Staff Picks: Pandemic Reads
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The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
by:
John M. Barry
3.98 avg rating — 42,021 ratings 3. 
Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
by:
Jennifer Wright
4.23 avg rating — 13,612 ratings 4. 
Amanda Gorman Book: The Biography of Amanda Gorman
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University Press
4.34 avg rating — 77 ratings 
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What Is the Coronavirus Disease COVID-19? (Who HQ Now)
by:
Michael Burgan
3.76 avg rating — 147 ratings 
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Life on the Line: Young Doctors Come of Age in a Pandemic
by:
Emma Goldberg
3.86 avg rating — 671 ratings 9. 
After the Fall: Being American in the World We've Made
by:
Ben Rhodes
4.20 avg rating — 4,824 ratings 10. 
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Alone Together: Love, Grief, and Comfort in the Time of COVID-19
by:
Garth Stein
3.81 avg rating — 884 ratings 15. 
Uncontrolled Spread: Why COVID-19 Crushed Us and How We Can Defeat the Next Pandemic
by:
Scott Gottlieb
4.07 avg rating — 1,135 ratings 16. 
Longshot: The Inside Story of the Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine
by:
David Heath
4.15 avg rating — 136 ratings 17. 
The Plague Cycle: The Unending War Between Humanity and Infectious Disease
by:
Charles Kenny
3.74 avg rating — 934 ratings 18. 
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
by:
Walter Isaacson
4.28 avg rating — 39,744 ratings 19. 
The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
by:
Amanda Gorman
4.54 avg rating — 34,661 ratings 
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An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives
by:
Matt Richtel
4.07 avg rating — 5,808 ratings 
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Pandemic 1918: The Story of the Deadliest Influenza in History
by:
Catharine Arnold
3.79 avg rating — 2,783 ratings 26. 
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
by:
David Quammen
4.42 avg rating — 20,025 ratings 27. 
The Next Pandemic: On the Front Lines Against Humankind's Gravest Dangers
by:
Ali S. Khan
4.01 avg rating — 1,872 ratings 28. 
The Path to a Livable Future: A New Politics to Fight Climate Change, Racism, and the Next Pandemic (Open Media Series)
by:
Stan Cox
3.21 avg rating — 29 ratings 29. 
Conner and the COVID-19 Virus: Helping Kids In a Pandemic
by:
Bennett Aula
3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings 30. 
COVID-19 Helpers: A Story for Kids about the Coronavirus and the People Helping During the 2020 Pandemic
by:
Beth Bacon
4.07 avg rating — 44 ratings 
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COVID-19 for Kids: Understand the Coronavirus Disease and How to Stay Healthy (What's Happening Kids Book 1)
by:
Catherine Cheung
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings 33. 
When The World Went Inside: Talking COVID-19 With Kids
by:
Charlie Golding
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 34. 
When a Shot Meant a Lot: A Story for Kids About the COVID-19 Vaccine
by:
B.B. Knolls
4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings 
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Upside Down and All Around: A Book for Kids About Covid-19
by:
Brit Jacoby
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 
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Understanding Corona Viruses: SARS, MERS, and the COVID-19 Pandemic
by:
Connie Goldsmith
4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings 40. 
The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
by:
Richard Preston
4.16 avg rating — 119,585 ratings 41. 
Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come
by:
Richard Preston
4.42 avg rating — 7,444 ratings 42. 
Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond
by:
Sonia Shah
4.07 avg rating — 4,009 ratings 43. 
Ebola: The Natural and Human History of a Deadly Virus
by:
David Quammen
4.18 avg rating — 1,994 ratings 44. 
Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History
by:
Paul Farmer
4.04 avg rating — 1,199 ratings 45. 
Outbreak Culture: The Ebola Crisis and the Next Epidemic
by:
Pardis Sabeti
4.09 avg rating — 110 ratings 
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Very, Very, Very Dreadful: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918
by:
Albert Marrin
3.78 avg rating — 2,166 ratings 49. 
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A Deeper Sickness: Journal of America in the Pandemic Year
by:
Margaret Peacock
4.02 avg rating — 52 ratings 52. 
It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemic
by:
Jack Lowery
4.50 avg rating — 708 ratings 53. 
Sea Lions in the Parking Lot: Animals on the Move in a Time of Pandemic
by:
Lenora Todaro
4.16 avg rating — 103 ratings 54. 
UnPresidented: Politics, Pandemics and the Race that Trumped all Others
by:
Jon Sopel
4.30 avg rating — 1,014 ratings 55. 
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Living Through a Pandemic: A Cut-Out and Coloring Activity Book
by:
Aaron Dietz
4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings 57. 
Steady: A Guide to Better Mental Health Through and Beyond the Coronavirus Pandemic
by:
Sarb Johal
4.22 avg rating — 55 ratings 58. 
Secret Pandemic: The Search for Connection in a Lonely World
by:
Simone Heng
4.03 avg rating — 61 ratings 59. 
And We Came Outside and Saw the Stars Again: Writers from Around the World on the COVID-19 Pandemic
by:
Ilan Stavans
3.60 avg rating — 93 ratings 60. 
Women of the Pandemic: Stories from the Frontlines of COVID-19
by:
Lauren McKeon
3.93 avg rating — 153 ratings 61. 
Everything Is True: A Junior Doctor's Story of Life, Death and Grief in a Time of Pandemic
by:
Roopa Farooki
3.81 avg rating — 201 ratings 62. 
A Shot to Save the World: The Remarkable Race and Ground-Breaking Science Behind the Covid-19 Vaccines 4.18 avg rating — 1,050 ratings
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21st Century Monetary Policy: The Federal Reserve from the Great Inflation to COVID-19
by:
Ben S. Bernanke
4.21 avg rating — 968 ratings 64. 
The Vaccine: Inside the Race to Conquer the COVID-19 Pandemic
by:
Joe Miller
4.24 avg rating — 864 ratings 
66. 
Silent Invasion: The Untold Story of the Trump Administration, Covid-19, and Preventing the Next Pandemic Before It's Too Late
by:
Deborah Birx
3.67 avg rating — 393 ratings 67. 
Why Cope When You Can Heal?: How Healthcare Heroes of COVID-19 Can Recover from PTSD
by:
Mark Goulston
4.26 avg rating — 27 ratings 68. 
Economic Impact of Covid-19 (Core Library Guide to Covid-19)
by:
Emily Hudd
3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings 69. 
Spread of Covid-19 (Core Library Guide to Covid-19)
by:
Martha London
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings 70. 
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World War C: Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic and How to Prepare for the Next One
by:
Sanjay Gupta
4.04 avg rating — 892 ratings 72. 
Why Did the Whole World Stop?: Talking With Kids About COVID-19
by:
Heather Black
4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings 73. 
Vic Lee's Corona Diary: A personal illustrated journal of the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020
by:
Vic Lee
4.14 avg rating — 92 ratings 74. 
Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine
by:
Nicola Twilley
3.94 avg rating — 833 ratings 
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COVID-19: The Pandemic that Never Should Have Happened and How to Stop the Next One
by:
Debora MacKenzie
3.93 avg rating — 798 ratings 
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Collateral Damage: The Mental Health Effects of the Pandemic
by:
Carla Mooney
3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings 83. 
The Helpers: Profiles from the Front Lines of the Pandemic
by:
Kathy Gilsinan
4.04 avg rating — 76 ratings 84. 
Pandemic, Inc.: Chasing the Capitalists and Thieves Who Got Rich While We Got Sick
by:
J. David McSwane
3.88 avg rating — 562 ratings 85. 
The Myth of Closure: Ambiguous Loss in a Time of Pandemic and Change
by:
Pauline Boss
3.77 avg rating — 488 ratings 
87. 
Virology: Essays for the Living, the Dead, and the Small Things in Between
by:
Joseph Osmundson
3.77 avg rating — 619 ratings 88. 
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Riding the Lightning: A Year in the Life of a New York City Paramedic
by:
Anthony Almojera
3.85 avg rating — 938 ratings 92. 
The Desperate Hours: One Hospital's Fight to Save a City on the Pandemic's Front Lines
by:
Marie Brenner
3.93 avg rating — 540 ratings 93. 
A Pandemic Is Worldwide (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)
by:
Sarah L. Thomson
3.77 avg rating — 56 ratings 94. 
Resilient: Restoring Your Weary Soul in These Turbulent Times
by:
John Eldredge
4.32 avg rating — 2,844 ratings 95. 
Ali's Well That Ends Well: Tales of Desperation and a Little Inspiration
by:
Ali Wentworth
3.84 avg rating — 2,351 ratings 
97. 
A Diary of the Plague Year: An Illustrated Chronicle of 2020
by:
Elise Engler
3.78 avg rating — 151 ratings 98. 
The New Possible: Visions of Our World beyond Crisis
by:
Philip Clayton
3.54 avg rating — 50 ratings 
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The First Shots: The Epic Rivalries and Heroic Science Behind the Race to the Coronavirus Vaccine
by:
Brendan Borrell
3.97 avg rating — 276 ratings