Zombie Apocalypse Books in Order
Part ofMax Brallier Books in OrderFind Max Brallier's Zombie Apocalypse novels in order, with plot summaries, series background, content notes, and suggestions on where adult readers should start his darker, choose-your-path horror.
Last updated: December 19, 2025
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Publication Order
2 books
Highway to Hell
by Max Brallier
2016
Another branching horror novel for adults, this time following a doomed road trip into supernatural danger. Your choices determine whether the journey ends in survival, tragedy, or something far stranger lurking off the side of the highway.
Can You Survive the Zombie Apocalypse?
by Max Brallier
2011
This adult horror-comedy lets you choose your path through a zombie outbreak. Every decision—where to hide, who to trust, what to grab—sends you to a new page, leading to dozens of darkly funny, often gruesome fates.
Series background & context
The Zombie Apocalypse books showcase Max Brallier’s love of horror and his knack for interactive storytelling aimed at adults. Instead of a traditional, straight-through novel, these stories are built around branching paths where the reader decides what to do next.
You step into the role of the main character as society collapses under an outbreak of the undead and other supernatural threats. At key moments you choose whether to run, fight, hide, or trust dubious allies, and the book sends you to different pages depending on your decision.
Some choices lead to temporary safety or new alliances; many lead to grisly, often darkly funny deaths. Part of the experience is seeing how many bad endings you can uncover and which slim set of decisions will actually get you through the night.
The tone blends gore, pop-culture jokes, and genuine dread. Brallier uses familiar horror setups—trapped city streets, deserted highways, secluded hideouts—and pushes them to ridiculous extremes while still keeping enough realism to make the tension work.
These novels are best for older teens and adults who grew up with choose-your-own-adventure style books and want a bloodier, more self-aware version. Starting with Can You Survive the Zombie Apocalypse? lays out the basic idea, while later entries twist the format in new ways.
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