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World War Z is a surprise when you think of the stereotypical zombie book. The Zombie Survival Guide is a different book from World War Z so liking one doesn't necessarily mean liking the other. World War Z will appeal to a wider audience than the Survival Guide.

World War Z:An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks. TBR shelves.

I surprised myself with how much I enjoyed World War Z. I think I am going to skip The Zombie Survival Guide though.

... some parts seem well thought out and others not so much. Good, but not the same caliber as World war Z. Book 59 World War Z by Max Brooks Interviews with survivors of a zombie war. One of my favorite new reads of last year. Seemed like the perfect time to reread between Halloween ...

... Orwell 5. Anthem - Ayn Rand 6. Farenheit 451 7. Alas, Babylon 8. I am Legend - I guess sci-fi? Horror? 9. World War Z same as above? 10. Johnny and the Bomb - Terry Pratchett Sci-Fi Fantast little cheating here since many are trilogies - and not in any real order due to ...

... the Red Fern Grows 4.Bridge to Terabithia 5.Reservation Blues 6.Straight Man 7. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 8. World War Z 9. Good Omens 10. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer P.S. Amusing observation (at least to me) - three of my choices have titles that have something to do ...

... surprise of liking a book that I would not think I would have liked, don't you? That happened to me last year with World War Z, a book I would never have picked up on my own without the encouragement of the group here on LT and I ended up loving it. You just never know.

I haven't read World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War but I have read Z for Zachariah

I haven't read Indiana Jones and the Peril at Delphi but I have read World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

... more like those to recommend. Heh heh. I've found that they get a bit repetetive after a while. Spalding swears by World War Z, if I recall correctly. And the Band Played On is simply stunning (not sure if you've read it before or not,) and I'd probably even offer it as an answer ...

... the wild side of Australian fiction), edited by Jack Dann. But the one I had my heart set on for this month is World War Z: an oral history of the Zombie War by Max Brooks. I'm with you in "spirit" >_< ETA Sorry, but touchstones for 2 Poe books aren't working

... yet: Atonement The Road Time Traveler's Wife Marley and Me Life of Pi is also in development... Also, World War Z will be out relatively soon... and The Five People You Meet in Heaven was a made for TV movie

24. World War Z - Max Brooks It is subtitled "An Oral History of the Zombie War" and that is pretty much exactly what you get. It is alternately incredibly entertaining and disturbingly plausible (okay not so much the zombies themselves but the inept and self-destructive ways world ...

... two books that could not be more different - Kristin Lavransdatter (historical fiction set in Medieval Norway) and World War Z (sci-fi set in the future after the zombie apocalypse). Both quite good, but switching between the two is very confusing!

"I heard his gun go off as I started the engine." from World War Z by Max Brooks.

I haven't read "The Walking Dead" series and, although I have read World War Z, Patient Zero, and a couple of zombie anthologies, I don't tend to read a lot of zombie fiction. Most of what I have read has been post-Breathers. The main reason I stayed away from zombie ficiton was because I ...

... Man from Glengarry - Ralph Connor Settlers of the Marsh - Frederick Philip Grove The Ghost Writer - Philip Roth World War Z - Max Brooks The Great Karoo - Fred Stenson Plus, the other day I found a copy of Anne of the Island from 1934!! Another lovely day. :)

#10: I loved World War Z when I read it last year, too, much to my surprise!

And there goes number 52: World War Z by Max Brooks. A real novel idea to have an oral history about such a fictitious event (if there are anymore, I am very interested!). I loved the descriptions, and how you are still able to piece everything together. I highly recommend it, it is not ...

#200 divinenanny, have you read I am Legend yet? If you liked World War Z I think you would like that one. It's a pretty quick read. You will want something else to go on to within a day or two.

I just finished World War Z and gave it four stars, a very good book... now, what to read next....

I started (reading) World War Z yesterday, and I love it... It is such a novel concept, an oral history of a fictitious event... and executed so well...

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks. A fairly recent addition to the TBR pile.

... The State of the Art and as I thought, I mainly liked the Culture stories and novella. I am now reading about World War Z. A fascinating concept, to have an oral history book looking back on an fictitious event... I am liking it so far!

>divinenanny- Excellent haul! I was a huge fan of World War Z!

... notion that The Postman is MUCH better than the movie. Very readable, and good. My favorite at the moment is maybe World War Z - apocalypse through zombies, yes, but with some really fantastic touches and a sense of both the 'long view' and the entire worldwide political situation that ...

I just received my order from Amazon: World War Z by Max Brooks - Just love the idea of approaching this as an event in the past, writing an oral history. The State of The Art and Use of Weapons both by Iain M. Banks - These are the next books in the Culture series, so I had to have ...

I just received my order from Amazon: World War Z by Max Brooks - Just love the idea of approaching this as an event in the past, writing an oral history. The State of The Art and Use of Weapons both by Iain M. Banks - These are the next books in the Culture series, so I had to have ...

I would love to read World War Z by Max Brooks from Crazybatcow's library. It's on my wishlist and I keep meaning to pick up a copy.

... sub-genre. I haven't found an end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it book that I haven't liked. Even the zombie stuff like World War Z and I am Legend.

Welcome to the group! Looks like you read a wide variety of books. What did you think of World War Z? I've been going to read that one forever, it seems, but I never quite get around to it...

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks. Sitting on the TBR pile.

Just picked up World War Z by Max Brooks and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson off the BOGO table at Border's - combined that with a 20% off coupon...good deal!

World War Z, but Fox on the Rhine was a close second.

... basic premise of the paper. And where else are you going to see a list of references including The Zombie Survival Guide, World War Z, the Resident Evil video games, and Impulsive Differential Equations?

... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, by J.K. Rowling 14. The Savage, by David Almod, illustrate by Dave McKean 15. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, by Max Brooks 16. A Fantasy Medley, edited by Yanni Kuznia 17. Kiss of a Demon King, Kresley Cole

... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, by J.K. Rowling 14. The Savage, by David Almod, illustrate by Dave McKean 15. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, by Max Brooks 16. A Fantasy Medley, edited by Yanni Kuznia 17. Kiss of a Demon King, Kresley Cole 18. Pretty Monsters ...

I am finishing World War Z - zombie fiction meets Studs Terkel and The Parent Test, as well as continuing to plow through Ulysses, though I've really slowed down there. . .

I finished World War Z a couple days ago and still can't believe how much I enjoyed it. This is by no means a great book, but it is a good one. I have pretty much always avoided books about vampires and zombies - just not my thing. But after seeing positive mentions of World War Z off and on I ...

... I love discovering the goodies among the dreck. Thanks for the tips. Due in part to Aerrin99's enthusiasm I picked up World War Z at the library yesterday and started it, despite being mid-read in other books. Glad I did.

I really enjoyed World War Z by Brooks (surprising), so maybe I should try The Zombie Survival Guide, too. Hmmm.

> 37 I meant that I was reading the friend's gifted copy of World War Z actually. I think you're right about Mieville's 'affect', and although I enjoyed Perdido Street Station well enough, I don't know that I'd ever love it enough to want it on my shelf. He doesn't seem like a 'rereadable' ...

> 34 Good to know! I might dig into it next, then - I felt like I needed a bit of a Mieville break and am re-reading World War Z. I bought the copy as a gift for a friend... he was kind enough to tell me I could read it before I mailed it to him. This probably means I need my own copy, huh?

I'm not a zombie person either, but I really liked World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. It was like a Studs Terkel of a fictional history. I could see Pride and Prejudice with zombies being really enjoyable.

... I seem to be in the minority based on reviews I've read elsewhere about this one, but it just didn't do much for me. 59. World War Z by Max Brooks -- I started this one last year, but stopped as I lost interest. I picked it up again a few days ago and completed it. While it's not, in my ...

... Dresden Files: Grave Peril - Jim Butcher 16.Dark Jewels: The Invisible Ring - Anne Bishop APRIL 2009 17.World War Z - Max Brooks May 2009 18.Good Omens - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman 19.*Inkheart - Cornelia Funke (audiobook) 20.*Inkspell - Cornel ...

... so I look forward to your review here. :) If you're going down the zombie path, I was very impressed with Max Brooks' World War Z. It's not fluffy zombie stuff (some is really quite scary), but is probably the best zombie book I've ever read. Of course, considering I've just mentioned ...

... suggestions. i'll definitely be revisiting this thread for book recommendations. i second the suggestion for World War Z. Amazing book.

... Kevin J. Anderson 2. Bonk by Mary Roach 3. Foundation by Isaac Asimov 4. Sway by Ori Brafman 5. World War Z by Max Brooks 6. Architecture and Disjunction by Bernard Tschumi 7. From Bauhaus to Our House by Tom Wolfe 8. Heretics of Dune by Frank He ...

... 18. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, 5 Stars 19. The Hemingses of Monticello by Annette Gordon-Reed, 4 Stars 20. World War Z by Max Brooks, 4 Stars 21. Down the Common by Ann Baer, 4 Stars Total Pages in February: 3048 February Favorite: The Graveyard Book March: 22. T ...

I'm still on City of Bones and World War Z, and I've started Fire Watch. World War Z has to be taken in small chunks or I'll go crazy. I'm already in an odd state (thesis and everything that goes with it) at the moment, so it's not the best thing to be reading.

World War Z is also sort of radio play-ish with several big names as the readers. Or maybe look for titles that are narrated by celebrities. Ed Asner, Stockard Channing have both done some narrating but they were both children's books.

World War Z is about survival. It's the oral accounts of different people about their experiences of the Zombie Apocalypse. In the same note, The Zombie Survival Guide is a fictional guide on how to protect yourself from zombies.

I've just picked up World War Z to read again. Cue nightmares in 3... 2... 1...

Time to break up the thread again...it's getting a bit unwieldy. Part 1 can be found here. Part 2 can be found here. Part 3 can be found Aerrin99 in Science Fiction Fans : Post apocalyptic recommendations (Jun 16, 2009, 11:53am)

... like YA at all, I can't recommend Life as We Knew It enough. And although not /strictly/ post-apoc, I suppose, I loved World War Z, and it certainly had the same feel to it. So if you like zombies at all... Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go start adding the rest of these books to my ...

... LTers. Thanks for the recommendations. Next thing you know, I will be after Patrick O'Brian books! :) My daughter got World War Z -- another zombie book! I don't know how she reads them. Zombies totally creep me out! She also got On Chesil Beach which I think is on the 1001 list. An ...

World War Z is on my wishlist already - I'll get there eventually lol. So, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is worth reading then? I haven't read it yet, because I wasn't too sure...

... zombies: I've had Brian Keene's The Rising & City Of The Dead moaning from beneath my TBRs for a while now, along with World War Z.. but I'm not going to get to them soon enough to jump on this particular bandwagon.

... ks.com.au/items.asp?id=232151). Oh, Mr TQD is also reading zombie literature this weekend, with a re-read of the fabulous World War Z by Max Brooks (son of Mel). An excellent genre read. He also managed to snaffle a copy of the DVD "The Dresden Files" based on the books by Jim Butcher ...

3.Science Fiction World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks Hater by David Moody Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley Project 17 by Laurie Faria Stolarz Streams of Babel by Carol Plum-Ucci Eragon by Christopher Paolini ...

World War Z and because I have to: The Ivy Chronicles

>47, Honestly, I think Amazon's recommendations are overly sensitive to "newness". When I read World War Z, suddenly I was being recommended every trashy zombie novel ever written.

... _three.gif"> 38. Shyness and Dignity by Dag Solstad 39. World War Z by Max Brooks 40. Oedipus the King by Sophocles fannyprice in Club Read 2009 : fannyprice's 2009 reading part II (May 2, 2009, 10:09am)

... Cloudy Patriot - Sarah Vowell A Jury of Her Peers - Susan Glaspell (33) The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins (34) World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War - Max Brooks (35) Running with Scissors - Augusten Burroughs What I Found Unfinish-able So Far in 2009 Tithe: ...

... sure I will like? Yes Why? Because I never know until I try it whether I will like it or not (case in point: World War Z, which I ended up loving). If I hit 50 pages and the book is not grabbing me, I will put it aside. Most of the time I will give a book at least 2 tries before ...

(34) World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War - Max Brooks From a previous post of mine: (This book) is told as a series of interviews with people from all over the world & of all ...

... Book Thief We Need to Talk About Kevin Short History of Nearly Everything and then all of Bill Bryson's books. World War Z Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien I'm sure there are many more, but these come to mind. I would probably never have read any of these books without ...

... checked in in a while, so I thought I'd say hi! All these gorgeous kitten pics to catch up on... ...and looks like World War Z needs to be added to my TBR pile and Three Men in a Boat needs to be bumped up the pile!

Tad, just catching up on your thread. First, I have to thank your for your thoughts on World War Z, which convinced me to read it. I am in progress now and am enjoying it quite a lot. >103, We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance sounds fantastic! Onto the list it goes. >115, ...

... the jerkiness of the filming just makes it that much scarier! Of course, I'm currently on a little zombie jaunt, reading World War Z, which is good & watching some new zombie movies, which are terrible. I used to be a big fan of horror movies when I was a kid & I still get a huge kick out of ...

... a Feminist Intellectual Heritage, and Daughters of Decadence: Women Writers of the Fin De Siecle. Also working on World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, which is really pretty enjoyable. Its told as a series of interviews with people from all over the world & of all walks of ...

>36: ParadoxicalRae- My vote is for World War Z. I read it last summer and was a huge fan!

... Perdido Street Station by China Mieville, which I like a lot. I'm not sure what I'm going to read after that--either World War Z by Max Brooks or Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrel.

#72: I loved World War Z when I read it last year (a very big surprise to me!). Glad to see you enjoyed it, too.

#23World War Z by Max Brooks ****stars Thanks to my fellow LTers for this recommendation; I thoroughly enjoyed it! It took me a bit to get accustomed to the first person narration of the story from "survivors", but that actually made a zombie war believable for me especially when compared to ...

#59 I really loved World War Z although I'm afraid of what they're going to do with the movie version. I read that at the same time as I read The Flu Pandemic and You which caused some compare and contrast. It makes an interesting dichotomy. Oh, and I love the kittens! I've always wanted ...

... has a take on the new Zombie craze: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1890384,00.html I hear World War Z is really worth checking out.

... by Norman Mailer 8) What is the best book you've read in the past year? Best or most enjoyable? Outlander or World War Z for more enjoyable. 9) If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be? The Blue Sword or A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Probably ...

#56 Stasia, I think it's going to be a three way fight for the gray kitty! #59 I read World War Z a month or so ago and really enjoyed it. You're right, it isn't a typical zombie book. It's not at all what one might expect.

43. World War Z by Max Brooks (342 pages) reread I couldn't resist reading this again, as I had a kitten asleep on me and it was the only book within my reach. Of course, once I'd started I couldn't stop. A captivating and terrifying account of how the World deals with a zombie ...

I have a rare one: HISTORY OF THE WORLD WAR Vol. 9/10 by Francis W. Halsey (1919) compiled by The Literary Digest. This volume covers 'Italy against Austria in the Trentino and on the Isonzo, The Fall of Gorizia and the Carso Fighting, The Italian Defeat at Caporetto Followed by Austria's Deba ...

... 18. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, 5 Stars 19. The Hemingses of Monticello by Annette Gordon-Reed, 4 Stars 20. World War Z by Max Brooks, 4 Stars 21. Down the Common by Ann Baer, 4 Stars Total Pages in February: 3048 February Favorite: The Graveyard Book March: 22. T ...

... James, Lovecraft or Dracula now. Books about zombies are also waving vehemently from my bookshelves (Monster Planet, World War Z, etc) and children's books, from the Goosebumps series... Dear me, it's so hard to choose! But it's really the most wonderful problem I can imagine! Have a ...

... Caffrey 41. Freedom's Choice by Anne McCaffrey April reads 42. Freedom's Challenge by Anne McCaffrey 43. World War Z by Max Brooks (reread) 44. Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K. Jerome 45. Changing Planes by Ursula K. Le Guin 46. Dragonsbane by Barbara Hambly 47. ...

I found World War Z by Max Brooks to be a very disturbing book. I mean, the scene with the people stuck on boats with the infected still makes me shiver...

... welcoming committee, but I've been reading so much lately I've only popped onto LT to review a book I've finished. >6, World War Z was the second book I read this year and it made my list of top books too! It was quite chilling. I have yet to read The Zombie Survival Guide. Is it good as ...

World War Z sounds like just my kind of book, and with all the wonderful reviews, how can I possibly resist adding it to my pile?! Thanks for the review :)

#4 I like Zombies. World War Z is probably one of my favorite books, but I didn't read it or the Zombie Survival Guide or Generation Dead this year. I'm really starting to get into the whole modern supernatural horror thing-but I never know what to pick up next. I'm not a prude - but ...

... rs 18. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, 5 Stars 19. The Hemingses of Monticello by Annette Gordon-Reed, 4 Stars 20. World War Z by Max Brooks, 4 Stars 21. Down the Common by Ann Baer, 4 Stars Fiction: 9 Non-Fiction: 1 Pages: 3048 Favorite read for February: The Graveyard B ...

4. World War Z - Max Brooks Fun apocalyptic horror with of-the-moment political savvy and plenty of vivid nightmare images. Told in a reportorial style from the view of various survivors.

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks

I've been wanting to read World War Z. Good to know that you liked it!

Definitely not a horror fan, but World War Z was so different that it went on my top reads for 2008. I think its a really well done take on this kind of thing, and something more original than most of the zombie based stories out there.

#8 World War Z by Max Brooks Caspettee in 50 Book Challenge : Caspetee 50 books in 2009 (Feb 22, 2009, 2:04am)

#8 World War Z by Max Brooks alcottacre in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Lorie's 2009 Book Reads (Feb 21, 2009, 11:41pm)

I surprised myself by loving World War Z last year when I read it and promptly bought my own copy. Linda and Carolyn, I recommend you give it a shot! #127: I cannot wait to see what you think of Down the Common, Lorie. It looks very interesting.

Carolyn, I agree, World War Z seems to be mentioned often on our challenge threads. I don't think I've read anything negative about it...Thus, it looks like one to read in the future.

I'm not a horror fan either, but I enjoyed World War Z when I read it last year.

I just finished World War Z this morning, and I agree, it's better than I would have expected and definitely worth a read.

... or/Number_0_Blue.png"> 342 Pages World War Z by Max Brooks World War Z is set in the not too distant future, twelve years after the end of the Zombie War which almost destroyed humankind. Zombies were ...

TadAD Darn! I was happily ignoring all the "hype" about World War Z because I don't do horror. I don't even do a whole lotta of thriller. But your review makes this book sound like something I would really enjoy--and I don't even do much with politics, either! Onto the pile it goes. Wow, ...

... height="20" src="http://www.deffler.com/lt/number_3.gif"> : World War Z by Max Brooks Thriller 342 pages This book has been read and recommended so many times on LT that, though I'm not a big horror book fan, ...

World War Z by Max Brooks This book has been read and recommended so many times on LT that, though I'm not a big horror ...

Wow, I don't know how I have managed to miss your thread! I read Alias Grace and World War Z last year, and Rape: A Love Story several years ago. A lot of your reads so far have now gone onto my wishlist and you are definitely starred :)

A friend of mine is going to loan me The Zombie Survival Guide (she also called it a bathroom read!) and I am loaning her World War Z once I finish it. At least this way, it's an investment of time and not money if I don't like it.

... by Max Brooks Disappointing! World War Z was one of my favourites last year. But this one was just not on the same level. I shouldn't have been surprised though, because it was exactly what the title ...

Book #2 World War Z by Max Brooks Rating: 9/10 This book was recommended to me by a friend. While I wasn't prepared for the style the book was written in, I must admit it worked. The first third or so of the book was just plain terrifying and left me with goosebumps. The book lost one ...

World War Z and The Terror both made my list of memorable reads for 2008. I read Curious Incident several years ago. I know several people here in the group have read it more recently.

... LibraryThing. Anyways, here are the books I've already read this year: 1. Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell 2. World War Z by Max Brooks 3. Stardust by Neil Gaiman 4. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen 5. The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie 6. Jus ...

alcottacre and lunacat, World War Z doesn't sound like something I would normally read either. In fact, the plot sounds kind of stupid (I mean really, a zombie war?), but I thought I'd give it a try since there are so many positive comments about it here on LT. I'm about 50 pages into it and I ...

#110: I read World War Z last year and loved it. Like lunacat, I did not think I was going to care for it at all, but I surprised myself. I hope you enjoy it.

... you lunacat for your very timely post. I was just looking at the TBR pile and trying to decide which book to read next. World War Z it is.

World War Z is fantastic, I read it last year and it has stuck with me so much. I thought it wasn't going to be my kind of thing at all but......wow, what a book. I hope you like it as much as I did. Even talking about it makes me want to go and reread it right now.

I just got back for the book store and now have two more books for the TBR pile that I want to read this year: World War Z by Max Brooks and Sunshine by Robin McKinley. They sound soooo good!

... reread 336. The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty, 1987 337. Play it as it Lays by Joan Didion, 1980's 338. Z by Vassilis Vassilikos, 1970's 339. The Manor by Isaac Bashevis Singer, 1990's 340. No One Writes the Colonel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1970's 341. Gabri ...

World War Z by Max Brooks Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

... Man written by Brian K. Vaughan Otherland by Tad Williams Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Does World War Z by Max Brooks have a chance at being Science Fiction?

... Christopher Golden was quite good as well, although it's unfair of me to hold up every zombie novel I read to the exquisite World War Z. Nonetheless, it creeped me out and kept me awake for a night or two, although it wrapped up a bit tidily in the end. It's aimed at teens and I'm sure they'll ...

World War Z, yet another that's been in my TBR forever and a day. Well, I should be reading The Stand for the Stephen King group, but first I'm going to take a chance on a book from a new author: Marcus Pelegrimas. The book is called Blood Blade and looks to be the first in a ...

I'm chiming in to say that I too *loved* World War Z, but that probably goes without saying - I'm a *huge* fan of zombies. I even met George Romero and have the picture I had taken with him framed and on my desk at work. (No family pictures like a normal person. Nope. Just the one with me and ...

ok, Beeg and Stasia..I'm adding World War Z to be ever growing mountain of tbr. Ah, if only I didn't have to work for a living, I could simply read and watch the snow fall on a day like today.

I just finished World War Z Max Brooks it's the best book I've read in a while.

Someone else on another thread also recommended World War Z. I've added it to my TBR pile.

#93 HRH beeg: I loved World War Z when I read it last year! I am so glad you liked it, too. I really surprised myself when I liked it so much, lol.

Hi there beeg Can you take a few minutes and tell me what you liked about World War Z...Looks like I'll be adding yet another one of your reads to my tbr mountain. Thanks.

8 World War Z Max Brooks This book was amazing. Thanks go to the people who told me to read it *now*

Stasia: Me too, anything like The Road, World War Z, Blindness etc. I wonder what it is about apocalyptic or dystopian ideas that appeal so much. Have you read Eva, a young adults book by Peter Dickinson? Thats an exceptionally well written book about the demise of humans and the ...

... The Tao Of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff 57. Zombie Haiku by Ryan Mecum 58. The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks 59. World War Z by Max Brooks 60. Old Man's War by John Scalzi 61. The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi 62. The Last Colony by John Scalzi ETA books read and ...

... get prepared for an epidemic - for one, my house is far from being hide-out ready (lol). I definitely recommend this (and World War Z) to horror/zombie fans, especially George Romero fans (Brooks is clearly influenced by Romero's version of the zombie).

I hope you enjoy World War Z, it was one of my absolute favourite books from last year, and really stuck with me

... by Isabel Allende ***stars #21How I Live Now, by Meg Rosoff **stars #22Kira-Kira, by Cynthia Kadohata ***stars #23World War Z by Max Brooks ****stars #24Mercy Street, by Mariah Stewart ***1/2stars #25I Am the Messengerby Markus Zusak

3. World War Z (strong rec. from my sister) My sister LOVED this book. I found it entertaining, and I found all the thought the author had put into it quite impressive. He was so thorough and creative with all the potential national and international, political and personal, individual and ...

i got World war z, The Triumphant Cat, Best Loved Cat Stories, and The Dawn of Time, which is a collection of Australian Aboriginal Stories in paintings with a short telling of the myth on the next page

#51: May I suggest that you do not put World War Z in your bathroom, dk? If you do, you will likely never see the room again . . .at least until your guests decide to vacate it after finishing the book.

Hmmm. You haven't read World War Z yet? Run, don't walk to your library and ILL it. It's great!

My brother raves about World War Z - so now that I have other people backing him up, then I think I need to check it out! thanks!

Judy Judy Judy (sorry I can never see your name without that going through my brain) I will add World War Z to my list thankyouverymuch. Woohoo! a zombie war!

... have The Gargoyle on your top 10 list - it is on mine as well. What a stunning book. One of the others on my top 10 is World War Z which I have raved about to all and sundry. Have you come across this one yet? And I also have Duma Key and Fingersmith on my next-to-be-read pile of ...

I didn't exactly purchase them, but for my upcoming birthday I received: Mapping the World Truth About History World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War The Good Old Days: The Holocaust as Seen by Its Perpetrators and Bystanders The Stories of English History of the Ancient W ...

... a couple of books that I read in December and loved: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson and World War Z by Max Brooks.

What a great haul! I hope you have a great time reading them all! (and I agree with SpiraledStar about World War Z - it made my list at the end of the year as one of 2008's memorable reads for me)

It was hard, but I finally used up my B&N gift card - Mapping the World Truth About History World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War The Good Old Days: The Holocaust as Seen by Its Perpetrators and Bystanders The Stories of English History of the Ancient World: From the Earl ...

... by Haven Kimmel 1st To Die by James Patterson Blaze by Richard Bachman The Keeper by Sarah Langan World War Z by Max Brooks Beginner's Greek by James A. Collins Favorite Book: The Idea of Perfection by Kate Grenville Least Favorite Finished Book: Th ...

... on the Drina by Ivo Andric The Stories of Anton Chekov The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson World War Z by Max Brooks Nonfiction How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster An Ordinary Man by Paul Rusesabagina The Last ...

... disappointed in this one; for me, it was slow going - it seemed practically over before the book got going for me 487. World War Z by Max Brooks - Surprise! I loved this book; I thought it was very well done - I felt that Brooks did a great job of making the voices of the various ...

... on the Drina by Ivo Andric The Stories of Anton Chekov The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson World War Z by Max Brooks Nonfiction How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster An Ordinary Man by Paul Rusesabagina The Last ...

... baker's dozen of 2008, in random order: The Prestige The Graveyard Book Jane Eyre Persuasion The Book Thief World War Z Watchmen Out of the Silent Planet Canterbury Tales Cyrano de Bergerac Fragile Things Amphigorey The Great Gatsby Honorable mention: Anansi ...

OK, thanks for the info. I might give it a try. BTW - Have you read World War Z yet? I think you would like it.

>51: redcard- I recommend grabbing World War Z with both hands. This was one of my favorite surprises of the year! Great stuff!

... Wife and Rainbow Six. I'm finishing up The Pirate Loop as well. I think Monday I'll run by the library and grab World War Z, but I don't know. My 1001 Books to Read Before you Die will arrive sometime over the next week or so.

50. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, Max Brooks This is a post-apocalyptic novel about a zombie plague in the near future. Ten years after the war, a journalist interviews a variety of survivors all over the world about their experiences, and the book is made up of their ...

... Ooooh! Ooooh! *waves hand wildly in the air* Yes, please, for October. I've been wanting for the longest time to read World War Z: an oral history of the Zombie War by Max Brooks. It would be perfick for this!

The Man in the High Castle World War Z A Canticle for Liebowitz The Years of Rice and Salt

If you like Zombies, and liked World War Z I highly recommend The Living Dead an excellent volume of zombie short stories. Others Affinity by Sarah Waters Swann's Way by Marcel Proust Heart Of Empire: The Legacy Of Luther Arkwright by Bryan Talbot (Graphic novel) Neverwhere by ...

#36 World War Z by Max Brooks This is my first zombie book, and it was good. Sadly, I'm not going to make my goal this year, but that's okay...just leaves more for my 09 challenge.

... Brandon Sanderson Castle Waiting by Linda Medley Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters I'm hoping to read World War Z very soon--especially seeing how often it's been mentioned so far!

World War Z by Max Brooks is, hands down, the best book I read this year. Then again, I have a thing for zombies, so, this is not all that surprising.

... A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole The Road by Cormac McCarthy Mudbound by HIllary Jordan World War Z by Max Brooks The Host by Stephanie Meyer

Hmm... Word of Honour by Michael Pryor World War Z by Max Brooks Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis The Arrival by Shaun Tan and special mentions to The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznik The Cloud Chasers by Stephen Hunt ...

... tars 18. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, 5 Stars 19. The Hemingses of Monticello by Annette Gordon-Reed, 4 Stars 20. World War Z by Max Brooks, 4 Stars 21. Down the Common by Ann Baer, 4 Stars February Favorite: The Graveyard Book March: 22. Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay, 5 Stars ...

... 33. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier by Alan Moore 34. Robots and Empire by Isaac Asimov 35. World War Z by Max Brooks 36. The Walking Dead: Miles Behind Us by Robert Kirkman 37. Understanding Analysis by Stephen Abbott 38. The Program Development Process: The ...

Is it World War Z?

... beccaAnn) - Rashoman: Ryunosuke Akulagary (Prop2gether) - The Bestiary: Nicholas Christopher (richardderus) - World War Z: Max Brooks (lunacat and many others) - The Lightning Thief: Rick Riordan (applebook) - The Adoration of Jenna Fox: Mary E. Pearson (Whisper1) ...

... Be Witch by Kimberly Frost This also covered werewolves and vampires ! - 5. Zombies - World War Z by Max Brooks - The Wave by Eric S. Brown - Full Deck of Zombies: 61 Speculative Fiction Tales by Michael Kerchula

... I gave up at #4). And in the last few years I did venture into literary horror with Dead Europe and into cult horror with World War Z and into Stephen King-esque horror with Heart Shaped Box (by his son). All of which I really enjoyed as books (some minor quibbles about Heart Shaped Box). ...

... book is gonna be 'Salem's Lot (for the Stephen King book club I'm in), but really I'm finding I kinda want to read World War Z. Monster Island just didn't quite scratch my zombie itch.

I finished World War Z and loved every bit of it! A really good book! Now I am reading The Private Lives of Pippa Lee which is ok. #64 I felt the same way about Soul Mountain - I ended up skimming it, rather than reading it. #88 & #93 I felt exactly the same!

World War Z also has great ideas and helpful hints for surviving a Zombie War. It's a must for anyone involved with zombies.

... if you want to survive a zombie attack for sure, I'd recommend The Zombie Survival Guide (also by Max Brooks) over World War Z. (Didja know Max Brooks is Mel Brooks' son?)

World War Z is very informative! I know alot more about zombie attacks that I did before. Sam's Club is a great idea! My local Wal-Mart would be the best place around here.

128. World War Z by Max Brooks I really liked this one. The story is told through a series of interviews with survivors of the zombie wars. Very clever premise which is totally believable while reading it. Each interview reveals a little more of the history of the zombie outbreak and while ...

I gave up on World War Z and returned it to the library. No fault of the book, I just can't hack horror these days. I think I'll go with The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie now that I'm no longer committed to Spooky October. I also have a historical biography of Jesus by Marcus Borg in ...

Returned World War Z to the library. I abandoned it after about 150 pages. I guess I just no longer like overt horrror. I keep thinking I will, then I don't. This is the third book I abandoned during my Spooky October. If you do like horror, I think this is a very good choice. For me, I'm glad it ...

#28 lucylou - I downloaded the audio version of World War Z from my local library. It was great! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

More than halfway through World War Z I am loving it!

#207 nancyewhite I loved World War Z. Terrifying, realistic and emotional and I'm someone who is definitely not into vampire, zombie horror type things. This one was so good though. Let us know what you think!

From the Library: World War Z by Max Brooks - The final book in Spooky October.

#114 judylou and #115 msf59 I LOVED World War Z as well, zombies is completely not my thing but I really really really enjoyed reading it, its totally believable and fascinating. Will love to hear what you think.

>114: judylou- I read World War Z a few months ago and was a big fan. It's both scary and very ambitious. I hope you enjoy it!

... author who, sadly, died just prior to the publication of her book. And now for something completely different . . . . World War Z.

VIII. Science Fiction 1. World War Z 2. Watchmen 3. Dune 4. Cloud Atlas 5. Gun, With Occasional Music 6. Jenna Starborn 7. Out of the Silent Planet 8. Ender's Game This will definitely ...