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The Stand by Stephen KingWorld War Z by Max BrooksThe Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonThe Hot Zone by Richard Preston
Best Fiction Books About Diseases or Viruses
170 books — 235 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
360 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
169 books — 72 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
105 books — 63 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
246 books — 62 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 — 43 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
45 books — 36 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
97 books — 35 voters

The Great Mortality by John KellyWorld Without End by Ken FollettIn the Wake of the Plague by Norman F. CantorDoomsday Book by Connie WillisA Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe
The Black Death
48 books — 32 voters
Inside the Hot Zone by Mark G. KortepeterPale Rider by Laura SpinneyThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryCrisis in the Red Zone by Richard PrestonFlu by Gina Kolata
Plague And Pandemic Books Fact And Fiction
105 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
63 books — 22 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)
129 books — 18 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)
81 books — 17 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
42 books — 16 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
40 books — 12 voters
Yarden Life by Erin EarthNever Home Alone by Rob DunnWeeds by Alexander Campbell MartinA Weed by Any Other Name by Nancy GiftThe Coming Plague by Laurie Garrett
Weeds, pests, invasives, and diseases
135 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)
49 books — 10 voters
The Gray House by Mariam PetrosyanThe Plague by Albert CamusA Country Doctor's Notebook by Mikhail BulgakovThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe Foundation Pit by Andrei Platonov
Pathologic and Pathologic 2: Further Reading
31 books — 7 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
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyThe Queen of Nothing by Holly BlackThe Cruel Prince by Holly BlackSpace Demons by Gillian RubinsteinSmall Spaces by Katherine Arden
Cursed Items, Artifacts of Doom and Fetishes in Fiction Part III
101 books — 6 voters

Station Eleven by Emily St. John MandelThe Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonSpeaker for the Dead by Orson Scott CardDead Until Dark by Charlaine HarrisHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Fictional Apocalypses: The World's End From Disease
76 books — 6 voters
The Monkey's Paw by W.W. JacobsCursed Bunny by Bora ChungCasting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories by M.R. JamesThe Black Cauldron by Lloyd AlexanderThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Cursed Items, Artifacts of Doom and Fetishes in Fiction Part I
103 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
Heart-Beast by Tanith LeeThe Hellbound Heart by Clive BarkerCurbside Curses by Nadine StewartThe Victorian Chaise Longue by Marghanita LaskiThe Doll in the Garden by Mary Downing Hahn
Cursed Items, Artifacts of Doom and Fetishes in Fiction Part II
101 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 Crimson Rust by C. Bernard RutleySpace Vault by Jeremy CliftFamine by Graham MastertonDreamboats for Trudy by Mildred Lawrence
Agroterrorism in Fiction
4 books — 3 voters

The Midnight Timetable by Bora ChungThe Devil in the Bottle by Robert Louis StevensonHellblazer by Mike CareyAru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani ChokshiThe Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez
Cursed Items, Artifacts of Doom and Fetishes in Fiction Part IV
79 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

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
100 books — 1 voter

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