Suggest me a book about rebuilding after a zombie apocalypse or plague, not just surviving?

Are there any books (or movies, or TV shows) that are post apocalyptic but focus on personal, human stories and the rebuilding?

To explain further, when I see something like The Last of Us or The Stand or Walking Dead, the most interesting piece to me is never the immediate aftermath of the zombies or the plague.  What intrigues me most is when they show how communities start to form and rebuild.

I've had enough of people running from zombies and fighting other factions of survivors for control of some burned out wasteland.  Is there any media that tells a story of survivors who are actually getting on with things?  Like maybe zombies are still around, but it's sort of like bears in Alaska.  You need to watch out if you're wandering alone through the woods, but your day-to-day is focused on creating a new society because the zombies are more or less under control.