In case you might have missed it, zombies have been the monster du jour for the past several years. They have been shambling their way through horror movies, video games, books, and graphic novels. They have even can be found in other genres such as paranormal romance (who knew!). The TV station American Movie Classics (AMC) has brought the graphic novel The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman to the little screen. With high production values, the show has become popular. What does this mean for libraries? We here at Monster Librarian feel that the different media that horror that the genre is found in provides an excellent opportunity to promote leisure reading by tying books to other media, like tv shows, movies, and video games, being promoted in mass media.\u00a0There have been a plethora of zombie titles that have come out in the past few years, and this is a great time to put some on display!<\/p>\n
Some notable titles we suggest for library collections:<\/p>\n
Zombies: Encounters with the Hungry Dead edited by John Skipp<\/p>\n
Dying to Live and Dying to Live: Life Sentence by Kim Paffenroth<\/p>\n
Dead Sea by Brian Keene<\/p>\n
Day by Day Armageddon by J.L. Bourne<\/p>\n
World War Z; An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brook<\/p>\n
Bits of the Dead by Keith Gouveia<\/p>\n
History is Dead by Kim Paffenroth<\/p>\n
The World is Dead edited by Kim Paffernoth<\/p>\n
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance \u2013 Now With Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem! by Seth Grahame-Smith and Jane Austen<\/p>\n
The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks<\/p>\n
Happy reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In case you might have missed it, zombies have been the monster du jour for the past several years. They have been shambling their way through horror movies, video games, books, and graphic novels. They have even can be found in other genres such as paranormal romance (who knew!). The TV station American Movie Classics<\/p>\n