Disease: The Extraordinary Stories Behind History's Deadliest Killers

Killer Germs by Barry Zimmerman

Killer Germs

Barry Zimmerman

The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic that Shaped Our History by Molly Caldwell Crosby

The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic that Shaped Our History

Molly Caldwell Crosby

The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History by John M. Barry

The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History

John M. Barry

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Demon in the Freezer: A True Story by Richard Preston

The Demon in the Freezer: A True Story

Richard Preston

Level 4: Virus Hunters of the CDC by Joseph B McCormick

Level 4: Virus Hunters of the CDC

Joseph B McCormick

Asleep: The Forgotten Epidemic that Remains One of Medicine's Greatest Mysteries by Molly Caldwell Crosby

Asleep: The Forgotten Epidemic that Remains One of Medicine's Greatest Mysteries

Molly Caldwell Crosby

Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen

Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

David Quammen

Flu by Gina Kolata

Flu

Gina Kolata

Viruses, Plagues, and History by Michael B. A. Oldstone

Viruses, Plagues, and History

Michael B. A. Oldstone

And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic by Randy Shilts

And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic

Randy Shilts

Man and Microbes: Disease and Plagues in History and Modern Times by Arno Karlen

Man and Microbes: Disease and Plagues in History and Modern Times

Arno Karlen

The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance by Laurie Garrett

The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance

Laurie Garrett

Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus by Bill Wasik

Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus

Bill Wasik

The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story by Richard Preston

The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story

Richard Preston

Plagues and People by William H. McNeill

Plagues and People

William H. McNeill

The Medical Detective: John Snow, Cholera and the Mystery of the Broad Street Pump by Sandra Hempel

The Medical Detective: John Snow, Cholera and the Mystery of the Broad Street Pump

Sandra Hempel

Virus X: Tracking the New Killer Plagues by Frank Ryan

Virus X: Tracking the New Killer Plagues

Frank Ryan

The Black Death by Philip Ziegler

The Black Death

Philip Ziegler

The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time by John Kelly

The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time

John Kelly

The Black Death: A Chronicle of the Plague by Johannes Nohl

The Black Death: A Chronicle of the Plague

Johannes Nohl

The Knife Man: Blood, Body Snatching, and the Birth of Modern Surgery by Wendy Moore

The Knife Man: Blood, Body Snatching, and the Birth of Modern Surgery

Wendy Moore

When Germs Travel: Six Major Epidemics That Have Invaded America and the Fears They Have Unleashed by Howard Markel

When Germs Travel: Six Major Epidemics That Have Invaded America and the Fears They Have Unleashed

Howard Markel

In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made by Norman F. Cantor

In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made

Norman F. Cantor

Bitten: True Medical Stories of Bites and Stings by Pamela Nagami

Bitten: True Medical Stories of Bites and Stings

Pamela Nagami

Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82 by Elizabeth A. Fenn

Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82

Elizabeth A. Fenn

Deadly Companions: How Microbes Shaped Our History by Dorothy H. Crawford

Deadly Companions: How Microbes Shaped Our History

Dorothy H. Crawford

The Blue Death: The Intriguing Past and Present Danger of the Water You Drink by Robert D. Morris

The Blue Death: The Intriguing Past and Present Danger of the Water You Drink

Robert D. Morris

Panic in Level 4: Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science by Richard Preston

Panic in Level 4: Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science

Richard Preston

Plague: A Story of Rivalry, Science, and the Scourge That Won't Go Away by Edward Marriott

Plague: A Story of Rivalry, Science, and the Scourge That Won't Go Away

Edward Marriott

The Woman with a Worm in Her Head: And Other True Stories of Infectious Disease by Pamela Nagami

The Woman with a Worm in Her Head: And Other True Stories of Infectious Disease

Pamela Nagami

The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity from Antiquity to the Present by Roy Porter

The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity from Antiquity to the Present

Roy Porter

The Sick Rose: Disease and the Art of Medical Illustration by Richard Barnett

The Sick Rose: Disease and the Art of Medical Illustration

Richard Barnett

The Viral Storm: The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age by Nathan Wolfe

The Viral Storm: The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age

Nathan Wolfe

The Medical Book by Clifford A. Pickover

The Medical Book

Clifford A. Pickover

Virus Hunter: Thirty Years of Battling Hot Viruses Around the World by C. J. Peters

Virus Hunter: Thirty Years of Battling Hot Viruses Around the World

C. J. Peters

The Family that Couldn't Sleep by D.T. Max

The Family that Couldn't Sleep

D.T. Max

Pox: An American History by Michael Willrich

Pox: An American History

Michael Willrich

The Story of Medicine: From Bloodletting to Biotechnology by Mary Dobson

The Story of Medicine: From Bloodletting to Biotechnology

Mary Dobson

Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe by William Rosen

Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe

William Rosen

Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green

Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

John Green

Disease and History by Frederick F. Cartwright

Disease and History

Frederick F. Cartwright

Polio: An American Story by David M. Oshinsky

Polio: An American Story

David M. Oshinsky

Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentlemen Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail by Stephen R. Bown

Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentlemen Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail

Stephen R. Bown

Scourge: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox by Jonathan B. Tucker

Scourge: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox

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Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures by Carl Zimmer

Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures

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Secret Agents: The Menace of Emerging Infections by Madeline Drexler

Secret Agents: The Menace of Emerging Infections

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Illness as Metaphor & AIDS and Its Metaphors by Susan Sontag

Illness as Metaphor & AIDS and Its Metaphors

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The Barbary Plague : The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco by Marilyn Chase

The Barbary Plague : The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco

Marilyn Chase

Typhoid Mary: captive to the public's health by Judith Walzer Leavitt

Typhoid Mary: captive to the public's health

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