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The Hot Zone by Richard PrestonThe Demon in the Freezer by Richard PrestonThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonThe Stand by Stephen King
Best Books on Flu and Other Devastating Outbreaks
169 books — 123 voters
The Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsThe Coming Plague by Laurie GarrettThe Hot Zone by Richard Preston
History of disease
163 books — 68 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

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
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 Coming Plague by Laurie GarrettInferno by Steven HatchThe Great Mortality by John KellyFlu by Gina KolataThe Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
Terrifying Plagues
36 books — 9 voters
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily HenryThe Hating Game by Sally ThorneThe Right Move by Liz TomfordeThe Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn SolomonFrom Lukov with Love by Mariana Zapata
Sickbed trope (contemporary romances)
90 books — 7 voters

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