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Books About Epidemics and Contagious Diseases

Fiction and non-fiction books set during and/or reflecting on the experience of infection, contagion, or full blown epidemics in significant ways.
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The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
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Albert Camus
Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
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José Saramago
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
3
Emily St John Mandel
After the Plague (T.C. Boyle)
After the Plague
4
T.C. Boyle
Love in Time of Cholera (Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez)
Love in Time of Cholera
5
Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez
Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague (Geraldine Brooks)
Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague
6
Geraldine Brooks
The Last Man (Mary Shelley)
The Last Man
7
Mary Shelley
The Painted Veil (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Painted Veil
8
W. Somerset Maugham
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice
9
Thomas Mann
The Scarlet Plague (Jack London)
The Scarlet Plague
10
Jack London
A Journal of the Plague Year (Daniel Defoe)
A Journal of the Plague Year
11
Daniel Defoe
The Masque of the Red Death (Edgar Allen Poe)
The Masque of the Red Death
12
Edgar Allen Poe
Bílá Nemoc (Karel Čapek)
Bílá Nemoc
13
Karel Čapek
Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
Decameron
14
Giovanni Boccaccio
Everything Is Tuberculosis (John Green)
Everything Is Tuberculosis
15
John Green
Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History (Vidya Krishnan)
Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History
16
Vidya Krishnan
And the Band Played on (Randy Shilts)
And the Band Played On
17
Randy Shilts
Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues (Jonathan Kennedy)
Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
18
Jonathan Kennedy
The Great Mortality (John Kelly)
The Great Mortality
19
John Kelly
Pale Rider (Laura Spinney)
Pale Rider
20
Laura Spinney
Spillover : Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic (David Quammen)
Spillover : Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
21
David Quammen
The Hot Zone (Richard Preston)
The Hot Zone
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Richard Preston
The Ghost Map (Steven Johnson)
The Ghost Map
23
Steven Johnson
The Great Influenza (John M. Barry)
The Great Influenza
24
John M. Barry
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 (Jim Murphy)
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
25
Jim Murphy
Fever 1793 (Laurie Halse Anderson)
Fever 1793
26
Laurie Halse Anderson
The Pull of the Stars (Emma Donoghue)
The Pull of the Stars
27
Emma Donoghue
The Orphan Collector (Ellen Marie Wiseman)
The Orphan Collector
28
Ellen Marie Wiseman
Fever (Mary Beth Keane)
Fever
29
Mary Beth Keane
Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82 (Elizabeth A. Fenn)
Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82
30
Elizabeth A. Fenn
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Jared Diamond)
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
31
Jared Diamond
Rabid (Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy)
Rabid
32
Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy
The Demon in the Freezer (Richard Preston)
The Demon in the Freezer
33
Richard Preston
Fever at Dawn (Peter Gardos)
Fever at Dawn
34
Peter Gardos
Year of Plagues: A Memoir of 2020 (Fred D'Aguiar)
Year of Plagues: A Memoir of 2020
35
Fred D'Aguiar
Illness as Metaphor (Susan Sontag)
Illness as Metaphor
36
Susan Sontag
Borrowed Time (Paul Monette)
Borrowed Time
37
Paul Monette
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs.Seacole in Many Lands (Mary Seacole)
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs.Seacole in Many Lands
38
Mary Seacole
The Great Stink (Clare Clark)
The Great Stink
39
Clare Clark
Murderous Contagion (Mary Dobson)
Murderous Contagion
40
Mary Dobson
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