Zombie recommendations - frustrated

[Nulke]

My standard recommendation for good zombie fiction (from previous zombie thread):

"Pray to Stay Dead" by Mason James Cole; probably one of the most unflinching and gritty zombie apoc books I've read to date. Highly recommend if you can stand some gore and disturbing images. The book is very reminiscent of Romero's "Day of The Dead" in the sense that there really isn't any happy endings, heroes or 100% good guys.

http://www.amazon.com/Pray-Stay-Dead-Zombie-ebook/dp/B004Q7CKJ2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1328440751&sr=8-2

[wdeen]

Try Memoirs of The Walking Dead. http://www.amazon.com/Memoirs-Walking-Dead-Story-Zombies/dp/1456376675/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1328455744&sr=1-1

[Tamara Rose Blodgett]

So... I don't know if these will be the classic zombie tales you're after but: Zombies Don't Cry and The Forest of Hands and Teeth, and Rot & Ruin are supposed to be quite good. Unfortunately (for you and other horror classic devotees), I think authors may be moving away from the trend of the shambling zombie in favor of lucidity.


Good luck~

[martaszemik]

whoever suggest "Warm Bodies", well, it might not be  a good suggestion. Not because it's a bad book but because the Zombie in that book eventually talks and has feelings and stuff like that.  I never read the book all the way through, but I think in the end the zombie falls in love, too. So...it might not be up your alley.

Like it was said, the zombie talks very little, even near the end. And, not to spoil the ending, there's a reason why he begins to speak as the mystery of the zombies begins to reveal.

[gryeates]

I would recommend you try Jessica Meigs' The Becoming. A very effective story, plenty of gore and action and an interesting twist on the zombies' nature as they 'develop' or 'become' rather. 

[flipside]

My standard zombie book recommendation would be--if you don't mind anthologies--The Living Dead by John Joseph Adams. Some stories will have the talking-zombie that the OP hates, but some also don't.

[Flash Rex]

Pariah was interesting. It's about a group of survivors stuck in a NY apartment building. They are running out of food and things are looking bleaker than usual when a young woman strolls down the street unmolested (some would say that's unusual in NY even in the best of times ).

[C.A.Wodensen]

Talking Zombies!.......What next? lol

[Laura Lond]

This one is MG/YA, the main characters are two teens trying to survive in a zombie-infested town. It's got the classic set up of slow non-talking zombies (they can occasionally leap, but that's all):

[Bleekness]

Stephen Knight's "The Gathering Dead" for pure zombie head-exploding action.

Brian J. Jarrett's "Into the Badlands" for pure survival horror and folks trying to reach safe haven.   

[JoeMitchell]

Thanks so much for all the recommendations, and the amazon links!  I've got this thread bookmarked and I'll be working my way through it over next few months.  I just started reading Hollowland, and I've got several others lined up next on my Kindle.