World War Z by Max Brooks.
The Handmaiden's Tale by Margaret Atwood.
Sleep Over by H. G. Bells.
This is the Way the World Ends by Keith Taylor.
The Power by Naomi Alderman.
I really love these sort of books where the book is fiction but acting as though it is a historical record of how the world used to be, usually before some sort of cataclysm.
Recommend me some more of this nature for 2026?
by semicoloncait
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The Passage —
But only the 1st book in series….
The Passage trilogy by Justin Cronin (*The Passage*, *The Twelve*, *The City of Mirrors*). A U.S. government/military experiment with an ancient virus goes awry and turns into a massive catastrophe. It’s immersive with great characters, multiple POVs and timelines, solid world building, and an amazing and satisfying story arc.
Tomorrow When the War Began series – John Marsden
This may be obvious but since dystopian fiction fits some of your list, have you read The hunger Games books?
David Brin’s The Postman
Not sure if this fits but Ernest Callenbach’s Ecotopia
If you like fantasy, Ilona Andrews Hidden Legacy series first book Burn for Me
Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash, sci-fi
William Gibson’s Neuromancer, sci-fi
The Hopkins Manuscript by RC Sherriff
Robopocalypse and Robogenesis by Daniel Wilson. Uses the World War Z format, and does it well.
The h{{The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the United States}} might be what you’re looking for.
It’s a novel written as a fictional report into an imaginary nuclear war between the US and North Korea.
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife is a diary-style account of an apocalypse
Warday is the original WWZ, just with a nuke instead of zombies