Best Books About Plagues and Epidemics

Description
Books about epidemics, both historical and imagined.
2
Les Fils de l'homme
de P. D. James
5,791 membres
200 critiques
½ 3.6
5 Members
inge87, smcwl, sallypursell, sturlington, ahef1963
Explications
sturlington: Male infertility
3
Le grand livre
de Connie Willis
7,962 membres
374 critiques
4.1
4 Members
aulsmith, amanda4242, sturlington, ahef1963
Explications
sturlington: Black Death
4
Le dernier homme
de Margaret Atwood
17,013 membres
536 critiques
3.9
4 Members
LittleTaiko, sturlington, Dilara86, ahef1963
Explications
sturlington: Bio-engineered virus
5
La peste
de Albert Camus
18,469 membres
249 critiques
4
4 Members
aulsmith, Dilara86, ahef1963, Tinuvia
Explications
aulsmith: Cholera
6
Virus
de Richard Preston
6,098 membres
118 critiques
4
4 Members
inge87, oregonobsessionz, smcwl, sturlington
Explications
sturlington: Ebola and Marburg viruses.
7
1666
de Geraldine Brooks
8,716 membres
414 critiques
4
4 Members
KimarieBee, smcwl, sallypursell, sturlington
Explications
sturlington: Black Death
9
L'aveuglement
de José Saramago
13,036 membres
390 critiques
4.1
4 Members
sallypursell, sturlington, ahef1963, Tinuvia
10
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
de David Quammen
1,283 membres
41 critiques
½ 4.3
4 Members
oregonobsessionz, smcwl, sallypursell, Luchtpint
12
La passe dangereuse
de W. Somerset Maugham
3,452 membres
137 critiques
3.9
4 Members
smcwl, amanda4242, sallypursell, ahef1963
13
Le temps du déluge
de Margaret Atwood
7,280 membres
362 critiques
3.9
4 Members
smcwl, sallypursell, sturlington, Dilara86
14
Un mal qui répand la terreur
de Stewart O'Nan
689 membres
39 critiques
4
4 Members
smcwl, amanda4242, sallypursell, sturlington
Explications
sturlington: Diptheria epidemic.
15
The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance
de Laurie Garrett
1,741 membres
27 critiques
4.1
3 Members
oregonobsessionz, smcwl, sallypursell
16
La variété Andromède
de Michael Crichton
10,163 membres
150 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
smcwl, sturlington, ahef1963
Explications
sturlington: Biological weapon/entity.
17
Le Décaméron
de Giovanni Boccaccio
9,991 membres
120 critiques
4
3 Members
oregonobsessionz, smcwl, amanda4242
18
In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made
de Norman Cantor
1,988 membres
58 critiques
½ 3.3
3 Members
smcwl, amanda4242, sallypursell
19
Le Songe de Scipion
de Iain Pears
2,205 membres
54 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
KimarieBee, sallypursell, sturlington
Explications
sturlington: Black Death
20
Journal de l'année de la peste
de Daniel Defoe
3,587 membres
64 critiques
½ 3.6
3 Members
oregonobsessionz, smcwl, sallypursell
21
Eifelheim
de Michael Flynn
1,109 membres
68 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
aulsmith, sallypursell, sturlington
Explications
sturlington: Black Death
23
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
de Randy Shilts
2,915 membres
63 critiques
½ 4.4
3 Members
oregonobsessionz, smcwl, sallypursell
24
Disease: The Extraordinary Stories Behind History's Deadliest Killers
de Mary Dobson
258 membres
1 critique
4.2
3 Members
smcwl, sallypursell, Luchtpint
25
Le Fléau
de Stephen King
19,804 membres
368 critiques
½ 4.3
3 Members
amanda4242, sallypursell, sturlington
Explications
sturlington: Influenza (biologically engineered weapon nicknamed the "superflu" or "Captain Trips") kills 99% of people.
26
Flu
de Gina Kolata
1,275 membres
35 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
oregonobsessionz, smcwl, sallypursell
27
Cellulaire
de Stephen King
11,613 membres
262 critiques
½ 3.4
3 Members
sallypursell, sturlington, ahef1963
Explications
sturlington: Virus passed through cell phones
28
Killer Germs
de Barry Zimmerman
167 membres
2 critiques
4
3 Members
smcwl, sallypursell, Luchtpint
29
La compagnie des menteurs
de Karen Maitland
1,720 membres
115 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
smcwl, amanda4242, sallypursell
30
Ammonite
de Nicola Griffith
1,348 membres
49 critiques
3.9
3 Members
amanda4242, sallypursell, sturlington
31
Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe
de William Rosen
995 membres
39 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
oregonobsessionz, smcwl, sallypursell
34
Les Heures
de Michael Cunningham
12,705 membres
232 critiques
3.9
3 Members
aulsmith, sallypursell, sturlington
35
Polio: An American Story
de David M. Oshinsky
703 membres
15 critiques
4.1
3 Members
oregonobsessionz, smcwl, sallypursell
36
Fever 1793
de Laurie Halse Anderson
6,387 membres
237 critiques
3.9
2 Members
dara85, sallypursell
37
La Peste Noire
de William G. Naphy
65 membres
1 critique
½ 3.4
3 Members
smcwl, sallypursell, Luchtpint
38
La Terre demeure
de George R. Stewart
3,632 membres
115 critiques
3.9
3 Members
smcwl, sallypursell, sturlington
Explications
sturlington: Plague kills most people in the world.
39
The Barbary Plague : The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco
de Marilyn Chase
299 membres
6 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
oregonobsessionz, smcwl, sallypursell
40
A Parcel of Patterns
de Jill Paton Walsh
358 membres
5 critiques
3.9
2 Members
konallis, sallypursell
41
La peste écarlate
de Jack London
567 membres
28 critiques
½ 3.6
3 Members
smcwl, sallypursell, sturlington
42
Shikasta
de Doris Lessing
1,326 membres
29 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
sallypursell, Dilara86
43
Carolina Courage
de Dana Fuller Ross
87 membres
1 critique
½ 3.4
2 Members
dara85, sallypursell
44
A Death-Struck Year
de Makiia Lucier
241 membres
20 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
dara85, sallypursell
45
The Last Town on Earth
de Thomas Mullen
1,284 membres
58 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
46
Uhura's Song
de Janet Kagan
900 membres
17 critiques
4.2
2 Members
aulsmith, sallypursell
47
La Mort à Venise
de Thomas Mann
5,341 membres
104 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
aulsmith, sallypursell
Explications
aulsmith: Cholera
48
Fever Season
de Barbara Hambly
565 membres
12 critiques
4
2 Members
aulsmith, sallypursell
49
The Traitor's Daughter
de Paula Brandon
116 membres
7 critiques
½ 3.4
2 Members
inge87, sallypursell
50
Red queen
de H. M. Brown
31 membres
2 critiques
½ 3.4
2 Members
KimarieBee, sallypursell
51
De l'inégalité parmi les sociétés
de Jared Diamond
24,986 membres
376 critiques
4.1
2 Members
smcwl, aulsmith
52
Le bateau-phare de Blackwater
de Colm Tóibín
1,451 membres
45 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
aulsmith, sallypursell
53
Was
de Geoff Ryman
900 membres
15 critiques
4
2 Members
aulsmith, sallypursell
54
Baking Cakes in Kigali
de Gaile Parkin
776 membres
79 critiques
3.9
2 Members
aulsmith, sallypursell
55
L'éveil
de Oliver Sacks
2,464 membres
26 critiques
3.9
2 Members
smcwl, ahef1963
56
Easter
de Michael Arditti
95 membres
4 critiques
4
2 Members
aulsmith, sallypursell
57
Rats, Lice and History
de Hans Zinsser
629 membres
11 critiques
4.1
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
58
The Black Death: Natural and Human Disaster in Medieval Europe
de Robert S. Gottfried
387 membres
6 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
59
The Black Death
de Philip Ziegler
1,311 membres
13 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
60
The Deep
de Craig Davidson
857 membres
58 critiques
3.2
2 Members
sallypursell, sturlington
61
Némésis
de Philip Roth
1,641 membres
81 critiques
3.8
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
62
Contagion
de Robin Cook
1,624 membres
15 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
smcwl, sturlington
63
Plagues and People
de William H. McNeill
1,878 membres
20 critiques
4
Member
smcwl
64
Virus
de Robin Cook
1,636 membres
24 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
smcwl, sturlington
65
Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82
de Elizabeth A. Fenn
591 membres
10 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
66
Osler's Web
de Hillary Johnson
90 membres
13 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
67
Arrowsmith
de Sinclair Lewis
2,085 membres
32 critiques
3.8
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
68
Pox: An American History
de Michael Willrich
295 membres
9 critiques
4.1
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
69
The Cholera Years: The United States in 1832, 1849, and 1866
de Charles E. Rosenberg
201 membres
6 critiques
4
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
70
The Speckled Monster: A Historical Tale of Battling Smallpox
de Jennifer Lee Carrell
727 membres
10 critiques
4.1
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
71
Asleep: The Forgotten Epidemic that Remains One of Medicine's Greatest Mysteries
de Molly Caldwell Crosby
285 membres
10 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
72
Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health
de Laurie Garrett
436 membres
5 critiques
3.8
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
73
The illustrious dead
de Stephan Talty
218 membres
8 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
74
Ebola
de Dr. William Close
267 membres
2 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
75
Disease and History
de Frederick F. Cartwright
401 membres
6 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
76
Plagues in World History (Exploring World History)
de John Aberth
68 membres
½ 3.4
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
78
Bring out your dead; the great plague of yellow fever in Philadelphia in 1793
de John Harvey Powell
200 membres
2 critiques
3.8
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
79
A Time of Angels
de Karen Hesse
380 membres
4 critiques
4.2
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
80
America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918
de Alfred W. Crosby
231 membres
8 critiques
3.8
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
82
Man and Microbes: Disease and Plagues in History and Modern Times
de Arno Karlen
246 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.4
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
83
Virus Hunter: Thirty Years of Battling Hot Viruses Around the World
de C. J. Peters
299 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
84
The Black Death and the Transformation of the West
de David Herlihy
261 membres
1 critique
½ 3.6
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
85
Inside the Outbreaks: The Elite Medical Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service
de Mark Pendergrast
130 membres
2 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
86
Armies of Pestilence the Impact of Disease
de R. S. Bray
174 membres
1 critique
½ 3.3
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
87
Scourge: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox
de Jonathan B. Tucker
210 membres
4 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
88
When Plague Strikes
de James Cross Giblin
221 membres
8 critiques
3.8
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
89
Little Book of Pandemics
de Peter Moore
108 membres
3 critiques
3.8
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
90
The Black Death
de Rosemary Horrox
196 membres
2 critiques
3.9
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
91
Les grandes épidémies
de Brian Ward
96 membres
1 critique
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
92
After the Black Death: A Social History of Early Modern Europe
de George Huppert
177 membres
3 critiques
3.8
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
95
The Cobra Event
de Richard Preston
1,780 membres
30 critiques
3.8
Member
sallypursell
96
The Demon in the Freezer: A True Story
de Richard Preston
1,723 membres
44 critiques
3.9
Member
sallypursell
97
The Way We Fall
de Megan Crewe
466 membres
54 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
sallypursell
98
LA LUMIERE
de Torgny Lindgren
185 membres
5 critiques
4
Member
sallypursell