Best Books about HIV/AIDS (Fiction and Non-Fiction)

1.
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic 4.39 avg rating — 28,864 ratings
2.
Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir
Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir 4.37 avg rating — 2,887 ratings
3.
Tell the Wolves I'm Home
Tell the Wolves I'm Home 4.03 avg rating — 147,991 ratings
4.
The Great Believers
The Great Believers 4.29 avg rating — 161,775 ratings
5.
Millennium Approaches (Angels in America, #1)
Millennium Approaches (Angels in America, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 24,948 ratings
6.
How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS
How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS 4.44 avg rating — 4,224 ratings
7.
The Hours
The Hours 3.96 avg rating — 146,853 ratings
8.
The Normal Heart
The Normal Heart 4.28 avg rating — 4,251 ratings
9.
Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father
Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father 4.05 avg rating — 4,077 ratings
10.
My Own Country: A Doctor's Story
My Own Country: A Doctor's Story 4.23 avg rating — 12,766 ratings
11.
Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors
Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7,368 ratings
12.
The Gifts of the Body
The Gifts of the Body 4.33 avg rating — 624 ratings
13.
Body Counts: A Memoir of Politics, Sex, AIDS, and Survival
Body Counts: A Memoir of Politics, Sex, AIDS, and Survival 4.23 avg rating — 673 ratings
14.
Positive
Positive 4.27 avg rating — 3,690 ratings
15.
Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned
Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned 4.06 avg rating — 2,807 ratings
16.
Ryan White: My Own Story
Ryan White: My Own Story 4.30 avg rating — 1,070 ratings
17.
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day (Idlewild, #1)
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day (Idlewild, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 21,453 ratings
18.
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World 4.20 avg rating — 87,491 ratings
19.
Full Disclosure
Full Disclosure 3.91 avg rating — 7,860 ratings
20.
Perestroika (Angels in America, #2)
Perestroika (Angels in America, #2) 4.24 avg rating — 22,888 ratings
21.
Was
Was 3.88 avg rating — 1,853 ratings
22.
The Origins of AIDS
The Origins of AIDS 4.21 avg rating — 636 ratings
23.
Love is the Cure: On Life, Loss, and the End of AIDS
Love is the Cure: On Life, Loss, and the End of AIDS 3.90 avg rating — 987 ratings
24.
When We Rise: My Life in the Movement
When We Rise: My Life in the Movement 4.35 avg rating — 2,846 ratings
25.
Perfect For Me
Perfect For Me 3.49 avg rating — 119 ratings
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Sjukdomen (Torka aldrig tårar utan handskar, #2)
Sjukdomen (Torka aldrig tårar utan handskar, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 5,225 ratings
27.
We Are Lost and Found
We Are Lost and Found 3.73 avg rating — 2,899 ratings
28.
Like a Love Story
Like a Love Story 4.26 avg rating — 15,581 ratings
29.
28: Stories of AIDS in Africa
28: Stories of AIDS in Africa 4.28 avg rating — 2,239 ratings
30.
Moving Politics: Emotion and ACT UP's Fight against AIDS
Moving Politics: Emotion and ACT UP's Fight against AIDS 4.28 avg rating — 159 ratings
31.
The Screaming Room: A Mother's Journal of Her Son's Struggle With AIDS
The Screaming Room: A Mother's Journal of Her Son's Struggle With AIDS 4.44 avg rating — 112 ratings
32.
Chronicle of a Plague, Revisited: AIDS and Its Aftermath
Chronicle of a Plague, Revisited: AIDS and Its Aftermath 4.14 avg rating — 292 ratings
33.
Reports from the Holocaust: The Story of An AIDS Activist
Reports from the Holocaust: The Story of An AIDS Activist 4.23 avg rating — 125 ratings
34.
A Positive Outlook
A Positive Outlook 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
35.
Koolaids: The Art of War
Koolaids: The Art of War 4.04 avg rating — 849 ratings
35.
Rat Bohemia
Rat Bohemia 3.92 avg rating — 1,218 ratings
37.
Kärleken (Torka aldrig tårar utan handskar, #1)
Kärleken (Torka aldrig tårar utan handskar, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 9,574 ratings
37.
Döden (Torka aldrig tårar utan handskar, #3)
Döden (Torka aldrig tårar utan handskar, #3) 4.42 avg rating — 4,412 ratings
39.
Holding the Man
Holding the Man 4.41 avg rating — 6,315 ratings
40.
Caregiver
Caregiver 4.13 avg rating — 654 ratings
40.
In the Absence of Angels
In the Absence of Angels 4.32 avg rating — 301 ratings
42.
Beyond Love
Beyond Love 4.27 avg rating — 835 ratings
43.
The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels, and the Business of AIDS
The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels, and the Business of AIDS 4.13 avg rating — 3,100 ratings
44.
Stitching a Revolution: The Making of an Activist
Stitching a Revolution: The Making of an Activist 4.34 avg rating — 102 ratings
45.
We Are All the Same: A Story of a Boy's Courage and a Mother's Love
We Are All the Same: A Story of a Boy's Courage and a Mother's Love 4.11 avg rating — 1,218 ratings
46.
The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West, and the Fight Against AIDS
The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West, and the Fight Against AIDS 4.09 avg rating — 1,008 ratings
47.
In the Shadow of the American Dream: The Diaries of David Wojnarowicz
In the Shadow of the American Dream: The Diaries of David Wojnarowicz 4.40 avg rating — 432 ratings
48.
The Line of Beauty
The Line of Beauty 3.77 avg rating — 30,646 ratings
48.
My Government Means to Kill Me
My Government Means to Kill Me 4.23 avg rating — 6,254 ratings
50.
Destination Unknown
Destination Unknown 4.27 avg rating — 1,162 ratings
51.
Tin Man
Tin Man 3.97 avg rating — 50,871 ratings
52.
Hospital Time
Hospital Time 4.04 avg rating — 84 ratings
53.
Go Toward the Light
Go Toward the Light 4.28 avg rating — 177 ratings
54.
I Have Something to Tell You: A Memoir
I Have Something to Tell You: A Memoir 3.74 avg rating — 101 ratings
55.
There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children
There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children 4.26 avg rating — 3,402 ratings
56.
Martin and John
Martin and John
by: Dale Peck
3.69 avg rating — 952 ratings
56.
The Epidemic: A Global History of AIDS
The Epidemic: A Global History of AIDS 3.71 avg rating — 194 ratings
58.
Not in My Family: AIDS in the African-American Community
Not in My Family: AIDS in the African-American Community 3.22 avg rating — 18 ratings
59.
AIDS at 30: A History
AIDS at 30: A History 3.71 avg rating — 51 ratings
60.
The Least of These My Brethren: A Doctor's Story of Hope and Miracles in an Inner-City AIDS Ward
The Least of These My Brethren: A Doctor's Story of Hope and Miracles in an Inner-City AIDS Ward 4.47 avg rating — 76 ratings
61.
AIDS and Its Metaphors
AIDS and Its Metaphors 3.98 avg rating — 625 ratings
62.
Love Don't Need a Reason: The Life and Music of Michael Callen
Love Don't Need a Reason: The Life and Music of Michael Callen 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings
63.
Melancholia and Moralism: Essays on AIDS and Queer Politics
Melancholia and Moralism: Essays on AIDS and Queer Politics 4.43 avg rating — 96 ratings
63.
Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration
Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration 4.48 avg rating — 4,363 ratings
65.
Hold Tight Gently: Michael Callen, Essex Hemphill, and the Battlefield of AIDS
Hold Tight Gently: Michael Callen, Essex Hemphill, and the Battlefield of AIDS 4.07 avg rating — 176 ratings
66.
Activism Against AIDS: At the Intersections of Sexuality, Race, Gender and Class
Activism Against AIDS: At the Intersections of Sexuality, Race, Gender and Class 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
67.
Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371
Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371 4.41 avg rating — 1,048 ratings
68.
Heaven's Coast: A Memoir
Heaven's Coast: A Memoir
by: Mark Doty
4.38 avg rating — 1,092 ratings
69.
The Gentrification of the Mind: Witness to a Lost Imagination
The Gentrification of the Mind: Witness to a Lost Imagination 4.18 avg rating — 2,507 ratings
70.
As Real As It Gets: The Life of a Hospital at the Center of the AIDS Epidemic
As Real As It Gets: The Life of a Hospital at the Center of the AIDS Epidemic 4.17 avg rating — 35 ratings
71.
Visions and Revisions: Coming of Age in the Age of AIDS
Visions and Revisions: Coming of Age in the Age of AIDS
by: Dale Peck
3.41 avg rating — 160 ratings
72.
Where We Go From Here
Where We Go From Here 4.09 avg rating — 2,643 ratings
73.
Through These Veins
Through These Veins 4.21 avg rating — 48 ratings
73.
Traveling Light
Traveling Light 4.10 avg rating — 1,672 ratings
75.
The Green Road
The Green Road 3.51 avg rating — 16,291 ratings
76.
The Epidemic of Our Time
The Epidemic of Our Time it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
77.
The River : A Journey to the Source of HIV and AIDS
The River : A Journey to the Source of HIV and AIDS 4.13 avg rating — 258 ratings
78.
The Chimp and the River: How AIDS Emerged from an African Forest
The Chimp and the River: How AIDS Emerged from an African Forest 4.16 avg rating — 1,164 ratings
79.
The Man with Night Sweats: Poems
The Man with Night Sweats: Poems
by: Thom Gunn
4.10 avg rating — 755 ratings
80.
People in Trouble
People in Trouble 3.73 avg rating — 986 ratings
81.
Plays Well with Others
Plays Well with Others 3.95 avg rating — 707 ratings
81.
Eighty-Sixed
Eighty-Sixed 3.99 avg rating — 604 ratings
83.
My Life After Now
My Life After Now 3.88 avg rating — 2,724 ratings
83.
AIDS RIOT: Artist Collectives Against AIDS. New York 1987-1994
AIDS RIOT: Artist Collectives Against AIDS. New York 1987-1994 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
85.
The Naked Truth: Young, Beautiful, and (HIV) Positive
The Naked Truth: Young, Beautiful, and (HIV) Positive 3.97 avg rating — 508 ratings
86.
Reframing Bodies: AIDS, Bearing Witness, and the Queer Moving Image
Reframing Bodies: AIDS, Bearing Witness, and the Queer Moving Image 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings
87.
Queer and Loathing: Rants and Raves of a Raging AIDS Clone
Queer and Loathing: Rants and Raves of a Raging AIDS Clone 4.28 avg rating — 179 ratings
87.
Tramps Like Us: A Novel
Tramps Like Us: A Novel 4.15 avg rating — 234 ratings
89.
My Pet Virus: The True Story of a Rebel Without a Cure
My Pet Virus: The True Story of a Rebel Without a Cure 3.92 avg rating — 361 ratings
90.
Chanda's Secrets (Chanda, #1)
Chanda's Secrets (Chanda, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 2,424 ratings
90.
The Story of the Night
The Story of the Night 3.89 avg rating — 3,006 ratings
90.
Auma's Long Run
Auma's Long Run 4.07 avg rating — 543 ratings
93.
AIDS Demo Graphics
AIDS Demo Graphics 4.33 avg rating — 66 ratings
94.
It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemic
It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemic 4.50 avg rating — 707 ratings
95.
Beyond Shame: Reclaiming the Abandoned History of Radical Gay Sexuality
Beyond Shame: Reclaiming the Abandoned History of Radical Gay Sexuality 3.88 avg rating — 81 ratings
96.
Saturday Is for Funerals
Saturday Is for Funerals
by: Unity Dow
3.71 avg rating — 150 ratings
96.
A Promise to Remember: The Names Project Book of Letters
A Promise to Remember: The Names Project Book of Letters
by: Joe Brown
4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings
98.
1984: Selected Letters
1984: Selected Letters 4.14 avg rating — 35 ratings
99.
America's Biggest Cover-Up: 50 More Things Everyone Should Know About the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Epidemic And Its Link to AIDS
America's Biggest Cover-Up: 50 More Things Everyone Should Know About the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Epidemic And Its Link to AIDS really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
99.
The Prettiest Star
The Prettiest Star 4.42 avg rating — 6,945 ratings
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