Literature
- Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire, a 1999 book by Richard B. Frank about the last days of World War II
- The Downfall (novel), 1892 book by Émile Zola
- Downfall, a Dragonlance novel by Jean Rabe
- Downfall, 8th novel in the Bionicle Legends series
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