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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
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 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
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

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
96 books — 58 voters
Lord of the Flies by William GoldingGone by Michael GrantThe Girl Who Owned a City by O.T. NelsonThe Maze Runner by James DashnerThe Enemy by Charlie Higson
No Adults
84 books — 42 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
The Stand by Stephen KingThe Hot Zone by Richard PrestonThe Plague by Albert CamusThe Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonDoomsday Book by Connie Willis
Infection Novels
125 books — 28 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
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

#SayHerName by Kimberlé CrenshawFracking by Kathryn Hulick#SayHerName by Kimberlé CrenshawThe War on Poverty by Carolee LaineThe Syrian Conflict by Michael Capek
Special Reports series
44 books — 8 voters
A Shot to Save the World by Gregory ZuckermanOwning the Sun by Alexander ZaitchikThe Coming Plague by Laurie GarrettAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsThe Great Influenza by John M. Barry
Plagues, Pandemics and Epidemics
31 books — 7 voters

The Hot Zone by Richard PrestonInside the Hot Zone by Mark G. KortepeterParasite Rex by Carl ZimmerPestilence by Brian L. PorterThe Demon in the Freezer by Richard Preston
Books That Make You Want to Live in a Bubble
15 books — 6 voters

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