Best Books on Flu and Other Devastating Outbreaks

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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 4.16 avg rating — 119,580 ratings
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The Demon in the Freezer
The Demon in the Freezer 4.15 avg rating — 17,725 ratings
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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 3.98 avg rating — 42,018 ratings
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The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World 3.89 avg rating — 55,256 ratings
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The Stand
The Stand 4.35 avg rating — 814,271 ratings
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Ibil
Ibil 4.19 avg rating — 42 ratings
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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 4.21 avg rating — 10,688 ratings
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The Cobra Event
The Cobra Event 4.03 avg rating — 16,372 ratings
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Fever 1793
Fever 1793 3.93 avg rating — 131,290 ratings
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The Andromeda Strain (Andromeda, #1)
The Andromeda Strain (Andromeda, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 267,295 ratings
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Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic 4.42 avg rating — 20,023 ratings
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Year of Wonders
Year of Wonders 4.01 avg rating — 171,867 ratings
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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 3.91 avg rating — 7,614 ratings
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 4.04 avg rating — 445,014 ratings
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The Plague
The Plague 4.02 avg rating — 300,303 ratings
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Station Eleven
Station Eleven 4.07 avg rating — 590,220 ratings
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Biohazard: The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World--Told from Inside by the Man Who Ran It
Biohazard: The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World--Told from Inside by the Man Who Ran It 4.11 avg rating — 2,766 ratings
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The Decameron
The Decameron 3.88 avg rating — 42,704 ratings
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World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)
World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 268,980 ratings
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A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century 4.05 avg rating — 43,232 ratings
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A Journal of the Plague Year
A Journal of the Plague Year 3.56 avg rating — 11,576 ratings
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Panic in Level 4: Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science
Panic in Level 4: Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science 3.75 avg rating — 5,026 ratings
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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 4.39 avg rating — 28,864 ratings
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Fever
Fever 3.73 avg rating — 16,064 ratings
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No Time to Lose: A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses
No Time to Lose: A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses 3.84 avg rating — 981 ratings
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Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,929 ratings
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Inferno: A Doctor's Ebola Story
Inferno: A Doctor's Ebola Story 3.70 avg rating — 441 ratings
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Polio: An American Story
Polio: An American Story 4.05 avg rating — 5,875 ratings
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Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #1)
Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 138,219 ratings
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An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 3.83 avg rating — 4,661 ratings
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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 3.91 avg rating — 7,929 ratings
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The Pull of the Stars
The Pull of the Stars 3.95 avg rating — 87,002 ratings
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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 4.23 avg rating — 13,609 ratings
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Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera 3.94 avg rating — 535,559 ratings
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Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today (Ft Press Science Series)
Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today (Ft Press Science Series) 3.73 avg rating — 1,028 ratings
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The Painted Veil
The Painted Veil 3.97 avg rating — 50,325 ratings
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Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come
Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come 4.42 avg rating — 7,442 ratings
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Whiteout
Whiteout 3.67 avg rating — 42,431 ratings
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The Dream of Scipio
The Dream of Scipio 3.76 avg rating — 4,459 ratings
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Death in Venice
Death in Venice 3.69 avg rating — 65,705 ratings
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Restoration
Restoration 3.98 avg rating — 6,654 ratings
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The Constant Gardener
The Constant Gardener 3.83 avg rating — 30,204 ratings
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The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear
The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear 4.07 avg rating — 5,763 ratings
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Angels in America
Angels in America 4.30 avg rating — 22,975 ratings
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Blindness
Blindness 4.18 avg rating — 324,636 ratings
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Asleep: The Forgotten Epidemic that Remains One of Medicine's Greatest Mysteries
Asleep: The Forgotten Epidemic that Remains One of Medicine's Greatest Mysteries 3.82 avg rating — 1,874 ratings
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The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
by: Tom Reiss
4.02 avg rating — 21,030 ratings
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Biohazard: The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World--Told from the Inside by the Man Who Ran It
Biohazard: The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World--Told from the Inside by the Man Who Ran It 4.11 avg rating — 2,766 ratings
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Vixen
Vixen 3.50 avg rating — 515 ratings
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My Own Country: A Doctor's Story
My Own Country: A Doctor's Story 4.23 avg rating — 12,765 ratings
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Osler's Web: Inside the Labyrinth of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Epidemic
Osler's Web: Inside the Labyrinth of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Epidemic 4.16 avg rating — 118 ratings
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The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 130,985 ratings
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The Last Town on Earth
The Last Town on Earth 3.66 avg rating — 7,609 ratings
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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 3.89 avg rating — 11,192 ratings
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The Blackwater Lightship
The Blackwater Lightship 3.94 avg rating — 8,108 ratings
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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 3.91 avg rating — 6,648 ratings
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Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir
Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir 4.37 avg rating — 2,888 ratings
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Grass (Arbai, #1)
Grass (Arbai, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 13,134 ratings
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Betrayal by the Brain
Betrayal by the Brain 3.61 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Plague: One Scientist's Intrepid Search for the Truth about Human Retroviruses and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), Autism, and Other Diseases
Plague: One Scientist's Intrepid Search for the Truth about Human Retroviruses and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), Autism, and Other Diseases 3.98 avg rating — 399 ratings
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12 Monkeys
12 Monkeys 3.73 avg rating — 680 ratings
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The Colony: The Harrowing True Story Of The Exiles Of Molokai
The Colony: The Harrowing True Story Of The Exiles Of Molokai 3.81 avg rating — 2,293 ratings
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Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond
Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond 4.07 avg rating — 4,009 ratings
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A Thief of Time (Leaphorn & Chee, #8)
A Thief of Time (Leaphorn & Chee, #8) 4.13 avg rating — 15,020 ratings
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Nemesis
Nemesis 3.86 avg rating — 17,816 ratings
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Ebola: The Natural and Human History
Ebola: The Natural and Human History 4.18 avg rating — 1,994 ratings
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Pox: An American History
Pox: An American History 3.68 avg rating — 856 ratings
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The Physician's Tale (The Plague Tales, #3)
The Physician's Tale (The Plague Tales, #3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 659 ratings
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Burning Road (The Plague Tales, #2)
Burning Road (The Plague Tales, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 736 ratings
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The Plague Tales (The Plague Tales, #1)
The Plague Tales (The Plague Tales, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 2,071 ratings
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The Nine Tailors (Lord Peter Wimsey, #11)
The Nine Tailors (Lord Peter Wimsey, #11) 4.03 avg rating — 21,052 ratings
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The Turn of Midnight (Black Death, #2)
The Turn of Midnight (Black Death, #2) 3.98 avg rating — 4,508 ratings
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The Last Hours (Black Death, #1)
The Last Hours (Black Death, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 8,336 ratings
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Forever Amber
Forever Amber really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19,447 ratings
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Fever Season (Benjamin January, #2)
Fever Season (Benjamin January, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 1,747 ratings
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New Guinea Tapeworms and Jewish Grandmothers: Tales of Parasites and People
New Guinea Tapeworms and Jewish Grandmothers: Tales of Parasites and People 4.11 avg rating — 409 ratings
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Spore
Spore 3.24 avg rating — 118 ratings
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Do No Harm (Joseph #1)
Do No Harm (Joseph #1) 4.13 avg rating — 52 ratings
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A Curious Man: The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert "Believe It or Not!" Ripley
A Curious Man: The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert "Believe It or Not!" Ripley 3.65 avg rating — 2,463 ratings
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The Undead: Book One, Overview
The Undead: Book One, Overview 3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Ebola:2015. A prepper's survival guide: 7 day guide handbook to being the most prepared for the Ebola Outbreak
Ebola:2015. A prepper's survival guide: 7 day guide handbook to being the most prepared for the Ebola Outbreak 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Veritas The Pharmacological Endgame
Veritas The Pharmacological Endgame 4.53 avg rating — 66 ratings
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Sometimes Brilliant: The Impossible Adventure of a Spiritual Seeker and Visionary Physician Who Helped Conquer the Worst Disease in History
Sometimes Brilliant: The Impossible Adventure of a Spiritual Seeker and Visionary Physician Who Helped Conquer the Worst Disease in History 4.42 avg rating — 641 ratings
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The Fatal Strain: On the Trail of Avian Flu and the Coming Pandemic
The Fatal Strain: On the Trail of Avian Flu and the Coming Pandemic 3.79 avg rating — 215 ratings
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Miasma (Dr Steven Dunbar #12)
Miasma (Dr Steven Dunbar #12) 4.38 avg rating — 109 ratings
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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
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Minnesota, 1918: When Flu, Fire, and War Ravaged the State
Minnesota, 1918: When Flu, Fire, and War Ravaged the State 3.84 avg rating — 461 ratings
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They Came Like Swallows
They Came Like Swallows 4.04 avg rating — 3,787 ratings
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Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague
Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague 4.06 avg rating — 1,862 ratings
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Federal Bodysnatchers and the New Guinea Virus: Tales of Parasites, People, and Politics
Federal Bodysnatchers and the New Guinea Virus: Tales of Parasites, People, and Politics 3.78 avg rating — 46 ratings
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The Enemy Within (Joseph #2)
The Enemy Within (Joseph #2) 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings
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The Undead: Book Two, North America
The Undead: Book Two, North America really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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This Time of Dying
This Time of Dying 3.34 avg rating — 145 ratings
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Big, Fat American Lion Book: An Active Guide for How to Live a Better Life Being Fat
Big, Fat American Lion Book: An Active Guide for How to Live a Better Life Being Fat 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The End of Epidemics: The Looming Threat to Humanity and How to Stop It
The End of Epidemics: The Looming Threat to Humanity and How to Stop It 4.03 avg rating — 335 ratings
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Inside the Outbreaks: The Elite Medical Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service
Inside the Outbreaks: The Elite Medical Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service 3.70 avg rating — 497 ratings
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The Lazarus Strain
The Lazarus Strain 3.94 avg rating — 524 ratings
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Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus
Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus 3.72 avg rating — 11,393 ratings
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The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
The Premonition: A Pandemic Story 4.33 avg rating — 42,144 ratings
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Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 63,440 ratings
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