Best Books on Flu and Other Devastating Outbreaks

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The Malaria Capers: Tales of Parasites and People
The Malaria Capers: Tales of Parasites and People 3.92 avg rating — 159 ratings
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Breath: A Lifetime in the Rhythm of an Iron Lung: A Memoir
Breath: A Lifetime in the Rhythm of an Iron Lung: A Memoir 3.73 avg rating — 527 ratings
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Influenza 1918: The Worst Epidemic in American History
Influenza 1918: The Worst Epidemic in American History 3.89 avg rating — 94 ratings
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Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio
Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio 4.44 avg rating — 8,009 ratings
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Bellman & Black
Bellman & Black 3.18 avg rating — 19,742 ratings
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The Abyss
The Abyss 4.02 avg rating — 5,936 ratings
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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
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The Andromeda Evolution (Andromeda, #2)
The Andromeda Evolution (Andromeda, #2) 3.73 avg rating — 13,622 ratings
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Lyme: The First Epidemic of Climate Change
Lyme: The First Epidemic of Climate Change 3.79 avg rating — 203 ratings
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Hell Ship
Hell Ship 4.12 avg rating — 680 ratings
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The Polio Years in Texas: Battling a Terrifying Unknown
The Polio Years in Texas: Battling a Terrifying Unknown 3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War
Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War 3.63 avg rating — 1,132 ratings
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La Quarantaine
La Quarantaine 3.73 avg rating — 317 ratings
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Polio's Legacy: An Oral History
Polio's Legacy: An Oral History really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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A Shot in the Arm!
A Shot in the Arm!
by: Don Brown
4.04 avg rating — 480 ratings
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The Pilgrim
The Pilgrim 3.22 avg rating — 236 ratings
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The Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918
The Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918 3.06 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Sentinel for Health: A History of the Centers for Disease Control
Sentinel for Health: A History of the Centers for Disease Control 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings
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LAUREN HILLENBRAND - SERIES READING ORDER (SERIES LIST) - IN ORDER: UNBROKEN: A WORLD WAR II STORY OF SURVIVAL, RESILIENCE AND REDEMPTION, SEABISCUIT, INVINCIBLE, & ALL OTHERS!
LAUREN HILLENBRAND - SERIES READING ORDER (SERIES LIST) - IN ORDER: UNBROKEN: A WORLD WAR II STORY OF SURVIVAL, RESILIENCE AND REDEMPTION, SEABISCUIT, INVINCIBLE, & ALL OTHERS!
by: BOOK CITY
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings
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After the Plague: Stories
After the Plague: Stories 3.86 avg rating — 1,645 ratings
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The Vaccine Race: Science, Politics, and the Human Costs of Defeating Disease
The Vaccine Race: Science, Politics, and the Human Costs of Defeating Disease 3.96 avg rating — 1,031 ratings
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The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating 4.15 avg rating — 20,368 ratings
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The Speckled Monster: A Historical Tale of Battling Smallpox
The Speckled Monster: A Historical Tale of Battling Smallpox 4.02 avg rating — 1,536 ratings
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A Short History of Disease
A Short History of Disease 3.95 avg rating — 231 ratings
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Breaking Out of Environmental Illness: Essential Reading for People with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Allergies, and Chemical Sensitivities
Breaking Out of Environmental Illness: Essential Reading for People with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Allergies, and Chemical Sensitivities 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Sick Rose: Disease and the Art of Medical Illustration
The Sick Rose: Disease and the Art of Medical Illustration 4.42 avg rating — 1,002 ratings
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In The Shadow of Polio: A Personal and Social History
In The Shadow of Polio: A Personal and Social History 4.10 avg rating — 58 ratings
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The End of Polio: A Global Effort to End a Disease
The End of Polio: A Global Effort to End a Disease 4.36 avg rating — 28 ratings
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The Doctor's Guide To Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Understanding, Treating, and Living With CFIDS
The Doctor's Guide To Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Understanding, Treating, and Living With CFIDS 3.96 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Warm Springs: Traces of a Childhood at FDR's Polio Haven
Warm Springs: Traces of a Childhood at FDR's Polio Haven 3.51 avg rating — 330 ratings
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Invisible Enemies: Stories of Infectious Disease
Invisible Enemies: Stories of Infectious Disease 4.17 avg rating — 216 ratings
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50 Things You Should Know About the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
50 Things You Should Know About the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Slavery, Disease, and Suffering in the Southern Lowcountry
Slavery, Disease, and Suffering in the Southern Lowcountry 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Jezebel
Jezebel 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Beyond the White House: Waging Peace, Fighting Disease, Building Hope
Beyond the White House: Waging Peace, Fighting Disease, Building Hope 3.78 avg rating — 343 ratings
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, and Other Invisible Illnesses: The Comprehensive Guide
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, and Other Invisible Illnesses: The Comprehensive Guide 3.96 avg rating — 77 ratings
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia 4.01 avg rating — 681 ratings
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A Paralyzing Fear: The Triumph Over Polio In America
A Paralyzing Fear: The Triumph Over Polio In America really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings
138.
Mummies, Disease and Ancient Cultures
Mummies, Disease and Ancient Cultures 4.38 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Explaining "Unexplained Illnesses": Disease Paradigm for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Fibromyalgia, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Gulf War Syndrome and Others
Explaining "Unexplained Illnesses": Disease Paradigm for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Fibromyalgia, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Gulf War Syndrome and Others 4.22 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Magdalenes
Magdalenes 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire
The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire 4.19 avg rating — 1,919 ratings
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Typhoid Mary: Captive to the Public's Health
Typhoid Mary: Captive to the Public's Health 3.54 avg rating — 654 ratings
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What Really Killed Gilda Radner?: Frontline Reports on the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Epidemic
What Really Killed Gilda Radner?: Frontline Reports on the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Epidemic really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease
Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease 4.14 avg rating — 8,938 ratings
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Outbreak (Dr. Marissa Blumenthal, #1)
Outbreak (Dr. Marissa Blumenthal, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 57,422 ratings
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Poisoned: The True Story of the Deadly E. Coli Outbreak That Changed the Way Americans Eat
Poisoned: The True Story of the Deadly E. Coli Outbreak That Changed the Way Americans Eat 3.93 avg rating — 642 ratings
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Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Warfare
Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Warfare 3.98 avg rating — 1,594 ratings
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Critical (Jack Stapleton & Laurie Montgomery, #7)
Critical (Jack Stapleton & Laurie Montgomery, #7) 3.73 avg rating — 5,600 ratings
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The Invisible Disease: The Dangers of Environmental Illnesses Caused by Electromagnetic Fields and Chemical Emissions
The Invisible Disease: The Dangers of Environmental Illnesses Caused by Electromagnetic Fields and Chemical Emissions really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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28: Stories of AIDS in Africa
28: Stories of AIDS in Africa 4.28 avg rating — 2,239 ratings
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Ghost Boy: The Miraculous Escape of a Misdiagnosed Boy Trapped Inside His Own Body
Ghost Boy: The Miraculous Escape of a Misdiagnosed Boy Trapped Inside His Own Body 4.05 avg rating — 27,263 ratings
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Thief of Souls: A Novel
Thief of Souls: A Novel 3.74 avg rating — 347 ratings
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The Man He Became: How FDR Defied Polio to Win the Presidency
The Man He Became: How FDR Defied Polio to Win the Presidency 4.26 avg rating — 492 ratings
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Six Moon Dance
Six Moon Dance 3.80 avg rating — 1,649 ratings
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The Swarm
The Swarm 4.10 avg rating — 29,052 ratings
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The Wolves of Paris
The Wolves of Paris 4.09 avg rating — 148 ratings
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Carville: Remembering Leprosy in America
Carville: Remembering Leprosy in America 3.67 avg rating — 51 ratings
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Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)
Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 46,125 ratings
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Squint: My Journey with Leprosy (Willie Morris Books in Memoir and Biography)
Squint: My Journey with Leprosy (Willie Morris Books in Memoir and Biography) 3.55 avg rating — 38 ratings
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The Adventure of the Dying Detective - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
The Adventure of the Dying Detective - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story 4.04 avg rating — 3,364 ratings
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An American Summer
An American Summer 4.08 avg rating — 308 ratings
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The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb: a Hercule Poirot Short Story (Hercule Poirot, #SS-13)
The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb: a Hercule Poirot Short Story (Hercule Poirot, #SS-13) 3.69 avg rating — 3,095 ratings
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The Island
The Island 4.12 avg rating — 58,353 ratings
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The Leper of Saint Giles (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #5)
The Leper of Saint Giles (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #5) 4.16 avg rating — 13,292 ratings
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The Midwife's Advice
The Midwife's Advice 4.03 avg rating — 386 ratings
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Shroud for a Nightingale (Adam Dalgliesh, #4)
Shroud for a Nightingale (Adam Dalgliesh, #4) 4.03 avg rating — 27,234 ratings
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The Irish Famine
The Irish Famine 3.73 avg rating — 123 ratings
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