Some context here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessaloniki_Metro
This seems to have flown under the radar a bit but it's a similar case to the metro project in Ho Chi Minh. It took an eternity to finish with the first hole being dug in 1989 and it finally opened to the public last month. It had become kind of a meme due to all the delays and changing of hands among now-bankrupt companies and with every government promising to open it (it's had at least two opening ceremonies years apart). Now a month later it's still having issues and is really small, mostly serving the center but it's the first driverless metro in Greece with modern stations and also featuring a museum so it's promising.
Anything by Jeff Vandermeer. Maybe Margaret Atwood too but I've only read Oryx and Crake (which was great but not sure how much it fits here). Tender is the Flesh is really good and pretty dark. Blindness by José Saramago. If you're looking for something really weird then House of Leaves (but warning, it's not exactly a normal story and you should get the physical book).