Reddit mentions of The Genocides

• A Coffin for Dimitrios, by Eric Ambler
  
  
• The New York Trilogy, by Paul Auster
  
  
• Open City, by Teju Cole
  
  
• Storm of Steel, by Ernst Junger
  
  
• O, Pioneers!, by Willa Cather
  
  
• Passing, by Nella Larsen
  
  
• Eden, by Stanislaw Lem
  
  
• Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, by David Simon
  
  
• Lush Life, by Richard Price
  
  
• The Genocides, Thomas Disch

Most depressing post apocalyptic book I ever read was

https://www.amazon.com/Genocides-Thomas-M-Disch/dp/0375705465

That's a book that makes you want to give up.

The Genocides by Thomas M. Disch was probably inspired by this novel...

More awesome post apocalyptic classics:

• The Day of The Triffids by John Wyndham (holy crap, the kindle edition is only $4.20!),
  
• and whether you can find a digital edition somewhere or not, you should get The Genocides by Thomas Disch.

Looks interesting but how can a novel that has high functioning autistic vampires be considered hard Sci Fi?

Edit: In terms of bleak, I was considering The Genocides by Disch. It looks similar to the Three Body Problem in that humans are considered bugs. I haven't read it yet but maybe it would have been the story of what would have happened if the Trisolaran fleet arrived.