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The Walking Dead: where to start reading
Adapts The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman. Say how far you watched, and pick the book up exactly there.
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After Season 1, in the books you are
at Vol 1: Days Gone Bye.
covers roughly the opening volume, with an original detour at the end.
Season one broadly adapts the first volume, introducing the core survivors, while adding show-only characters and a new final stretch.
Start reading at Volume 2Spoiler-safe, only what the show already showed you.
The full map
Vol 1: Days Gone Bye
Vol 2: Miles Behind Us
Vol 3: Safety Behind Bars + Vol 4: The Heart's Desire + Vol 5: The Best Defense
Vol 6: This Sorrowful Life + Vol 7: The Calm Before + Vol 8: Made to Suffer
Vol 9: Here We Remain + Vol 10: What We Become + Vol 11: Fear the Hunters
Vol 12: Life Among Them
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The books, in order
- 1Vol 1: Days Gone Bye2004
- 2Vol 2: Miles Behind Us2004
- 3Vol 3: Safety Behind Bars2005
- 4Vol 4: The Heart's Desire2005
- 5Vol 5: The Best Defense2006
- 6Vol 6: This Sorrowful Life2007
- 7Vol 7: The Calm Before2007
- 8Vol 8: Made to Suffer2008
- 9Vol 9: Here We Remain2009
- 10Vol 10: What We Become2009
- 11Vol 11: Fear the Hunters2010
- 12Vol 12: Life Among Them2010
The early seasons follow the comic's overarching plot fairly closely while slowing the pacing and adding show-only characters. From roughly the middle seasons on, the show forges its own identity and diverges heavily, though it keeps hitting landmark comic beats out of their original order.
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