's survival. Action-packed and suspenseful, with a touch of romance.

    The book is told by various members of the Garde: Number Four (John Smith), who is on the run with Sam, Six, and Bernie Kosar (aka Hadley, a Lorien Chimæra), and Number Seven (Marina), who's hiding ... (Wikipedia)

  30. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

    by Max Brooks
    A collection of interviews recounting tales of the zombie apocalypse.

    It has been nearly twenty years since the start of the apocalyptic worldwide pandemic known as the Zombie War, and about ten years since the war has ended in humanity's victory. The framing device ... (Wikipedia)