Max Brooks

Born on 22nd May of the year 1972, Max Brooks is an author and screenwriter, mostly of horror type. His full name is Maximillian Michael Brooks and is an American citizen and was born in Manhattan, New York. Mel Brooks, an actor, writer, director and producer is his father and Anne Bancroft, an actress is his mother.

The best place to start is the Extinction Parade series, the earliest of Max Brooks's multi-book series: it opens with The Extinction Parade, Volume 1 (2014) and runs to 2 books across 2014–2015, ending with The Extinction Parade, Volume 2 (2015).

Max Brooks has 46 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2003 and 2026. 29 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the Extinction Parade series with 2 books — and 17 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Max Brooks's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Zombie Survival Guide (2003, 1 book) and Extinction Parade (2014–2015, 2 books).

This guide splits Max Brooks's 46 books into 3 named series and 17 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Extinction Parade (2 books, 2014–2015); The Zombie Survival Guide (1 book, 2003); Minecraft (26 books, 2017–2026).