World War Z by Max Brooks

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25 Books that are most similar to World War Z

Sleeping Giants

Sylvain Neuvel

Similarity Score: 0.922

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Cell

Stephen King

Similarity Score: 0.918

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The Maze Runner

James Dashner

Similarity Score: 0.902

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V for Vendetta

Alan Moore

Similarity Score: 0.895

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Recursion

Blake Crouch

Similarity Score: 0.891

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Legend

Marie Lu

Similarity Score: 0.89

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Digital Fortress

Dan Brown

Similarity Score: 0.889

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Leave the World Behind

Rumaan Alam

Similarity Score: 0.885

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Dark Matter

Blake Crouch

Similarity Score: 0.885

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The Clockwork Dynasty

Daniel H. Wilson

Similarity Score: 0.883

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The Blinds

Adam Sternbergh

Similarity Score: 0.874

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The Passenger

Cormac McCarthy

Similarity Score: 0.874

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The One

John Marrs

Similarity Score: 0.874

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Incarceron

Catherine Fisher

Similarity Score: 0.87

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Angels & Demons

Dan Brown

Similarity Score: 0.863

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Cold People

Tom Rob Smith

Similarity Score: 0.858

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Foundation

Isaac Asimov

Similarity Score: 0.854

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The Da Vinci Code

Dan Brown

Similarity Score: 0.853

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Deception Point

Dan Brown

Similarity Score: 0.851

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Severance

Ling Ma

Similarity Score: 0.849

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Vicious

V.E. Schwab

Similarity Score: 0.848

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Kill for Me, Kill for You

Steve Cavanagh

Similarity Score: 0.847

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Hour of the Assassin

Matthew Quirk

Similarity Score: 0.847

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