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Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Medicine and Literature
1,920 books — 2,044 voters
Running with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Best Strange and Twisted Memoirs
709 books — 1,084 voters

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
704 books — 577 voters
The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienThe Sorrow of War by Bảo NinhThe Full Circle for Mick by Michael G. KramerHuế 1968 by Mark BowdenWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. Moore
Plight of a Nation
1,151 books — 452 voters

Running with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerLeaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren HoughGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenProzac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Unsettling Memoirs & Biographies
531 books — 380 voters
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerIsaac's Storm by Erik LarsonIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickA Night to Remember by Walter LordAlive by Piers Paul Read
Non-fiction Disaster Books
328 books — 328 voters

The Hot Zone by Richard PrestonThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelSpillover by David QuammenThe Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
These Books Will Kill You
356 books — 319 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootStiff by Mary RoachA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanThe Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum
Modern Science Nonfiction
452 books — 306 voters

The Stand by Stephen KingWorld War Z by Max BrooksThe Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonThe Hot Zone by Richard PrestonStation Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Apocalypse by Epidemic
260 books — 297 voters
Don't Forget to Dance by Marc AlderdiceThe Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth KolbertSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
The Natural World: Natural Science and Natural History for Adults
788 books — 297 voters

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
And the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsTell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka BruntBorrowed Time by Paul MonetteThe Great Believers by Rebecca MakkaiMillennium Approaches by Tony Kushner
Best Books about HIV/AIDS (Fiction and Non-Fiction)
346 books — 230 voters

Gone by Michael GrantLife As We Knew It by Susan Beth PfefferThe Stand by Stephen KingThe Road by Cormac McCarthyAshfall by Mike Mullin
Apocalypse Challenge
110 books — 187 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Hot Zone by Richard PrestonThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Great Influenza by John M. Barry
History of Medicine
351 books — 158 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultLycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses by Kristen O'NealMontpelier Tomorrow by Marylee MacDonaldMe Before You by Jojo Moyes
Best Characters with a Chronic or Terminal Illness
154 books — 149 voters
The Botany of Desire by Michael PollanThe Hidden Life of Trees by Peter WohllebenBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererLab Girl by Hope JahrenThe Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart
Nonfiction Books about Plants
420 books — 146 voters

Never Seduce a Scot by Maya BanksSeduce Me at Sunrise by Lisa KleypasAgain the Magic by Lisa KleypasGarrett by Sawyer BennettWithout MAlice by Amesbury Clarke
Romances with Chronically Ill/Disabled Heroines
215 books — 145 voters
Still Alice by Lisa GenovaTime To Let Go by Christoph FischerNow I Remember I Love You by Janet AirdPale Highway by Nicholas ConleyBest Years of your Life by Jen Craven
Alzheimer's Disease in Fiction
101 books — 134 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanMountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy KidderThe Hot Zone by Richard PrestonThe Coming Plague by Laurie Garrett
Public Health
204 books — 128 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeBonk by Mary RoachGulp by Mary Roach
Modern Medical Science (nonfiction)
251 books — 120 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 Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Jungle Books by Rudyard KiplingGorillas in the Mist by Dian FosseyOut of Africa by Isak DinesenHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Rainforests and Jungles of the World
394 books — 112 voters

Joy & Sorrow by Peter Sean DalyThe Soul of an Octopus by Sy MontgomeryThe Horse by Wendy WilliamsInside of a Dog by Alexandra HorowitzHow to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog) by Lee Alan Dugatkin
Animal Science for Adults
273 books — 90 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

Beyond the Fountain of Youth by Julian Robert Gershon Jr.The Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul OlaOn Learning to Heal by Ed CohenFibromyalgia And Other Chronic Painful Conditions by Jeffrey B. LoomerMy Life With Migraine by Earle Levenstein
Best books for helping chronic health conditions
214 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
244 books — 61 voters

Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonBorn Free by Joy AdamsonA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonWild by Cheryl StrayedNever Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat
Best Essays about Plants, Animals and Nature
255 books — 59 voters
Six of Crows by Leigh BardugoMonstress #1 by Marjorie M. LiuCrooked Kingdom by Leigh BardugoThe Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffreyThe Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
Fantasy Books with Disabled Protagonists
147 books — 58 voters

Coming To Terms With Type 1 Diabetes by Debbie YoungThe Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul OlaNeedles by Andie DominickBreakthrough by Thea CooperThe Sudden Star by Pamela Sargent
Diabetes
70 books — 45 voters
The Cost of Hope by Amanda BennettCancer Schmancer by Fran DrescherIt's Probably Nothing...* by Micki MyersCrazy Sexy Cancer Tips by Kris CarrThe Cancer Survivors Club by Chris Geiger
Funny Books About Cancer
35 books — 43 voters

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