the vibe i'm looking for is specifically something like the book American Rapture by C.J. Leede.
Although I didn't end up liking the ending, i LOVED the slowburn of the infection/apocalypse. where it starts with whispers and rumors, a cough here and there and slowly builds to the world on fire.
I'd also prefer books that focus on the apocalypse/infection and events around it rather than the events after it (like how the stand has some details of the flu but mostly focuses on humanities activities after everyone had died)
while i especially love infection/virus novels, im open to any form of apocalypse
by potatolover83
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Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel might work. A lot of the early parts deal with the world slowly realizing something is very wrong.
Also The Passage by Justin Cronin. Very long but the buildup to the outbreak is great.
Songs for the End of the World by Saleema Nawaz
The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker
Severance by Ling-Ma
_Parable of the Sower_ by Octavia Butler
Apocalypse driven by climate change rather than a disease, but it takes place in the very early days of the apocalypse. People are still going to work but there are also communities that are fenced in to prevent desperate people from breaking in and stealing resources etc.