2026 Reading Challenge

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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
698 books — 577 voters
ALS Saved My Life ... until it didn't by Jenni Kleinman BerebitskyHyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshKindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldEl Deafo by Cece Bell
Books Written by Disabled Authors
408 books — 168 voters

Flowers from the Storm by Laura KinsaleYours Until Dawn by Teresa MedeirosRomancing the Duke by Tessa DareTexas Destiny by Lorraine HeathTo Beguile a Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt
Physically and Sensory Disabled Heroes of Historical Romance
135 books — 149 voters
Devil in Winter by Lisa KleypasNever Seduce a Scot by Maya BanksAnnie's Song by Catherine AndersonDearest Rogue by Elizabeth HoytLove Is Blind by Lynsay Sands
Sensory and Physically Disabled Heroines of Historical Romance
65 books — 68 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

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
Small Steps by Peg KehretJubilee by KT JohnstonRisking Exposure by Jeanne MoranHero of Lesser Causes by Julie JohnstonIn the Clear by Anne Laurel Carter
Polio
54 books — 14 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
Tall and Proud by Vian SmithSmall Steps by Peg KehretTriumph Clear by Lorraine BeimSunshine and Shadow by Lorraine BeimJubilee by KT Johnston
Books About Childhood Diseases Now Prevented By Vaccines
47 books — 6 voters

Building Social Business by Muhammad YunusStarting From Scratch by John BarfieldThe Overstory by Richard PowersThe Promise of World Peace by Universal House of JusticeParis Talks by Abdu'l-Bahá
Books that model Rotarian values
27 books — 4 voters

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