Reddit reviews The City, Not Long After

There are a couple of post-apocalpytic novels I can think of that no one ever mentions, which are shorter on zombies and fireworks and longer on human relationships.

Into the Forest

Engine Summer, which is a really extraordinary book that I wish more people would read.

A couple more lesser-known ones:

False Dawn by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro.

Always Coming Home by Ursula LeGui

The Wild Shore by Kim Stanley Robinson

The City, Not Long After by Pat Murphy

And how could I forget Cloud Atlas by Douglas Mitchell. The post-apocalytpic nature is not really apparent until almost half-way through the book.

This totally makes me think of Pat Murphy's The City, Not Long After. A fun, if bohemian, take on San Francisco after a vague, non-violent, population die-off.