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by Richard Matheson · about this book

Loved I Am Legend by Richard Matheson? If its vampires, post-apocalyptic and male lead hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Road, The War of the Worlds and Frankenstein. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside I Am Legend: Vampires · Post-Apocalyptic · Male Lead · Horror · Science Fiction

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   The Road

   Cormac McCarthy

   Post-Apocalyptic · Survival Story · Bleak · Male Lead · Science Fiction

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   The War of the Worlds

   H. G. Wells

   Survival Story · Science Fiction · Bleak · Tense and Suspenseful · Classics

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   Frankenstein

   Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

   Horror · Science Fiction · Bleak · Tragic · Classics

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   Parable of the Sower

   Octavia E. Butler

   Post-Apocalyptic · Survival Story · Bleak · Science Fiction · Classics

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5. 

   Dungeon Crawler Carl

   Matt Dinniman

   Survival Story · Post-Apocalyptic · Science Fiction · Tense and Suspenseful · Male Lead

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6. 

   World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

   Max Brooks

   Post-Apocalyptic · Survival Story · Horror · Bleak · Science Fiction

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   The Gunslinger

   Stephen King

   Post-Apocalyptic · Bleak · Male Lead · Classics · Horror

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8. 

   Interview with the Vampire

   Anne Rice

   Vampires · Horror · Tragic · Classics · Male Lead

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9. 

   Empire of the Vampire

   Jay Kristoff

   Vampires · Post-Apocalyptic · Tragic · Horror · Male Lead

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10. 

    Wool Omnibus

    Hugh Howey

    Post-Apocalyptic · Survival Story · Science Fiction · Bleak · Tense and Suspenseful

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11. 

    The Island of Dr. Moreau

    Herbert George Wells

    Bleak · Survival Story · Horror · Science Fiction · Classics

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12. 

    Tender Is the Flesh

    Agustina Bazterrica

    Horror · Bleak · Male Lead · Science Fiction · Dark

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13. 

    Lord of the Flies

    William Golding

    Survival Story · Tragic · Bleak · Classics · Male Lead

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14. 

    The Dog Stars

    Peter Heller

    Post-Apocalyptic · Survival Story · Science Fiction · Male Lead · Death of a Spouse

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15. 

    I Who Have Never Known Men

    Jacqueline Harpman

    Post-Apocalyptic · Survival Story · Bleak · Science Fiction · Dark

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16. 

    Roadside Picnic

    Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky

    Bleak · Science Fiction · Survival Story · Classics · Male Lead

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17. 

    Between Two Fires

    Christopher Buehlman

    Plague · Horror · Bleak · Male Lead · Dark

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18. 

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    Robert Louis Stevenson

    Horror · Classics · Tense and Suspenseful · Science Fiction · Male Lead

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19. 

    A Short Stay in Hell

    Steven L. Peck

    Bleak · Horror · Male Lead · Science Fiction · Dark

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20. 

    Sea of Rust

    C. Robert Cargill

    Post-Apocalyptic · Survival Story · Science Fiction · Bleak · Dark

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