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The Plague The Plague (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 320,891 ratings — published 1947
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Year of Wonders Year of Wonders (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as plagues)
avg rating 4.01 — 176,970 ratings — published 2001
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The Stand The Stand (Audiobook)
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avg rating 4.35 — 844,559 ratings — published 1978
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The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as plagues)
avg rating 3.88 — 11,901 ratings — published 2005
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Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as plagues)
avg rating 3.94 — 11,894 ratings — published 2023
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Station Eleven Station Eleven (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 625,950 ratings — published 2014
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The Ghost Map The Ghost Map (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.89 — 56,809 ratings — published 2006
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The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as plagues)
avg rating 3.98 — 42,850 ratings — published 2004
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Fever 1793 Fever 1793 (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as plagues)
avg rating 3.93 — 134,356 ratings — published 2000
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Plagues and Peoples Plagues and Peoples (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as plagues)
avg rating 3.87 — 5,045 ratings — published 1976
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The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as plagues)
avg rating 4.16 — 122,680 ratings — published 1994
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Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1) Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as plagues)
avg rating 4.03 — 65,448 ratings — published 1992
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In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as plagues)
avg rating 3.40 — 5,489 ratings — published 2001
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The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as plagues)
avg rating 4.22 — 10,755 ratings — published 1994
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And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as plagues)
avg rating 4.39 — 29,517 ratings — published 1987
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A Journal of the Plague Year A Journal of the Plague Year (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as plagues)
avg rating 3.55 — 11,977 ratings — published 1722
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Blindness Blindness (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.18 — 345,285 ratings — published 1995
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Flu: The Story Of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It Flu: The Story Of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as plagues)
avg rating 3.91 — 7,683 ratings — published 1999
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Polio: An American Story Polio: An American Story (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 6,045 ratings — published 2005
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Masque of the Red Death (Masque of the Red Death, #1) Masque of the Red Death (Masque of the Red Death, #1)
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avg rating 3.70 — 13,966 ratings — published 2012
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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as plagues)
avg rating 4.34 — 237,079 ratings — published 2025
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The End of October The End of October (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as plagues)
avg rating 3.76 — 20,072 ratings — published 2020
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Severance Severance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as plagues)
avg rating 3.88 — 134,352 ratings — published 2018
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The Plague Tales (The Plague Tales, #1) The Plague Tales (The Plague Tales, #1)
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avg rating 3.85 — 2,140 ratings — published 1997
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Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as plagues)
avg rating 4.23 — 14,217 ratings — published 2017
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The Demon in the Freezer The Demon in the Freezer (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as plagues)
avg rating 4.15 — 18,328 ratings — published 2002
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Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82 Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82 (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as plagues)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,856 ratings — published 2001
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Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as plagues)
avg rating 4.42 — 20,677 ratings — published 2012
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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as plagues)
avg rating 4.02 — 571,785 ratings — published 2006
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The Black Death The Black Death (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.71 — 1,488 ratings — published 1969
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The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic that Shaped Our History The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic that Shaped Our History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as plagues)
avg rating 3.91 — 6,757 ratings — published 2006
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Rats, Lice, and History: A Chronicle of Pestilence and Plagues Rats, Lice, and History: A Chronicle of Pestilence and Plagues (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as plagues)
avg rating 4.01 — 579 ratings — published 1935
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The Barbary Plague: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco The Barbary Plague: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as plagues)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,119 ratings — published 2003
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The Death Cure (The Maze Runner, #3) The Death Cure (The Maze Runner, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as plagues)
avg rating 3.78 — 506,252 ratings — published 2011
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The Andromeda Strain (Andromeda, #1) The Andromeda Strain (Andromeda, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as plagues)
avg rating 3.91 — 273,443 ratings — published 1969
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The Premonition: A Pandemic Story The Premonition: A Pandemic Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as plagues)
avg rating 4.32 — 43,233 ratings — published 2021
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How High We Go in the Dark How High We Go in the Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as plagues)
avg rating 3.81 — 72,145 ratings — published 2022
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The Pull of the Stars The Pull of the Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as plagues)
avg rating 3.95 — 90,127 ratings — published 2020
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Viruses, Plagues, and History Viruses, Plagues, and History (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as plagues)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,312 ratings — published 1998
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Love in the Time of Cholera Love in the Time of Cholera (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as plagues)
avg rating 3.94 — 551,910 ratings — published 1985
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Cold Storage Cold Storage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as plagues)
avg rating 3.72 — 16,555 ratings — published 2019
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The Last Hours (Black Death, #1) The Last Hours (Black Death, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as plagues)
avg rating 3.92 — 8,624 ratings — published 2017
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Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as plagues)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,066 ratings — published 2015
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Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as plagues)
avg rating 3.92 — 8,207 ratings — published 2017
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A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as plagues)
avg rating 4.05 — 44,571 ratings — published 1978
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Symbiont (Parasitology, #2) Symbiont (Parasitology, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as plagues)
avg rating 3.71 — 7,931 ratings — published 2014
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Prodigy (Legend, #2) Prodigy (Legend, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as plagues)
avg rating 4.22 — 283,482 ratings — published 2013
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Legend (Legend, #1) Legend (Legend, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as plagues)
avg rating 4.15 — 567,530 ratings — published 2011
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The Dog Stars The Dog Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as plagues)
avg rating 3.95 — 74,173 ratings — published 2012
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Albert Camus
“Everybody knows that pestilences have a way of recurring in the world; yet somehow we find it hard to believe in ones that crash down on our heads from a blue sky. There have been as many plagues as wars in history; yet always plagues and wars take people equally by surprise.”
Albert Camus, The Plague

Larry Kramer
“Why listen to me? I can only predict epidemics and plagues.”
Larry Kramer, The Normal Heart & The Destiny of Me

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