🦠 Infected Protagonist

Stories in which the main character carries the very threat they're trying to survive, creating unbearable tension between self-preservation and the danger they pose to others.

Symbiont

by Mira Grant • 2014

A tapeworm-human hybrid awakens to her true nature as a plague turns hosts into sleepwalkers.

3.71

8k+

🩸 Body Horror 🧬 Biopunk ⚠️ Scientific Hubris 🎭 Identity Crisis 👤 Body Snatchers

Symbiont 90%

A tapeworm-human hybrid awakens to her true nature as a plague turns hosts into sleepwalkers.

by Mira Grant 2014

3.71

8k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror 🧬 Biopunk ⚠️ Scientific Hubris 🎭 Identity Crisis 👤 Body Snatchers

Chimera

by Mira Grant • 2015

A tapeworm wearing a human face fights to survive the war between the species she straddles.

3.84

6k+

🪱 Parasite Horror 🧬 Pandemic Sci-Fi 🧠 Sentient Parasite 🫂 Found Family 👹 Monster Protagonist

Chimera 90%

A tapeworm wearing a human face fights to survive the war between the species she straddles.

by Mira Grant 2015

3.84

6k+ ratings

🪱 Parasite Horror 🧬 Pandemic Sci-Fi 🧠 Sentient Parasite 🫂 Found Family 👹 Monster Protagonist

Parasite

by Mira Grant • 2013

Her life-saving tapeworm is waking up. It wants control of her body and everyone else's.

3.68

19k+

🩸 Medical Body Horror 🦠 Parasitic Outbreak 🔍 Lost Identity 🏢 Corporate Cover-Up 🧬 Hybrid Consciousness

Parasite 89%

Her life-saving tapeworm is waking up. It wants control of her body and everyone else's.

by Mira Grant 2013

3.68

19k+ ratings

🩸 Medical Body Horror 🦠 Parasitic Outbreak 🔍 Lost Identity 🏢 Corporate Cover-Up 🧬 Hybrid Consciousness

This Book Is Full of Spiders

by David Wong • 2012

A slacker sees invisible spiders infect his neighbors, then the military quarantines the town.

4.26

35k+

🎭 Comic Horror 🕷️ Parasite Horror 🏚️ Quarantine Horror 🤪 Absurdist Horror 👁️ Unseen Threat

This Book Is Full of Spiders 89%

A slacker sees invisible spiders infect his neighbors, then the military quarantines the town.

by David Wong 2012

4.26

35k+ ratings

🎭 Comic Horror 🕷️ Parasite Horror 🏚️ Quarantine Horror 🤪 Absurdist Horror 👁️ Unseen Threat

Star Wars

by Joe Schreiber • 2010

A Sith experiment spawns a zombie plague; a captured Jedi and her psychic orchid are the only cure.

3.46

9k+

🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🖤 Space Gothic 🌱 Sentient Plants 🔪 Survival Horror ❄️ Frozen World

Star Wars 88%

A Sith experiment spawns a zombie plague; a captured Jedi and her psychic orchid are the only cure.

by Joe Schreiber 2010

3.46

9k+ ratings

🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🖤 Space Gothic 🌱 Sentient Plants 🔪 Survival Horror ❄️ Frozen World

Patient Zero

by Jonathan Maberry • 2009

A detective must stop a zombie plague while a traitor sabotages his team from within.

4.00

31k+

🦠 Bioterrorism 🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🪖 Military Thriller 🔪 Traitor In The Ranks 🫡 Reluctant Leader

Patient Zero 88%

A detective must stop a zombie plague while a traitor sabotages his team from within.

by Jonathan Maberry 2009

4.00

31k+ ratings

🦠 Bioterrorism 🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🪖 Military Thriller 🔪 Traitor In The Ranks 🫡 Reluctant Leader

The Girl with All the Gifts

by M.R. Carey • 2014

Melanie is a genius child caged by soldiers. She loves her teacher. She is not human.

3.95

246k+

🍄 Fungal Apocalypse 🧠 Sentient Infected 📚 Teacher Protector 🖤 Sympathetic Monster ⚖️ Unethical Science

The Girl with All the Gifts 88%

Melanie is a genius child caged by soldiers. She loves her teacher. She is not human.

by M.R. Carey 2014

3.95

246k+ ratings

🍄 Fungal Apocalypse 🧠 Sentient Infected 📚 Teacher Protector 🖤 Sympathetic Monster ⚖️ Unethical Science

Dark Inside

by Jeyn Roberts • 2011

An ancient evil spreads after the quakes, turning people into killers. Four teens fight to survive.

3.92

9k+

🧟 Infected Apocalypse 👁️ Ancient Evil Unleashed 🗣️ Multiple Perspectives 🤝 Found Family 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

Dark Inside 88%

An ancient evil spreads after the quakes, turning people into killers. Four teens fight to survive.

by Jeyn Roberts 2011

3.92

9k+ ratings

🧟 Infected Apocalypse 👁️ Ancient Evil Unleashed 🗣️ Multiple Perspectives 🤝 Found Family 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

The Strain

by Guillermo del Toro • 2009

A dead plane at JFK, a CDC doctor, and a vampire plague that surfaces at sundown.

3.80

91k+

🩸 Vampire Plague 🔬 Epidemiological Horror 👹 Ancient Evil ⚔️ Vampire Hunters 🦠 Body Horror

The Strain 88%

A dead plane at JFK, a CDC doctor, and a vampire plague that surfaces at sundown.

by Guillermo del Toro 2009

3.80

91k+ ratings

🩸 Vampire Plague 🔬 Epidemiological Horror 👹 Ancient Evil ⚔️ Vampire Hunters 🦠 Body Horror

Dreamcatcher

by Stephen King • 2001

Four friends' hunting trip turns deadly when they shelter a lost man carrying an alien parasite.

3.66

187k+

🩸 Body Horror 👽 Alien Possession 🧠 Telepathic Bond 🦠 Alien Parasite 👦 Childhood Friends

Dreamcatcher 88%

Four friends' hunting trip turns deadly when they shelter a lost man carrying an alien parasite.

by Stephen King 2001

3.66

187k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror 👽 Alien Possession 🧠 Telepathic Bond 🦠 Alien Parasite 👦 Childhood Friends

Cell

by Stephen King • 2006

A signal drives cell phone users insane; one father crosses the burning world to save his son.

3.65

238k+

🧟 Survival Horror 🚗 Apocalyptic Road Trip 💻 Techno-Horror 🤝 Found Family 🧠 Collective Hive Mind

Cell 88%

A signal drives cell phone users insane; one father crosses the burning world to save his son.

by Stephen King 2006

3.65

238k+ ratings

🧟 Survival Horror 🚗 Apocalyptic Road Trip 💻 Techno-Horror 🤝 Found Family 🧠 Collective Hive Mind

They All Died Screaming

by Kristopher Triana • 2020

A plague of screams ends society, and a broken drunk faces the pig farm that made him a monster.

3.58

3k+

🩸 Splatterpunk 🔄 Victim To Predator 🔗 Cycle Of Abuse 🫀 Body Horror 🥩 Cannibalism Horror

They All Died Screaming 87%

A plague of screams ends society, and a broken drunk faces the pig farm that made him a monster.

by Kristopher Triana 2020

3.58

3k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk 🔄 Victim To Predator 🔗 Cycle Of Abuse 🫀 Body Horror 🥩 Cannibalism Horror

The Seven Visitations of Sydney Burgess

by Andy Marino • 2021

An intruder dies in her home. She remembers nothing. The presence stirring inside her is ravenous.

3.04

2k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🩸 Body Horror 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🏠 Suburban Horror 🧩 Memory Gaps

The Seven Visitations of Sydney Burgess Summary

The Seven Visitations of Sydney Burgess 87%

An intruder dies in her home. She remembers nothing. The presence stirring inside her is ravenous.

by Andy Marino 2021

3.04

2k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🩸 Body Horror 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🏠 Suburban Horror 🧩 Memory Gaps

The Kill Order

by James Dashner • 2012

A mind-shredding virus sweeps the wasteland. One immune child is the cure; her protectors go mad.

3.71

263k+

🦠 Viral Outbreak 😱 Survival Horror 👧 Immune Child 🤪 Descent Into Madness ☀️ Environmental Collapse

The Kill Order 87%

A mind-shredding virus sweeps the wasteland. One immune child is the cure; her protectors go mad.

by James Dashner 2012

3.71

263k+ ratings

🦠 Viral Outbreak 😱 Survival Horror 👧 Immune Child 🤪 Descent Into Madness ☀️ Environmental Collapse

The City of Mirrors

by Justin Cronin • 2016

The first viral returns to crush humanity's last city, and one immortal girl must end him.

4.22

62k+

🦠 Viral Apocalypse 📖 Literary Horror 🧛 Vampire Plague 💔 Found Family ⚡ Sacrificial Savior

The City of Mirrors 87%

The first viral returns to crush humanity's last city, and one immortal girl must end him.

by Justin Cronin 2016

4.22

62k+ ratings

🦠 Viral Apocalypse 📖 Literary Horror 🧛 Vampire Plague 💔 Found Family ⚡ Sacrificial Savior

The Twelve

by Justin Cronin • 2012

When an experiment creates twelve immortal predators, one girl's blood becomes the only weapon left.

4.03

107k+

🦠 Viral Apocalypse 📚 Literary Horror 🧛 Superhuman Predators 🇺🇸 Ruined America ✨ Girl With Hidden Power

The Twelve 87%

When an experiment creates twelve immortal predators, one girl's blood becomes the only weapon left.

by Justin Cronin 2012

4.03

107k+ ratings

🦠 Viral Apocalypse 📚 Literary Horror 🧛 Superhuman Predators 🇺🇸 Ruined America ✨ Girl With Hidden Power

The Passage

by Justin Cronin • 2010

A government experiment unleashes a vampiric plague, and a child may be the world's only hope.

4.05

224k+

🧛 Vampire Apocalypse 🏘️ Walled Colony 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 👧 Chosen Child 🧠 Hive Mind Creatures

The Passage 87%

A government experiment unleashes a vampiric plague, and a child may be the world's only hope.

by Justin Cronin 2010

4.05

224k+ ratings

🧛 Vampire Apocalypse 🏘️ Walled Colony 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 👧 Chosen Child 🧠 Hive Mind Creatures

The Troop

by Nick Cutter • 2014

A remote scout trip turns lethal when a starving man brings a parasite eating from within.

3.83

129k+

🦠 Body Horror 🏕️ Survival Horror 🏝️ Trapped On An Island 🧫 Contagion Horror 👦 Boys In Peril

The Troop 87%

A remote scout trip turns lethal when a starving man brings a parasite eating from within.

by Nick Cutter 2014

3.83

129k+ ratings

🦠 Body Horror 🏕️ Survival Horror 🏝️ Trapped On An Island 🧫 Contagion Horror 👦 Boys In Peril

Our Dark Duet

by Victoria Schwab • 2017

Infected by a creature of pure violence, a monster hunter returns to the fractured city she fled.

4.12

62k+

🗡️ Monster Hunters 🎵 Monsters With Souls 🖤 Found Family 💀 Monster Protagonist 🏙️ Divided City

Our Dark Duet 87%

Infected by a creature of pure violence, a monster hunter returns to the fractured city she fled.

by Victoria Schwab 2017

4.12

62k+ ratings

🗡️ Monster Hunters 🎵 Monsters With Souls 🖤 Found Family 💀 Monster Protagonist 🏙️ Divided City

Apocalypse Z

by Manel Loureiro • 2012

Alone with his cat in a barricaded house, a widower blogs the zombie apocalypse engulfing Spain.

3.89

16k+

🖤 Epistolary Horror 💔 Grieving Widower 🐈 Cat Companion 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🧠 Psychological Horror

Apocalypse Z 87%

Alone with his cat in a barricaded house, a widower blogs the zombie apocalypse engulfing Spain.

by Manel Loureiro 2012

3.89

16k+ ratings

🖤 Epistolary Horror 💔 Grieving Widower 🐈 Cat Companion 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🧠 Psychological Horror

Darwin's Radio

by Greg Bear • 1999

A dormant virus stirs in our genome, turning pregnancy into the engine of human evolution.

3.73

17k+

🧬 Hard Science Fiction 🦠 Ancient Virus Awakens 🧫 Genetic Transformation 😷 Pandemic Panic 👶 New Species Emerges

Darwin's Radio 87%

A dormant virus stirs in our genome, turning pregnancy into the engine of human evolution.

by Greg Bear 1999

3.73

17k+ ratings

🧬 Hard Science Fiction 🦠 Ancient Virus Awakens 🧫 Genetic Transformation 😷 Pandemic Panic 👶 New Species Emerges

The Cuck

by Aron Beauregard • 2022

Answering a risqué ad, two friends meet a voyeuristic old man whose gaze becomes a curse.

3.38

2k+

🩸 Extreme Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🦠 Parasitic Entity 🧛 Sexual Curse 🏚️ Decrepit House

The Cuck 87%

Answering a risqué ad, two friends meet a voyeuristic old man whose gaze becomes a curse.

by Aron Beauregard 2022

3.38

2k+ ratings

🩸 Extreme Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🦠 Parasitic Entity 🧛 Sexual Curse 🏚️ Decrepit House

Sour Candy

by Kealan Patrick Burke • 2015

A Walmart candy aisle encounter costs a man his teeth, his girlfriend, and his reality.

3.59

26k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 🦷 Body Horror 🧬 Parasitic Entity 😵 Reality Gaslighting 👔 Reluctant Father

Sour Candy 87%

A Walmart candy aisle encounter costs a man his teeth, his girlfriend, and his reality.

by Kealan Patrick Burke 2015

3.59

26k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 🦷 Body Horror 🧬 Parasitic Entity 😵 Reality Gaslighting 👔 Reluctant Father

SickER Bastards

by Matt Shaw • 2014

A man breaks free from a government cannibalism experiment and carries the appetite home.

3.81

924

🔞 Extreme Horror 🏚️ Captivity Horror 🧬 Engineered Plague 🫀 Body Horror 🧠 Unreliable Narrator

SickER Bastards 86%

A man breaks free from a government cannibalism experiment and carries the appetite home.

by Matt Shaw 2014

3.81

924 ratings

🔞 Extreme Horror 🏚️ Captivity Horror 🧬 Engineered Plague 🫀 Body Horror 🧠 Unreliable Narrator

Wolf Worm

by T. Kingfisher • 2026

An illustrator draws parasites at a remote Southern mansion where the shed conceals a living secret.

4.11

15k+

🩸 Gothic Body Horror 📜 Historical Horror 🖤 Found Family 🧛 Hidden Creature 🧪 Mad Scientist

Wolf Worm 86%

An illustrator draws parasites at a remote Southern mansion where the shed conceals a living secret.

by T. Kingfisher 2026

4.11

15k+ ratings

🩸 Gothic Body Horror 📜 Historical Horror 🖤 Found Family 🧛 Hidden Creature 🧪 Mad Scientist

Commune

by Joshua Gayou • 2017

After a plague, a lone survivor leads three strangers across a dead America to Wyoming.

4.18

3k+

🦠 Plague Apocalypse 🌍 Grounded Apocalypse 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Reluctant Leader 🏘️ Community Building

Commune 86%

After a plague, a lone survivor leads three strangers across a dead America to Wyoming.

by Joshua Gayou 2017

4.18

3k+ ratings

🦠 Plague Apocalypse 🌍 Grounded Apocalypse 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Reluctant Leader 🏘️ Community Building

Gravity

by Tess Gerritsen • 2000

An alien organism devours the ISS crew from within. Earth condemns them all. One doctor refuses.

4.10

18k+

🩺 Medical Thriller 👽 Alien Pathogen 🦠 Body Horror 🔒 Claustrophobic Tension 🚀 Near Future Space

Gravity 86%

An alien organism devours the ISS crew from within. Earth condemns them all. One doctor refuses.

by Tess Gerritsen 2000

4.10

18k+ ratings

🩺 Medical Thriller 👽 Alien Pathogen 🦠 Body Horror 🔒 Claustrophobic Tension 🚀 Near Future Space

The Forest of Hands and Teeth

by Carrie Ryan • 2009

Surrounded by the undead, a girl clings to her mother's dream of an ocean beyond the forest.

3.60

88k+

🧟 Zombie Apocalypse ⛪ Religious Dystopia 💔 Forbidden Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage 🏘️ Isolated Village

The Forest of Hands and Teeth 86%

Surrounded by the undead, a girl clings to her mother's dream of an ocean beyond the forest.

by Carrie Ryan 2009

3.60

88k+ ratings

🧟 Zombie Apocalypse ⛪ Religious Dystopia 💔 Forbidden Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage 🏘️ Isolated Village

Nestlings

by Nat Cassidy • 2023

A paraplegic mother wins a luxury apartment in a building that feeds on families like hers.

3.78

28k+

🩸 Postpartum Horror 🏢 Sentient Building 🦴 Body Horror 🏚️ Gothic Apartment 🕷️ Parasitic Colony

Nestlings 86%

A paraplegic mother wins a luxury apartment in a building that feeds on families like hers.

by Nat Cassidy 2023

3.78

28k+ ratings

🩸 Postpartum Horror 🏢 Sentient Building 🦴 Body Horror 🏚️ Gothic Apartment 🕷️ Parasitic Colony

Fledgling

by Octavia E. Butler • 2005

Waking in a cave with no memory, a daylight vampire discovers her skin is a death sentence.

3.79

40k+

🧬 Biological Vampires ☀️ Daylight Vampire 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist 🖤 Found Family 💉 Coercive Symbiosis

Fledgling 86%

Waking in a cave with no memory, a daylight vampire discovers her skin is a death sentence.

by Octavia E. Butler 2005

3.79

40k+ ratings

🧬 Biological Vampires ☀️ Daylight Vampire 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist 🖤 Found Family 💉 Coercive Symbiosis

Partials

by Dan Wells • 2012

To save the last newborns from extinction, a medic kidnaps a genetically engineered enemy soldier.

3.93

60k+

🦠 Virus Apocalypse 🤰 Dystopian Pregnancy 🤖 Engineered Beings 🔗 Captive To Ally 🧬 Hybrid Identity

Partials 86%

To save the last newborns from extinction, a medic kidnaps a genetically engineered enemy soldier.

by Dan Wells 2012

3.93

60k+ ratings

🦠 Virus Apocalypse 🤰 Dystopian Pregnancy 🤖 Engineered Beings 🔗 Captive To Ally 🧬 Hybrid Identity

Hollow Kingdom

by Kira Jane Buxton • 2019

After the humans turn into monsters, a crow and his dog fight to save Seattle's abandoned pets.

3.83

31k+

🐦 Animal Point Of View 🐕 Loyal Dog Companion 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Dark Humor 🏚️ Urban Decay

Hollow Kingdom 86%

After the humans turn into monsters, a crow and his dog fight to save Seattle's abandoned pets.

by Kira Jane Buxton 2019

3.83

31k+ ratings

🐦 Animal Point Of View 🐕 Loyal Dog Companion 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Dark Humor 🏚️ Urban Decay

The Queen

by Nick Cutter • 2024

Texts from her missing best friend lure a teen into a country club turned wasp hive.

3.53

8k+

🫀 Body Horror 🐝 Insect Horror 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔪 Revenge Narrative

The Queen 86%

Texts from her missing best friend lure a teen into a country club turned wasp hive.

by Nick Cutter 2024

3.53

8k+ ratings

🫀 Body Horror 🐝 Insect Horror 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔪 Revenge Narrative

The Girl in Red

by Christina Henry • 2019

Plague-ravaged America. Woman with axe. Grandmother's cabin. Woods hide worse than wolves.

3.71

20k+

🧺 Red Riding Hood Retelling 🔪 Survival Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🌲 Dark Fairytale 🦿 Disabled Protagonist

The Girl in Red 86%

Plague-ravaged America. Woman with axe. Grandmother's cabin. Woods hide worse than wolves.

by Christina Henry 2019

3.71

20k+ ratings

🧺 Red Riding Hood Retelling 🔪 Survival Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🌲 Dark Fairytale 🦿 Disabled Protagonist

Swarm

by Jennifer D. Lyle • 2023

Killer butterflies attack, an anxious teen barricades her home against winged predators and infected

3.65

2k+

🦋 Creature Horror 🦠 Outbreak Horror 😰 Anxious Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Reluctant Hero

Swarm 86%

Killer butterflies attack, an anxious teen barricades her home against winged predators and infected

by Jennifer D. Lyle 2023

3.65

2k+ ratings

🦋 Creature Horror 🦠 Outbreak Horror 😰 Anxious Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Reluctant Hero

Wilder Girls

by Rory Power • 2019

A quarantined school mutates its girls. When a friend vanishes, a survivor digs for answers.

3.45

101k+

🩸 Body Horror 🚫 Quarantine Horror 💘 Sapphic Slow Burn 🏝️ Isolated Island 🃏 Adult Betrayal

Wilder Girls 86%

A quarantined school mutates its girls. When a friend vanishes, a survivor digs for answers.

by Rory Power 2019

3.45

101k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror 🚫 Quarantine Horror 💘 Sapphic Slow Burn 🏝️ Isolated Island 🃏 Adult Betrayal

The Walking Dead, Vol. 1

by Robert Kirkman • 2004

A sheriff wakes from a coma to a world overrun by the dead, his family missing.

4.27

244k+

🧟 Zombie Apocalypse 🏕️ Survivor Camp 👮 Reluctant Leader 💔 Love Triangle 💀 Grim Survival

The Walking Dead, Vol. 1 86%

A sheriff wakes from a coma to a world overrun by the dead, his family missing.

by Robert Kirkman 2004

4.27

244k+ ratings

🧟 Zombie Apocalypse 🏕️ Survivor Camp 👮 Reluctant Leader 💔 Love Triangle 💀 Grim Survival

Little Mushroom

by Yi Shi Si Zhou • 2022

A sentient mushroom disguised as human seeks his lost spore in a fortress that executes mutants.

4.59

6k+

🍄 Nonhuman Protagonist 💕 Slow-Burn Romance 🎭 Identity Concealment 🫂 Found Family 🧬 Body Horror Mutation

Little Mushroom 86%

A sentient mushroom disguised as human seeks his lost spore in a fortress that executes mutants.

by Yi Shi Si Zhou 2022

4.59

6k+ ratings

🍄 Nonhuman Protagonist 💕 Slow-Burn Romance 🎭 Identity Concealment 🫂 Found Family 🧬 Body Horror Mutation

The Enemy

by Charlie Higson • 2009

All adults are monsters now. London's kids fight toward Buckingham Palace, the last rumored refuge.

4.10

26k+

🧟 Zombie Apocalypse 👦 Children Vs Adults 🫂 Found Family 🎖️ Reluctant Leader 🏙️ Post-Apocalyptic London

The Enemy 86%

All adults are monsters now. London's kids fight toward Buckingham Palace, the last rumored refuge.

by Charlie Higson 2009

4.10

26k+ ratings

🧟 Zombie Apocalypse 👦 Children Vs Adults 🫂 Found Family 🎖️ Reluctant Leader 🏙️ Post-Apocalyptic London

The Hot Zone

by Richard Preston • 1994

Ebola turns organs to liquid, kills nine in ten. In 1989, it surfaced in suburban Virginia.

4.16

122k+

🦠 Viral Outbreaks 🐒 Zoonotic Diseases 📰 Narrative Journalism 💀 Medical Thriller 🏥 Public Health

The Hot Zone 86%

Ebola turns organs to liquid, kills nine in ten. In 1989, it surfaced in suburban Virginia.

by Richard Preston 1994

4.16

122k+ ratings

🦠 Viral Outbreaks 🐒 Zoonotic Diseases 📰 Narrative Journalism 💀 Medical Thriller 🏥 Public Health

The Knight and the Butcherbird

by Alix E. Harrow • 2025

Her wife became a demon to survive. Now a scarred knight has come to kill her.

3.99

13k+

🩸 Body Horror Fantasy 💔 Monstrous Lover 🏹 Lost Wife Quest 🌿 Rural Apocalypse 🦴 Monstrous Transformation

The Knight and the Butcherbird 86%

Her wife became a demon to survive. Now a scarred knight has come to kill her.

by Alix E. Harrow 2025

3.99

13k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror Fantasy 💔 Monstrous Lover 🏹 Lost Wife Quest 🌿 Rural Apocalypse 🦴 Monstrous Transformation

The Laughing Corpse

by Laurell K. Hamilton • 1994

A necromancer refuses to trade a life for a zombie. Now a voodoo queen demands hers.

4.13

89k+

🪦 Voodoo Horror 🔫 Hardboiled Urban Fantasy 💀 Necromancer Protagonist 🩸 Vampire Human Bond 🧟 Zombie Raising

The Laughing Corpse 86%

A necromancer refuses to trade a life for a zombie. Now a voodoo queen demands hers.

by Laurell K. Hamilton 1994

4.13

89k+ ratings

🪦 Voodoo Horror 🔫 Hardboiled Urban Fantasy 💀 Necromancer Protagonist 🩸 Vampire Human Bond 🧟 Zombie Raising

No Safety in Numbers

by Dayna Lorentz • 2012

Quarantined in a mall with a lethal virus, four teens battle panic, disease, and each other.

3.53

7k+

🦠 Viral Outbreak 🛍️ Trapped In A Mall 🤝 Unlikely Allies 👥 Multiple Pov 🫂 Found Family

No Safety in Numbers 86%

Quarantined in a mall with a lethal virus, four teens battle panic, disease, and each other.

by Dayna Lorentz 2012

3.53

7k+ ratings

🦠 Viral Outbreak 🛍️ Trapped In A Mall 🤝 Unlikely Allies 👥 Multiple Pov 🫂 Found Family

Warm Bodies

by Isaac Marion • 2010

A zombie saves a girl from his own kind and discovers a hunger stronger than flesh.

3.91

110k+

🧟 Zombie Romance 🌹 Beauty And The Beast 💕 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Forbidden Love 🫂 Found Family

Warm Bodies 86%

A zombie saves a girl from his own kind and discovers a hunger stronger than flesh.

by Isaac Marion 2010

3.91

110k+ ratings

🧟 Zombie Romance 🌹 Beauty And The Beast 💕 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Forbidden Love 🫂 Found Family

Sick Bastards

by Matt Shaw • 2014

A memoryless family cannibalizes strangers to survive, until one learns the apocalypse was faked.

3.54

4k+

💀 Extreme Horror 🥩 Cannibalism Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🖤 Incestuous Family 🧪 Government Experiment

Sick Bastards 86%

A memoryless family cannibalizes strangers to survive, until one learns the apocalypse was faked.

by Matt Shaw 2014

3.54

4k+ ratings

💀 Extreme Horror 🥩 Cannibalism Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🖤 Incestuous Family 🧪 Government Experiment

It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over

by Anne de Marcken • 2024

An undead woman keeps a crow inside her chest, forgetting everything but who she loved.

3.61

20k+

🖤 Undead Grief 🚪 Liminal Spaces 🐦 Metaphor Made Literal 🌊 Contemplative Horror 🌕 Surreal Apocalypse

It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over Summary

It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over 86%

An undead woman keeps a crow inside her chest, forgetting everything but who she loved.

by Anne de Marcken 2024

3.61

20k+ ratings

🖤 Undead Grief 🚪 Liminal Spaces 🐦 Metaphor Made Literal 🌊 Contemplative Horror 🌕 Surreal Apocalypse

Dreadnought

by Cherie Priest • 2010

Trapped on a Union war train, a nurse discovers its cargo of corpses is rising hungry.

3.87

8k+

🏜️ Weird West 💉 Wartime Nurse 🚂 Journey By Train 🧪 Weaponized Plague 🤝 Enemies To Allies

Dreadnought 86%

Trapped on a Union war train, a nurse discovers its cargo of corpses is rising hungry.

by Cherie Priest 2010

3.87

8k+ ratings

🏜️ Weird West 💉 Wartime Nurse 🚂 Journey By Train 🧪 Weaponized Plague 🤝 Enemies To Allies

The Andromeda Strain

by Michael Crichton • 1969

An alien organism kills a desert town, then mutates inside the sealed lab hunting it.

3.91

274k+

🧬 Techno Thriller 🦠 Alien Pathogen ⚠️ Containment Breach 🧪 Underground Laboratory 🔄 Rapid Mutation

The Andromeda Strain 86%

An alien organism kills a desert town, then mutates inside the sealed lab hunting it.

by Michael Crichton 1969

3.91

274k+ ratings

🧬 Techno Thriller 🦠 Alien Pathogen ⚠️ Containment Breach 🧪 Underground Laboratory 🔄 Rapid Mutation

The Boy Who Couldn't Die

by William Sleator • 2005

A teen buys invulnerability from a bokor and discovers his dreams are real murders.

3.66

2k+

🧿 Voodoo Magic ⏳ Cursed Immortality 👹 Reluctant Monster 🕯️ Dark Ritual 🩸 Body Horror

The Boy Who Couldn't Die 86%

A teen buys invulnerability from a bokor and discovers his dreams are real murders.

by William Sleator 2005

3.66

2k+ ratings

🧿 Voodoo Magic ⏳ Cursed Immortality 👹 Reluctant Monster 🕯️ Dark Ritual 🩸 Body Horror

The End of the World As We Know It

by Christopher Golden • 2025

A flu kills billions; survivors dream of a compassionate elder or a wicked charmer.

3.84

8k+

🦠 Pandemic Apocalypse 👥 Found Family 🧬 Mutant Outcasts 😈 Charismatic Villain 🌐 Parallel Worlds

The End of the World As We Know It Summary

The End of the World As We Know It 86%

A flu kills billions; survivors dream of a compassionate elder or a wicked charmer.

by Christopher Golden 2025

3.84

8k+ ratings

🦠 Pandemic Apocalypse 👥 Found Family 🧬 Mutant Outcasts 😈 Charismatic Villain 🌐 Parallel Worlds

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