I want to read something similar to The Girl With All The Gifts.

[Fizzball]

I am not normally in to horror/gore/zombie books, I do my best to avoid them usually, but I actually really enjoyed The Girl With All The Gifts. I loved the explanation for how the zombies were caused, I really liked Melanie and I thought the ending was great.

Can anyone recommend something similar? I don't want anything too scary/gory because I'm a chicken!

Station Eleven is fantastic.

They are YA but The Fear series by Charlie Higson is sort of similar.

Following as I never usually read books like this but really enjoyed this one.

His second book, Fellside is also good, but a little grittier.

Ooh, I already have Station Eleven so will start that one next. The Fear series also looks interesting. Thanks!

Jilted, I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it! Not your typical zombie novel I don't think.

I added Fellside to my list but I'm worried about the ghost element. I really am a huge chicken and I'm scared of ghosts and demons... I might have to wait to read it until after I give birth because I know I will end up with nightmares otherwise!

It is very sad too (Fellside). He doesn't really do 'cheery'

Saucery thanks for that, hadn't realised he'd written another book.

Fizz yes perhaps wait until the hormones have settled down a bit

Fellside, his other book is also good.

Fellside is brilliant and not very 'ghosty'.
I've thoroughly enjoyed both books.....

Another great read is David Mitchells The Bone Clocks.
Oh and his Slade House.

his new book 'the boy on the bridge' is out this week, think 6th may.
its set in tgwatg world ten years before the melanie story i think.

i have preordered, can't wait

So it is, out on Thurs!

I loved Girl with all the Gifts :)
I have just started The First Fifiteen Lives of Harry August, based on recommendations from people - it is like an odd time travel but not typical time travel...

Dark Eden by Chris Beckett

Try " The Fireman" by Joe Hill

Following! I didn't know there was another one coming out, my mum bought me Girl with all the Gifts for Christmas and i loved it.

Foxylass

Does the Bone Clocks get any better, I'm about 1/5 of the way in and it's driving me a bit insane. Too wordy and rambling and I don't have a clue what's going on.

The bone clocks does get better Fruit. I know exactly what you mean. I struggled loads with it but keep going!

Thank you! I will.

**Fruitcocktail6

Yes, stick with it.

You all are my book soulmates.

Loved Station eleven, Dark Eden etc.

How about the Passage? Zombie/survival, v popular. So famous, it's referred to in Station eleven.

Harry August didn't disappoint, both in premise and conclusion.

Watching, as coming to the end of Girl with all the Gifts. 😊

World War Z is a superb book. The film however is complete bollox and nothing to do with the book :)