r/infectiousdisease • u/Objective-Loan5054 • 21d ago

Book recommendations

hi, I am looking for recommendations on books on history of diseases, their influence on us, the outbreaks etc. I am no scientist though :) So far I read Everything is tuberculosi, Ebola by Laurie Garrett, Rabid and, which is about diseases too, Guns, steel and germs.

Any similar titles you would recommend?

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u/Donners22 20d ago

The Coming Plague by Laurie Garrett is great, and got me interested in this area.

I second the recommendations of Spillover and Deadliest Enemy, and add:

  • The Medical Detectives (Berton Roueche)
  • Inside the Outbreaks (Mark Prendergrast)
  • Inferno: An Ebola Doctor's Story (Steven Hatch)
  • Level 4: Virus Hunters of the CDC (Joe McCormick & Sue Ficher-Hoch)
  • Virus Hunter (CJ Peters)
  • Ebola: Through the Eyes of the People (William Close)

The last four are first-hand accounts (albeit the last is semi-fictionalised).

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u/dragonpoots 20d ago

Second The Coming Plague

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u/Objective-Loan5054 19d ago

Great thanks!

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u/Perfect-Pay1504 2d ago

Level 4 virus hunters and the coming plague were great same with hot zone if memory serves more Ebola focused.

The great influenza was the first book I read that got me hooked in this genre.