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Books like Nightmare City

Across Zombies, Adaptations, Survival Stories, and Bedtime & Dreams — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Nightmare City by Andrew Klavan.

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Top related books to Nightmare City

A handpicked shelf of strong matches chosen for shared themes, literary overlap, and a broader spread of voices.

Resurrection of the Phoenix’s Grace (Book Four) Phoenix Teen & Young Adult Epic Fantasy with Phoenixes

LRW Lee

Themes: Adaptations • Survival Stories • Bedtime & Dreams

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Themes: Adaptations • Survival Stories • Fairy Tales & Folklore

Cinders and Sparrows

Stefan Bachmann

Themes: Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Horror

The Missing Girl

Norma Fox Mazer

Themes: Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Thrillers & Suspense

Rise of the School for Good and Evil

Soman Chainani

Themes: Adaptations • Survival Stories • Fairy Tales & Folklore

Beanie the Bansheenie

Eoin Colfer

Themes: Adaptations • Survival Stories • Fairy Tales & Folklore

Lark and the Wild Hunt

Jennifer Adam

Themes: Adaptations • Survival Stories • Fairy Tales & Folklore

Shad Hadid and the Alchemists of Alexandria

George Jreije

Themes: Adaptations • Survival Stories • Fairy Tales & Folklore

The Rosewood Chronicles #3: The Lost Princess

Connie Glynn

Themes: Adaptations • Survival Stories • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#10

Starfell #1: Willow Moss and the Lost Day

Dominique Valente

Themes: Adaptations • Survival Stories • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#11

The School for Good and Evil

Soman Chainani

Themes: Adaptations • Survival Stories • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#12

Robin Hood Aged 10 3/4

Ben Miller

Themes: Adaptations • Survival Stories • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#13

Lalani of the Distant Sea

Erin Entrada Kelly

Themes: Adaptations • Survival Stories • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#14

Immunity

Erin Bowman

Themes: Zombies • Survival Stories • Thrillers & Suspense

#15

Maya and the Lord of Shadows

Rena Barron

Themes: Adaptations • Survival Stories • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#16

Zahrah the Windseeker

Nnedi Okorafor

Themes: Survival Stories • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Thrillers & Suspense

#17

What Stalks Among Us

Sarah Hollowell

Themes: Survival Stories • Thrillers & Suspense • Horror

#18

Dreams Lie Beneath

Rebecca Ross

Themes: Zombies • Adaptations • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#19

Bone Crier’s Moon

Kathryn Purdie

Themes: Zombies • Survival Stories • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#20

The Theft of Sunlight

Intisar Khanani

Themes: Adaptations • Survival Stories • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#21

Wrath and Mercy

Jessica Rubinkowski

Themes: Adaptations • Survival Stories • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#22

Runestone Saga: Children of Ragnarok

Cinda Williams Chima

Themes: Survival Stories • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Young Adult Fiction

#23

The Bright and the Pale

Jessica Rubinkowski

Themes: Adaptations • Survival Stories • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#24

The Rambling

Jimmy Cajoleas

Themes: Adaptations • Survival Stories • Fairy Tales & Folklore

Fans of Nightmare City by Andrew Klavan will find 24 titles here, all united by Zombies, Adaptations, Survival Stories. Authors represented include LRW Lee, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Stefan Bachmann, Norma Fox Mazer, and others.