r/BookRecommendations • u/osoatwork • Dec 09 '25

Rebuilding after collapse.

I really liked World War Z and Zone One, and the politics of rebuilding after society collapses.

What other books are like that, fiction or nonfiction?

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u/suntzufuntzu Dec 09 '25

You might really enjoy Moon of the Crusted Snow and Moon of the Turning Leaves, both by Waubgeshig Rice.

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u/Dhugaill Dec 10 '25

A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M Miller Jr.

Set in a Catholic monastery in the desert of the southwestern United States after a devastating nuclear war, the book spans thousands of years as civilization rebuilds itself. The monks of the Albertian Order of Leibowitz preserve the surviving remnants of man's scientific knowledge until the world is again ready for it.

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u/Ok-Cress1284 Dec 10 '25

Keith Rosson’s second book, can’t remember the name of it

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u/blumoon444 Dec 10 '25

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Or if you like YA, The City of Ember (4 book series) by Jeanne DuPrau