Books like The reapers are the angels by Alden Bell

A weary father and his young son journey across a bleak, post‑apocalyptic America, battling cannibals, starvation, and a harsh winter in a desperate quest for safety and a glimpse of remaining civilization.

The Passage is Justin Cronin’s 2010 debut novel that blends science‑fiction, horror, and dystopian themes as it follows humanity’s struggle against a virus‑transformed vampire‑like threat.

Amy leads a small group of survivors on an insurrection against virals, leading the Second Viral War.

After a zombie plague, a small squad of sweepers, led by Mark Spitz, clears the walled‑off Zone One in lower Manhattan to prepare the area for resettlement.

Benny, Nix, and friends journey through a dangerous wilderness, facing fierce animals and a new kind of zombie, in a thrilling adventure story suitable for children and young adults.

In Ann Radcliffe’s classic Gothic tale, Emily St. Aubert faces loss, danger and eerie castles as she battles sorrow, shadows and selfish rivals in 18th‑century Italy.

After her beloved Grandmother Hudson dies, young Rain Hudson inherits millions and must navigate a battle for the family fortune against her mother, stepfather, and foul‑mouthed Aunt Victoria. A tragic turn forces her to rebuild her life with unexpected help.

Two women on a vacation that turns deadly face down one of nature's most ruthless killers — and find themselves falling in love. Refusing to allow her absent lover to ruin her vacation in an exotic corner of Thailand, Emily Bradshaw determines to set her private disappointment aside and enjoy herself — until a natural disaster strikes and turns her world upside down. Lt. Colonel Hayden Caldwell plans to escape the restrictions of her job for a rare few days of freedom when she and Emily are forced into the fight of their lives. Together, Hayden and Emily face death, disease, despair, and imminent death, and find in themselves and each other the strength to deny the tsunami two more victims. But can their intense bond survive outside of the extreme situation in which it was forged? Uncharted Passage is the story of two women who face one of life's deadliest challenges and find their hearts forever changed. -- Back cover

In a lonely hilltop house, Meridia witnesses her father vanish into mist nightly and hears her mother speak in eerie, pot‑and‑pan enchantments. The novel weaves family secrets, psychological tension, and mythic motifs into a chilling debut.

Private detective Charlie Parker tackles a case of assassins targeting members of their own organization.

In the swamplands of Louisiana, a young woman defies her family's turmoil to navigate love, pregnancy, and secrets while contending with a wealthy cannery owner's schemes.

Four gifted girls at New York's prestigious Senetsky School of the Performing Arts discover that success comes at a price when a dark family secret threatens their dreams.