World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War – Max Brooks

Years after the end of the Zombie War, an enterprising historian travels the globe to interview the survivors of the global zombie pandemic.  Those survivors, soldiers, doctors, politicians, civilians alike, tell the story of the war, from the initial outbreak of the disease and how society collapsed, adapted, and then fought back and ultimately neutralized the undead threat.

I first became aware of World War Z with the release of the 2013 film starring Brad Pitt and Mireille Enos.  The novel by Max Brooks, released in 2006, tells a similar, but completely different story.  Presented as an oral history, there is no main protagonist to speak of, switching perspectives with each different interview to a different part of the overall story.  It took me a while to get into the story, but I was invested by the end.