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The Stand by Stephen KingThe Hot Zone by Richard PrestonWorld War Z by Max BrooksThe Plague by Albert CamusThe Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
Books for a Pandemic
699 books — 578 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingWorld War Z by Max BrooksThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson
Post-Apocalyptia
488 books — 401 voters

The Hot Zone by Richard PrestonThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelSpillover by David QuammenThe Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
These Books Will Kill You
360 books — 322 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonDoomsday Book by Connie WillisThe Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonYear of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Fiction About Epidemics
131 books — 112 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootLab Girl by Hope JahrenStiff by Mary RoachSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonHidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
Science Writing By People of Marginalized Genders
255 books — 90 voters
The Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsThe Coming Plague by Laurie GarrettGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
History of disease
164 books — 69 voters

Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettChasing Secrets by Gennifer CholdenkoAt the Sign of the Sugared Plum by Mary HooperA Death-Struck Year by Makiia Lucier
YA & Middle Grade Epidemics/Pandemics
244 books — 61 voters
As Bright as Heaven by Susan MeissnerIn the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat WintersThe Pull of the Stars by Emma DonoghueThe Birth House by Ami McKayA Death-Struck Year by Makiia Lucier
1918 Flu Pandemic
95 books — 60 voters

Year of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksDoomsday Book by Connie WillisWorld Without End by Ken FollettForever Amber by Kathleen WinsorThe Plague by Albert Camus
Bubonic Plague
97 books — 59 voters
Adapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskySpillover by David QuammenBeat by Jared GarrettA Planet of Viruses by Carl Zimmer
Viruses, the Brain, and Human Civilization
49 books — 40 voters

Adapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyThe Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul OlaThe Living Medicine by Lina ZeldovichThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyAnd the Band Played On by Randy Shilts
Books for the time of Pandemics
138 books — 37 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingThe Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonDoomsday Book by Connie WillisThe Hot Zone by Richard PrestonStation Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Best Popular Pandemic Books on Goodreads
96 books — 32 voters

Unlocking Lyme by Bill Rawls MDCure Unknown by Pamela WeintraubSuffered Long Enough by William C. Rawls Jr.Healing Lyme by Stephen Harrod BuhnerWhy Can't I Get Better? Solving the Mystery of Lyme and Chron... by Richard I. Horowitz
Best Lyme Disease Books
57 books — 29 voters
Year of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksThe Painted Veil by W. Somerset MaughamThe Pull of the Stars by Emma DonoghueAs Bright as Heaven by Susan MeissnerFever by Mary Beth Keane
Disease and Pandemics in Historical Fiction
61 books — 19 voters

The Premonition by Michael LewisTen Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World by Fareed ZakariaOut of the Cage by Matthew LightfootA State of Fear by Laura DodsworthThe Plague Year by Lawrence Wright
Coronavirus Reading List
153 books — 14 voters
A Shot to Save the World by Gregory ZuckermanThe Coming Plague by Laurie GarrettOwning the Sun by Alexander ZaitchikAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsThe Great Influenza by John M. Barry
Plagues, Pandemics and Epidemics
31 books — 7 voters

The Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonThe Great Trouble by Deborah HopkinsonPandemic by Sonia ShahFilth by William A. CohenCholera by Amanda J. Thomas
Broad Street Cholera Epidemic
15 books — 6 voters
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryGet Well Soon by Jennifer WrightAmanda Gorman Book by University PressHistory Smashers by Kate Messner
Staff Picks: Pandemic Reads
100 books — 5 voters

A House of Tailors by Patricia Reilly GiffRed Madness by Gail JarrowFatal Fever by Gail JarrowPatient Zero by Marilee PetersTerrible Typhoid Mary by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Medical Mystery for Children
15 books — 3 voters
Creating a World Without Poverty by Muhammad YunusDebunking Holocaust Denial Theories by James MorcanField Notes from a Catastrophe by Elizabeth Kolbert
Wicked Problems
3 books — 2 voters

The Walking Dead, Vol. 1 by Robert KirkmanInstauration by Sarah Lyons FlemingThe War of the Worlds by H.G. WellsLock In by John Scalzi1984 by George Orwell
Apoca-tips: Post-Apocalyptic Jaw Droppers
15 books — 1 voter
Issues With Authority by Nadia BulkinThe King in Yellow by I.N.J. CulbardThe Aleph and Other Stories by Jorge Luis BorgesCell by Stephen KingBird Box by Josh Malerman
Paracontagions, BLITs, Brown Notes and Thought Viruses in Fiction
34 books — 1 voter

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