horror + survival

5 books tagged both “horror” and “survival”.

Days Gone Bye

Robert Kirkman · 2004

Rick wakes in empty hospital and walks to Atlanta in quiet gray panels.

2,000-word summary · 9 min read

Tender Is the Flesh

Agustina Bazterrica · 2017

After a virus makes animal meat lethal, states legalize breeding humans for meat. Marcos Tejo grieves at a processing plant when he is given a live female…

2,372-word summary · 11 min read

Cujo

Stephen King · 1981

A rabid St. Bernard traps a mother and her young son in a broken-down car at a lonely Maine garage.

2,910-word summary · 13 min read

Under the Dome

Stephen King · 2009

Chester's Mill is sealed under an invisible dome as cook Barbie and editor Julia face Big Jim Rennie's rule.

2,731-word summary · 12 min read

The Stand

Stephen King · 1978

A superflu wipes out most people as good and evil gather in two towns.

1,959-word summary · 9 min read