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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootDoctors by Erich SegalCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseStill Alice by Lisa GenovaWhen Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Best Books with a Medical Setting.
403 books — 197 voters
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

Gut by Giulia EndersFed Up by Sophia ElanThe End of Alzheimer's by Dale E. BredesenUndoctored by William DavisThe Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul Ola
Healthy Aging
405 books — 122 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 Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónCirce by Madeline MillerOutlander by Diana Gabaldon
Best Books To Read When You're Ill with Corona Virus Or Self-Isolating
331 books — 102 voters
Accidental Demons by Clare EdgeI'm Squirrely! by Brenda LochingerWhen Will I Feel Better? by Robin Prince MonroeTaking Diabetes to School by Kim GosselinHow to Be Human by Florida Frenz
Books for Children with Chronic Illness
136 books — 67 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
Full Disclosure by Camryn GarrettLike a Love Story by Abdi NazemianTwo Boys Kissing by David LevithanWe Are Lost and Found by Helene DunbarWhen You Call My Name by Tucker Shaw
YA HIV/AIDS
68 books — 34 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

Everything Is Tuberculosis by John GreenThe Magic Mountain by Thomas MannBreathing Room by Marsha HaylesQueen of Hearts by Martha BrooksThe Year of My Indian Prince by Ella Thorp Ellis
Tuberculosis
43 books — 25 voters
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanDoomsday Book by Connie WillisWorld Without End by Ken FollettThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Historical Novels About Illness
72 books — 20 voters

Der Tag, an dem die Welt zerriss by Anna BenningDie Welt wird brennen by Lena KieferNeon Birds by Marie GraßhoffRostiges Herz by Sarah StoffersAutumn & Leaf by J.K. Bloom
German Dystopian Novels/Deutschsprachige Dystopien
114 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)
124 books — 14 voters

The Coming Plague by Laurie GarrettInferno by Steven HatchThe Great Mortality by John KellyFlu by Gina KolataParasite Rex by Carl Zimmer
Terrifying Plagues
36 books — 9 voters
Things We Know by Heart by Jessi KirbyA Heart Like Ringo Starr by Linda Oatman HighHeart to Heart by Lurlene McDanielPieces of Me by Amber KizerOur Year of Maybe by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Organ Donation & Transplants in YA
37 books — 8 voters

I Love My Doctor, But... by Lawrence W. GoldPatrick Bouvier Kennedy by Michael S. RyanLuckiest Man by Jonathan EigLucky Man by Michael J. FoxPolio by David M. Oshinsky
Sick, Famous, and Influential
11 books — 7 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

Our Daily Poison by Marie-Monique RobinCracking Jokes by Alan DundesI Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan BradleyIn the Kingdom of the Sick by Laurie EdwardsTouch Me, I'm Sick by Tom Reynolds
That Novel Is Totally "Sick"
143 books — 5 voters
My Cold Went On Vacation by Molly RauschSometimes You Barf by Nancy CarlsonFelicity Floo Visits the Zoo by E.S. RedmondDear Daisy, Get Well Soon by Maggie SmithWhen Vera Was Sick by Vera Rosenberry
Story Time at the Library: Blech! Germs!
7 books — 1 voter

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