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The Stand by Stephen KingWorld War Z by Max BrooksThe Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonThe Hot Zone by Richard PrestonI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson
Best Fiction Books About Diseases or Viruses
168 books — 234 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingAirborne by DiAnn MillsWorld War Z by Max BrooksThe Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonFeed by Mira Grant
Pandemic Medical Thrillers
353 books — 77 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

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 Stand by Stephen KingYear of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksThe Plague by Albert CamusThe Coming Plague by Laurie Garrett
Reading in the time of COVID-19
110 books — 44 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoKatherine by Anya SetonThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerKristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid UndsetThe Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Fiction Set in 14th Century
46 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

World Without End by Ken FollettThe Great Mortality by John KellyIn the Wake of the Plague by Norman F. CantorThe Black Death in London by Barney SloaneDoomsday Book by Connie Willis
The Black Death
39 books — 28 voters
Crisis in the Red Zone by Richard PrestonInside the Hot Zone by Mark G. KortepeterPale Rider by Laura SpinneyThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryFlu by Gina Kolata
Plague And Pandemic Books Fact And Fiction
104 books — 22 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
Dr. Mütter's Marvels by Cristin O'Keefe AptowiczThe Philadelphia Negro by W.E.B. Du BoisCity Of Sisterly And Brotherly Loves by Marc SteinThe Buried Past by John L. CotterThe Fearless Benjamin Lay by Marcus Rediker
Philadelphia History (nonfiction)
79 books — 15 voters

All That's Left in the World by Erik J. BrownThe Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer GiesbrechtElegy for the Undead by Matthew VeselyWilder Girls by Rory PowerSweet & Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley
Queer Books About Fictional Plagues
41 books — 15 voters
Spillover by David QuammenThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsGet Well Soon by Jennifer WrightPandemic by Sonia Shah
Pandemics and Epidemics (nonfiction)
125 books — 15 voters

El gordo de Ciudad Juárez y otros relatos de terror. by Randall BlackcrowShadowchild by Matthew WilliamsCabello by Grea AlexanderThe Pack by Grea AlexanderMiael by Grea Alexander
Indie Zombie and Horror
16 books — 12 voters
Outside, Inside by LeUyen PhamWindows by Patrick GuestNo Books For Benjamin? by R.G. de RouenP is for Pandemic by Tashawna BennettSchool in the Time of the Coronavirus by Emily Mazzulla
Best Children's Books about the Pandemic
34 books — 12 voters

Fairyland by Alysia AbbottAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsHow to Survive a Plague by David FranceBorrowed Time by Paul MonetteBody Counts by Sean Strub
Memoirs and Autobiographies About the 1980s HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the US (nonfiction)
48 books — 9 voters
Last Light by Claire KentA Wilderness Within by Emma CastleHaven by Claire KentPlague, #1 by Imogen KeeperPlague, Part Two by Imogen Keeper
End of the World Adult (18>) Romance
14 books — 7 voters

The Gray House by Mariam PetrosyanThe Plague by Albert CamusThe Foundation Pit by Andrei PlatonovHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiSatan in Goray by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Pathologic and Pathologic 2: Further Reading
31 books — 6 voters
Never Home Alone by Rob DunnWeeds by Alexander C. MartinA Weed by Any Other Name by Nancy GiftThe Coming Plague by Laurie GarrettThis Is Your Brain on Parasites by Kathleen McAuliffe
Weeds, pests, invasives, and diseases
132 books — 5 voters

The Plague by Albert CamusLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezThe Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksThe Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
Lovely Books about Nasty Diseases
24 books — 4 voters
Roadside Picnic by Arkady StrugatskyAngela's Arm by Roland AllnachThe Forest Demands Its Due by Kosoko JacksonUzumaki by Junji ItoThe Ritual by Adam L.G. Nevill
Similar to Darkwood (2017 Video Game)
21 books — 3 voters

The Monkey's Paw by W.W. JacobsTrankarri by Christopher DeanLearning Go by Jon BodnerAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrCursed Bunny by Bora Chung
Cursed Items, Artifacts of Doom and Fetishes in Fiction Part I
102 books — 3 voters
Curbside Curses by Nadine StewartSilver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-GarciaTrankarri by Christopher DeanThe Inhuman Condition by Clive BarkerGhost Virus by Graham Masterton
Cursed Items, Artifacts of Doom and Fetishes in Fiction Part II
101 books — 3 voters

The Coming Plague by Laurie GarrettDetoxify or Die by Sherry A. RogersTired or Toxic? A Blueprint for Health by Sherry A. RogersThe Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan EganChemical Sensitivity by Sherry A. Rogers
Books on how to protect yourself and the environment from Coming Plagues
6 books — 2 voters
The Crimson Rust by C. Bernard RutleySpace Vault by Jeremy CliftDreamboats for Trudy by Mildred Lawrence
Agroterrorism in Fiction
3 books — 2 voters

GhostBox (Comixology Originals) Vol. 1 by Mike CareyTrankarri by Christopher DeanHellboy, Vol. 3 by Mike MignolaSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyDoll Bones by Holly Black by Holly Black
Cursed Items, Artifacts of Doom and Fetishes in Fiction Part III
101 books — 2 voters
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana EnriquezTrankarri by Christopher DeanThe Midnight Timetable by Bora ChungThe White Guy Dies First by Terry J. Benton-WalkerThe House of Small Shadows by Adam L.G. Nevill
Cursed Items, Artifacts of Doom and Fetishes in Fiction Part IV
77 books — 2 voters

Diary of a Plague Doctor's Wife by Heather R DarsieThe Plague Doctor by James C. MoreheadSCP Plague Doctor Adventure by Christopher TupaThe Plague Doctor by C.P. SennettThe Haunting of Bleak House - Rise of the Plague Doctor by Clarice Black
The Plague Doctor
24 books — 1 voter
Facing the Lion by Simone Arnold LiebsterBehind the Bedroom Wall by Laura E. WilliamsA Faraway Island by Annika ThorRed Scarf Girl by Ji-li JiangBetween Shades of Gray by Andrew Donkin
The Children Shall Lead
69 books — 1 voter

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