Zone One
- 288
- Pages
- about 5 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 0 weeks on the list
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About the book
Zone One is a 2011 novel by American author Colson Whitehead. Blending elements of genre fiction and literary fiction, the novel takes place in a post-apocalyptic United States ravaged by zombies. Whitehead has stated that the novel was partly an attempt to return to his adolescent fascination with horror writer Stephen King and science fiction icon Isaac Asimov.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 6.7 across 107 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 41% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Horror average of 7.5. That is how 7.2 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 5.8 | 13 | 12% |
| Hardcover | 6.8 | 94 | 88% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“The best, perhaps only, original literary zombie novel I've ever read. This book is an amazing read. It manages to capture the desolation both emotional and physical of an undead New York City; one where the survivors are invaders and the setting is its own kind of revenant.”
“Have you ever read a book and felt so stupid for the entire thing but then by the time that it was over you understood exactly what I had just been a part of. This book has subtle commentary on gentrification and racism disguised as…”
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How long is Zone One?
It has 288 pages — shorter than 78% of the ranked books in Horror.
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