The Samuil Petrovitch Trilogy by Simon Morden (2011).

The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder (2010).

Terminal Mind by David Walton (2008) ( tie).

Emissaries from The Dead by Adam-Troy Castro (2008) ( tie).

Ship of Fools by Richard Paul Russo (2001).

Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith (2000).

Vacuum Diagrams by Stephen Baxter (1999).253: The Print Remix by Geoff Ryman (1998).The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter (1996).

Mysterium by Robert Charles Wilson (1994).Through the Heart by Richard Grant (1992).King of Morning, Queen of Day by Ian McDonald (1991).

Points of Departure by Pat Murphy (1990).Subterranean Gallery by Richard Paul Russo (1989).Dinner at Deviant's Palace by Tim Powers (1985).Some examples of this narrative are Vox (2018) by Christina Dalcher Bina Shak’s Before She Sleeps (2018) The Water Cure (2018) by Sophie Mackintosh Larissa Lai’s The Tiger Flu (2018) and also Diane Cook’s The New Wilderness (2020) The Book of the Unnamed Midwife sits with other feminist narratives sharing women's perspectives in apocalyptic settings. The second novel in the series is The Book of Etta (2017), which is followed by the finale entitled The Book of Flora (2019). The first in the series 'The Road to Nowhere,' which Elison says was named with 'dual meaning of might be a good place, but its probably no place.' Elison also recognized the influence of the Talking Heads song with the same name ' Road to Nowhere' as the series' theme music. In November 2020, the author, Meg Elison, discussed the novel. Elison's book depicts the fate of women as either sexual enslaver or enslaved people the unnamed midwife refuses either of these outcomes, choosing to dress and act male as a form of protection. The narrator chooses to avoid the fate of most other women in the novel. The novel explores themes of women's subjugation through sexual violence in the post-apocalyptic United States, questions of gender identity, the spectrum of sexuality and sexual practices, women using violence as a means of defense, women's purpose as natural submissive caretakers. Each transition of the midwife character reflects the following themes throughout the novel. Aliases include Karen, Alex, Dusty for most of the novel, and finally, Jane. The unnamed midwife uses aliases throughout the novel. Through the midwifes travels, patriarchal confrontation propels the themes of the novel. The unnamed midwife travels north from San Francisco, North to East Oregon, and the East to Utah, finally settling in Missouri. The story of the unnamed midwife is narrated in both personal diary, short narratives. The setting begins in San Francisco California after a fever has decimated the world's population.

The book of unnamed midwife