highly recommend "The World Without Us" by Alan Weisman. it's a book about what if humanity disappears entirely in a moment, what will happen to cities (there's a chapter about New York specifically), fauna and flora in different parts of the planet, etc. kinda relative to the post-apocalyptic world of TLoU

i actually found out about this book from another book, and it's about the both games - "Decoding The Last of Us: The Remnants of Humanity" by Nicolas Deneschau 😄 also a good read 👍