Next on your reading list should be "One Year After"
and it shows the loss of loved ones, and some innovative and ingenious modifications people had to make.
It is a postapocalyptic thriller where communities had to deal with an over-reaching government.
I just received a copy of the last of the trilogy :" The Final Day" by Forstchen, but haven't cracked it open yet.
I have both books and just yesterday ordered *The Final Day* from the library.
I heard it’s not quite as good as the first two.