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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
713 books — 593 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
362 books — 169 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
241 books — 51 voters
The Hot Zone by Richard PrestonThe Coming Plague by Laurie GarrettSpillover by David QuammenThe Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonThe Removable Root Cause of Cancers and other Chronic Diseases by Paul Ola
Pathogens and Disease
110 books — 40 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
98 books — 36 voters
GÉNESIS by Francisco SolSTORIES OF FIRST CONTACT by Siniša KomlenTHE WONDROUS WORLDS OF THE EXOPLANETS by Siniša KomlenAll That We Reflect by Izzy BondSmoke Ghost & Other Apparitions by Fritz Leiber
Non-anthropomorphic Intelligences in Fiction
92 books — 36 voters

I Contain Multitudes by Ed YongThe Coming Plague by Laurie GarrettThe Hot Zone by Richard PrestonMarch of the Microbes by IngrahamThe Living Medicine by Lina Zeldovich
Microbiology
100 books — 27 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)
134 books — 20 voters

#SayHerName by Kimberlé Williams CrenshawMartian Aeolian Geomorphology by Zhibao DongFracking by Kathryn Hulick#SayHerName by Kimberlé Williams CrenshawUS Immigration and Customs Enforcement by Cynthia Kennedy Henzel
Special Reports series
49 books — 17 voters
Virus Hunter by C.J. PetersThe Living Medicine by Lina ZeldovichThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsThe Hot Zone by Richard Preston
Going Viral!
99 books — 14 voters

The Hot Zone by Richard PrestonSpillover by David QuammenThe Living Medicine by Lina ZeldovichNo Time to Lose by Peter PiotMicrobe Hunters by Paul de Kruif
Best Books about Microbiology
26 books — 14 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
136 books — 13 voters

Bloodline by William GraceThe Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelSpeaker for the Dead by Orson Scott CardHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Fictional Apocalypses: The World's End From Disease
77 books — 8 voters
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse AndersonWhat Is the Coronavirus Disease COVID-19? by Michael BurganLife on the Line by Emma GoldbergThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryAlone Together by Garth Stein
Staff Picks: Pandemic Reads
101 books — 7 voters

A House of Tailors by Patricia Reilly GiffRed Madness by Gail JarrowPandemics and Apocalypse in World Literature by William FrankeFatal Fever by Gail JarrowTerrible Typhoid Mary by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Medical Mystery for Children
16 books — 4 voters

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