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Books about Panic
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)
The Mist
by Stephen King
A group of survivors confront terror and terrorizing creatures in a thick mist.
The morning after a severe thunderstorm , an unnaturally thick mist gradually envelopes the small town of Bridgton, Maine. Artist David Drayton, along with his son Billy and neighbor Brent Norton ... (Wikipedia)
Lucifer's Hammer
by Larry Niven
A cataclysmic comet strikes Earth, leading to a fight for survival.
When wealthy soap company heir and amateur astronomer Tim Hamner co-discovers a new comet , dubbed Hamner-Brown, the documentary producer Harvey Randall persuades Hamner to have his family's company ... (Wikipedia)
The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead
by Max Brooks
A comprehensive guide to surviving a zombie apocalypse, from preparation to combat.
The Zombie Survival Guide is your key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now. Fully illustrated and exhaustively comprehensive, this book covers everything you ... (Goodreads)
Uzumaki
by Junji Ito
Horror manga about a cursed town plagued by mysterious supernatural spirals.
Uzumaki follows a high-school teenager, Kirie Goshima (,五島桐絵,) ; her boyfriend, Shuichi Saito (,斎藤秀一,) ; and the citizens of the small, quiet Japanese town of Kurouzu-cho (,黒渦町,, Black Vortex Town,) ... (Wikipedia)
Desperation
by Stephen King
A small town terrorized by a mysterious force, with a group of strangers struggling for survival.
Alternate Cover Edition ISBN 0451188462 (ISBN13: 9780451188465) There's a place along Interstate 50 that some call the loneliest place on Earth. It's known as Desperation, Nevada. It's not a very ... (Goodreads)
Days Gone Bye
by Robert Kirkman
Small-town sheriff's journey to survive a zombie-filled apocalyptic world.
The world we knew is gone. The world of commerce and frivolous necessity has been replaced by a world of survival and responsibility. An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, ... (Barnes & Noble)
And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie
A group of strangers are invited to an isolated island, only to find themselves accused of murder.
These details correspond to the text of the 1939 first edition. Eight people arrive on a small, isolated island off the Devon coast, each having received an unexpected personal invitation. They are ... (Wikipedia)
Intensity
by Dean Koontz
Thriller of a young woman's race against time to save the life of an innocent child.
Chyna Shepherd is a college student visiting the family of her friend, Laura Templeton, for a long weekend. Chyna, who was abused and neglected by her mother as a child, finds that the Templeton ... (Wikipedia)
Killman Creek
by Rachel Caine
A woman's fight for survival against a killer who won't rest until he finds her.
A #1, Wall Street Journal, bestseller.,, Every time Gwen closed her eyes, she saw him in her nightmares. Now her eyes are open, and he’s not going away., Gwen Proctor won the battle to save her kids ... (Barnes & Noble)
Caught
by Harlan Coben
A man's search to uncover the truth behind his wife's disappearance and his own involvement.
17-year-old Haley McWaid is a good girl, the pride of her suburban New Jersey family, captain of the lacrosse team, headed off to college next year with all the hopes and dreams her doting parents ... (Wikipedia)
Gerald's Game
by Stephen King
An innocent game between a married couple turns into a fight for survival.
Jessie Burlingame and her husband Gerald, a successful and aggressive lawyer, travel to their secluded lakehouse in western Maine for an unplanned romantic getaway. The titular "game" involves ... (Wikipedia)
Along Came a Spider
by James Patterson
A detective races against time to solve a kidnapper's twisted game.
What have we got? A missing little girl named Maggie Rose . . . a family of three brutally murdered in the projects of Washington, D.C. . . . the thrill-killing of a beautiful elementary school ... (Goodreads)
Promise Me
by Harlan Coben
A gripping thriller about a father's desperate search for his missing daughter.
It has been six years since entertainment agent Myron Bolitar last played superhero. In six years he hasn’t thrown a punch. He hasn’t held, much less fired, a gun. He hasn’t called his friend Win, ... (Wikipedia)
Life As We Knew It
by Susan Beth Pfeffer
A teenage girl's struggle to survive an apocalyptic disaster, relying on her resilience and resourcefulness.
Miranda’s disbelief turns to fear in a split second when a meteor knocks the moon closer to the earth. How should her family prepare for the future when worldwide tsunamis wipe out the coasts, ... (Goodreads)
Heart-Shaped Box
by Joe Hill
A retired rock star's haunted purchase leads to a terrifying confrontation with death.
Aging, self-absorbed rock star Judas Coyne has a thing for the macabre – his collection includes sketches from infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy, a trepanned skull from the 16th century, a used ... (Goodreads)
Under the Dome
by Stephen King
Small town experiences a sudden and mysterious isolation, leading to chaos and terror.
At 11:44 a.m. on October 21, 2017, the small Maine town of Chester's Mill is abruptly and gruesomely separated from the outside world by an invisible, semipermeable barrier of unknown origin. The ... (Wikipedia)
The Dark Forest
by Liu Cixin
Humanity faces a daunting challenge when an alien race threatens the existence of our species.
This is the second novel in "Remembrance of Earth’s Past", the near-future trilogy written by the China's multiple-award-winning science fiction author, Cixin Liu. In The Dark Forest , Earth is ... (Goodreads)
The Exorcist
by William Peter Blatty
A priest's battle against a powerful demon possessing a young girl.
An elderly Jesuit priest named Father Lankester Merrin is leading an archaeological dig in northern Iraq and is studying ancient relics. After discovering a small statue of the demon Pazuzu (an ... (Wikipedia)
The 39 Steps
by John Buchan
An ordinary man is framed for murder and must go on the run from the police to clear his name.
In May of 1914, war looms in Europe. Richard Hannay returns home to London after living in Rhodesia . One night his neighbour, an American who claims to be in fear for his life, visits Hannay. The ... (Wikipedia)
The Running Man
by Richard Bachman
A man's journey fighting for his life in a deadly game, facing impossible odds.
In 2025, the world's economy is in shambles and America has become a totalitarian dystopia. 28-year-old Ben Richards, an impoverished resident of the fictional Co-Op City, is unable to find work, ... (Wikipedia)
The Omen
by David Seltzer
A family discovers the terrifying truth about their new-born son, who is the Antichrist.
Now updated, this classic tale of the antichrist who comes to Earth in the form of a young boy is available in time for 20th Century Fox's contemporary remake of the 1976 classic film, starring Liev ... (Goodreads)
Rhinoceros
by Eugène Ionesco
A surrealist play about a town succumbing to mass political conformity.
The play starts in the town square of a small provincial French village. Two friends meet at a coffee shop: eloquent, intellectual and prideful Jean, and the simple, shy, kind-hearted drunkard ... (Wikipedia)
Beat the Reaper
by Josh Bazell
A former doctor turned hitman on the run from the mob, struggling to protect his identity.
The plot, written in first-person and alternating between present-day scenes and flashbacks , concerns Peter Brown, a medical resident in the Federal Witness Protection Program . In the flashback ... (Wikipedia)
Battle Royale
by Koushun Takami
High school students forced to fight to the death in a dystopian society.
Battle Royale takes place in a fictional fascist Japan in the year 1997. The state, known as the Republic of Greater East Asia (,大東亜共和国,, Dai Tōa Kyōwakoku,) , arose after an alternate World War 2 ... (Wikipedia)
Say Cheese and Die!
by R.L. Stine
A group of kids uncovers a cursed camera that brings disaster to all who use it.
Greg thinks there is something wrong with the old camera he found. The photos keep turning out . . . different. When Greg takes a picture of his father's brand-new car, it's wrecked in the photo. And ... (Goodreads)
The Calm Before
by Robert Kirkman
Survivors of a mysterious virus battle to protect the last vestiges of humanity.
The world we knew is gone. The world of commerce and frivolous necessity has been replaced by a world of survival and responsibility., An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Good Girl
by Mary Kubica
A woman's desperate attempt to save her kidnapped daughter reveals dark secrets of her past.
Look out for Mary Kubica’s new twisty psychological thriller,, The Other Mrs., perfect for fans of “You”.,Over a million copies sold.,“A twisty, roller coaster ride of a debut. Fans of, Gone Girl, ... (Barnes & Noble)
Midnight
by Dean Koontz
An isolated woman must protect her family from a mysterious intruder at the stroke of midnight.
The book opens with four separate stories that quickly weave themselves together and become different viewpoints of one overarching plot. First: Janice Capshaw, a nighttime jogger, is pursued and ... (Wikipedia)
Countdown City
by Ben H. Winters
Detective finds himself in a race against time to save the world from an impending apocalypse.
With electricity and telecommunications links down, petroleum increasingly scarce and with water supplies of unknown potability, former Concord police detective Henry Palace is in a race with time. ... (Wikipedia)
The Haunted Mask
by R.L. Stine
A young girl's Halloween adventure gone wrong, as a possessed mask takes over her life.
Carly Beth Caldwell is a naive, timid and gullible 11-year-old girl who scares easily. Thus, she is constantly ridiculed by Steve Boswell and Chuck Greene at Walnut Avenue Middle School. The pair ... (Wikipedia)
The Perfect Nanny
by Leïla Slimani
A captivating and chilling story of a nanny's descent into madness.
This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780143132172. When Myriam, a French-Moroccan lawyer, decides to return to work after having children, she and her husband look for the perfect nanny for ... (Goodreads)
The Troop
by Nick Cutter
A group of teenage boys on a camping trip find a mysterious creature that threatens their lives.
“,The Troop, scared the hell out of me, and I couldn’t put it down. This is old-school horror at its best.” —Stephen King This “grim microcosm of terror and desperation haunting” (Christopher ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Taking
by Dean Koontz
A family's fight for survival against a mysterious and deadly force.
In the midst of an oddly sudden rain storm, author Molly Sloan awakens in the middle of the night. Unable to return to sleep, she leaves her husband Neil slumbering in bed and goes downstairs to work ... (Wikipedia)
Tell Me Your Dreams
by Sidney Sheldon
Three women charged with a series of murders who share a mysterious connection.
She had read about stalkers, but they belonged in a different, faraway world. She had no idea who it could be, who would want to harm her. She was trying desperately not to panic, but lately her ... (Goodreads)
The Forgotten Man
by Robert Crais
Detective's search for a missing woman leads to a dark conspiracy in Los Angeles.
Elvis Cole is back..., With his acclaimed bestsellers, Hostage (a New York Times Notable Book) and Demolition Angel , Robert Crais drew raves for his unstoppable pacing, edgy characterizations, and ... (Goodreads)
Lord Loss
by Darren Shan
A horror story set in a supernatural realm of monsters and demons.
Grubitsch "Grubbs" Grady, the younger child of chess-obsessed parents, grows increasingly uneasy with the recent strange, nervous behavior of his parents and sister. One night, he finds the mutilated ... (Wikipedia)
One Year After
by William R. Forstchen
A post-apocalyptic tale of survival, as a small town works to rebuild after an EMP attack.
John Matherson is a professor of history at the local Montreat Christian College . A retired U.S. Army colonel and Gulf War veteran, he had moved to Black Mountain with his family when his late wife ... (Wikipedia)
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)
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