I have come to the realization that my favorite genre of books is something like “post apocalyptic that follows a character, but is more about developing the world around them”. Usually the character being followed ends up isolated or mostly isolated, resulting in the narrative being more about reflection or about the world around them.
I have enjoyed also reading:
I Who Have Never Known Men
The Silence
The Boy on the Bridge
Oryx and Crake (which was more about how the world got to where it was)
The Last One
I have seen recommended as similar titles, and read:
Wool (didn’t enjoy as much as it was more interpersonal than exploring the world around them – but have only read the first book so far)
basically everything by Margaret Atwood
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife
The Road
Station Eleven
World War Z
Please help me find more!
by cavernsandcreatures
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Take a look at “Z for Zachariah” and “After the Snow” maybe they’re something for you.
The Book of Koli series
Roadside Picnic by the Strugatsky brothers.
I don’t read much post apocalyptic fiction. But you might enjoy Canticle for Leibowitz. It follows several generations of monks exploring the changing remnants of civilization over centuries
the land of milk and honey is short and I found it to be an interesting take on the post apocalyptic genre