Best Books About Plagues and Epidemics

Beschrijving
Books about epidemics, both historical and imagined.
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De verloren generatie
door P. D. James
5,792 leden
200 besprekingen
½ 3.6
5 Members
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Verklaringen
sturlington: Male infertility
3
Zwarte winter
door Connie Willis
7,963 leden
374 besprekingen
4.1
4 Members
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Verklaringen
sturlington: Black Death
4
Oryx en Crake
door Margaret Atwood
17,013 leden
536 besprekingen
3.9
4 Members
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Verklaringen
sturlington: Bio-engineered virus
5
De pest
door Albert Camus
18,471 leden
249 besprekingen
4
4 Members
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aulsmith: Cholera
6
Het killervirus
door Richard Preston
6,098 leden
118 besprekingen
4
4 Members
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sturlington: Ebola and Marburg viruses.
7
Year of Wonders
door Geraldine Brooks
8,716 leden
414 besprekingen
4
4 Members
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sturlington: Black Death
8
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
door John M. Barry
4,303 leden
134 besprekingen
3.9
4 Members
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9
De stad der blinden
door José Saramago
13,037 leden
390 besprekingen
4.1
4 Members
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10
Van dier naar mens: Over de opkomst van levensbedreigende infectieziekten
door David Quammen
1,283 leden
41 besprekingen
½ 4.3
4 Members
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12
De bonte sluier
door W. Somerset Maugham
3,452 leden
137 besprekingen
3.9
4 Members
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13
Het jaar van de vloed
door Margaret Atwood
7,280 leden
362 besprekingen
3.9
4 Members
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14
A Prayer for the Dying
door Stewart O'Nan
689 leden
39 besprekingen
4
4 Members
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sturlington: Diptheria epidemic.
15
The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance
door Laurie Garrett
1,741 leden
27 besprekingen
4.1
3 Members
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De Andromeda crisis
door Michael Crichton
10,163 leden
150 besprekingen
½ 3.7
3 Members
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Verklaringen
sturlington: Biological weapon/entity.
17
Decamerone
door Giovanni Boccaccio
9,991 leden
120 besprekingen
4
3 Members
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18
De zwarte dood hoe de pest de wereld veranderde
door Norman Cantor
1,988 leden
58 besprekingen
½ 3.3
3 Members
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19
De droom van Scipio
door Iain Pears
2,205 leden
54 besprekingen
½ 3.7
3 Members
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Verklaringen
sturlington: Black Death
20
A Journal of the Plague Year
door Daniel Defoe
3,587 leden
64 besprekingen
½ 3.6
3 Members
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21
Eifelheim
door Michael Flynn
1,109 leden
68 besprekingen
½ 3.7
3 Members
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sturlington: Black Death
22
Kikkermuziek roman
door Emma Donoghue
1,465 leden
96 besprekingen
½ 3.4
3 Members
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23
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
door Randy Shilts
2,915 leden
63 besprekingen
½ 4.4
3 Members
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24
Disease: The Extraordinary Stories Behind History's Deadliest Killers
door Mary Dobson
258 leden
1 bespreking
4.2
3 Members
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25
De beproeving
door Stephen King
19,804 leden
368 besprekingen
½ 4.3
3 Members
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sturlington: Influenza (biologically engineered weapon nicknamed the "superflu" or "Captain Trips") kills 99% of people.
27
Cell
door Stephen King
11,613 leden
262 besprekingen
½ 3.4
3 Members
sallypursell, sturlington, ahef1963
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sturlington: Virus passed through cell phones
28
Killer Germs
door Barry Zimmerman
167 leden
2 besprekingen
4
3 Members
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29
Het gezelschap van leugenaars historische thriller
door Karen Maitland
1,720 leden
115 besprekingen
½ 3.7
3 Members
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30
Ammonite
door Nicola Griffith
1,348 leden
49 besprekingen
3.9
3 Members
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31
Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe
door William Rosen
995 leden
39 besprekingen
½ 3.7
3 Members
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33
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
door Jim Murphy
1,259 leden
91 besprekingen
4
3 Members
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34
De uren
door Michael Cunningham
12,707 leden
232 besprekingen
3.9
3 Members
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35
Polio: An American Story
door David M. Oshinsky
703 leden
15 besprekingen
4.1
3 Members
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36
Koorts
door Laurie Halse Anderson
6,387 leden
237 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
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37
De pest de zwarte dood in Europa
door William G. Naphy
65 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.4
3 Members
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38
Earth Abides
door George R. Stewart
3,632 leden
115 besprekingen
3.9
3 Members
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sturlington: Plague kills most people in the world.
39
The Barbary Plague : The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco
door Marilyn Chase
299 leden
6 besprekingen
½ 3.7
3 Members
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40
A Parcel of Patterns
door Jill Paton Walsh
358 leden
5 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
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41
De scharlaken pest
door Jack London
567 leden
28 besprekingen
½ 3.6
3 Members
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42
Shikasta
door Doris Lessing
1,326 leden
29 besprekingen
½ 3.7
2 Members
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43
Carolina Courage
door Dana Fuller Ross
87 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.4
2 Members
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44
A Death-Struck Year
door Makiia Lucier
241 leden
20 besprekingen
½ 3.7
2 Members
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45
The Last Town on Earth
door Thomas Mullen
1,284 leden
58 besprekingen
½ 3.6
2 Members
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46
Uhura's Song
door Janet Kagan
900 leden
17 besprekingen
4.2
2 Members
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47
De dood in Venetië
door Thomas Mann
5,341 leden
104 besprekingen
½ 3.7
2 Members
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aulsmith: Cholera
48
Fever Season
door Barbara Hambly
565 leden
12 besprekingen
4
2 Members
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49
The Traitor's Daughter
door Paula Brandon
116 leden
7 besprekingen
½ 3.4
2 Members
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50
Red queen
door H. M. Brown
31 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 3.4
2 Members
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51
Zwaarden, paarden en ziektekiemen : de ongelijkheid in de wereld verklaard
door Jared Diamond
24,986 leden
376 besprekingen
4.1
2 Members
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52
Het lichtschip van Blackwater
door Colm Tóibín
1,451 leden
45 besprekingen
½ 3.7
2 Members
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53
Was
door Geoff Ryman
900 leden
15 besprekingen
4
2 Members
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54
Baking Cakes in Kigali
door Gaile Parkin
776 leden
79 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
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55
Ontwaken in verbijstering
door Oliver Sacks
2,464 leden
26 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
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56
Easter
door Michael Arditti
95 leden
4 besprekingen
4
2 Members
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57
Rats, Lice and History
door Hans Zinsser
629 leden
11 besprekingen
4.1
2 Members
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58
The Black Death: Natural and Human Disaster in Medieval Europe
door Robert S. Gottfried
387 leden
6 besprekingen
½ 3.6
2 Members
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59
The Black Death
door Philip Ziegler
1,311 leden
13 besprekingen
½ 3.7
2 Members
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60
The Deep
door Craig Davidson
857 leden
58 besprekingen
3.2
2 Members
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61
Nemesis
door Philip Roth
1,641 leden
81 besprekingen
3.8
2 Members
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62
Besmet
door Robin Cook
1,624 leden
15 besprekingen
½ 3.5
2 Members
smcwl, sturlington
63
De pest in de geschiedenis
door William H. McNeill
1,878 leden
20 besprekingen
4
Member
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64
Epidemie
door Robin Cook
1,636 leden
24 besprekingen
½ 3.6
2 Members
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65
Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82
door Elizabeth A. Fenn
591 leden
10 besprekingen
½ 3.7
2 Members
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66
Osler's Web
door Hillary Johnson
90 leden
13 besprekingen
½ 4.3
2 Members
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67
Arrowsmith
door Sinclair Lewis
2,085 leden
32 besprekingen
3.8
2 Members
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68
Pox: An American History
door Michael Willrich
295 leden
9 besprekingen
4.1
2 Members
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69
The Cholera Years: The United States in 1832, 1849, and 1866
door Charles E. Rosenberg
201 leden
6 besprekingen
4
2 Members
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70
The Speckled Monster: A Historical Tale of Battling Smallpox
door Jennifer Lee Carrell
727 leden
10 besprekingen
4.1
2 Members
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71
Asleep: The Forgotten Epidemic that Remains One of Medicine's Greatest Mysteries
door Molly Caldwell Crosby
285 leden
10 besprekingen
½ 3.6
2 Members
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72
Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health
door Laurie Garrett
436 leden
5 besprekingen
3.8
2 Members
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73
The illustrious dead
door Stephan Talty
218 leden
8 besprekingen
½ 3.6
2 Members
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74
Ebola
door Dr. William Close
267 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 3.6
2 Members
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75
Disease and History
door Frederick F. Cartwright
401 leden
6 besprekingen
½ 3.7
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
76
Plagues in World History (Exploring World History)
door John Aberth
68 leden
½ 3.4
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
78
Bring out your dead; the great plague of yellow fever in Philadelphia in 1793
door John Harvey Powell
200 leden
2 besprekingen
3.8
2 Members
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79
A Time of Angels
door Karen Hesse
380 leden
4 besprekingen
4.2
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
80
America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918
door Alfred W. Crosby
231 leden
8 besprekingen
3.8
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
81
Epidemiologie speuren naar patronen van ziekte en gezondheid
door Paul D. Stolley
104 leden
½ 3.4
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
82
Man and Microbes: Disease and Plagues in History and Modern Times
door Arno Karlen
246 leden
3 besprekingen
½ 3.4
2 Members
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83
Virus Hunter: Thirty Years of Battling Hot Viruses Around the World
door C. J. Peters
299 leden
3 besprekingen
½ 3.7
2 Members
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84
The Black Death and the Transformation of the West
door David Herlihy
261 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.6
2 Members
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85
Inside the Outbreaks: The Elite Medical Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service
door Mark Pendergrast
130 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 3.5
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
86
Armies of Pestilence the Impact of Disease
door R. S. Bray
174 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.3
2 Members
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87
Scourge: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox
door Jonathan B. Tucker
210 leden
4 besprekingen
½ 3.6
2 Members
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88
When Plague Strikes
door James Cross Giblin
221 leden
8 besprekingen
3.8
2 Members
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89
Little Book of Pandemics
door Peter Moore
108 leden
3 besprekingen
3.8
2 Members
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90
The Black Death
door Rosemary Horrox
196 leden
2 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
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91
Epidemic (Eyewitness Books)
door Brian Ward
96 leden
1 bespreking
2 Members
smcwl, sallypursell
92
After the Black Death: A Social History of Early Modern Europe
door George Huppert
177 leden
3 besprekingen
3.8
2 Members
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95
The Cobra Event
door Richard Preston
1,780 leden
30 besprekingen
3.8
Member
sallypursell
96
The Demon in the Freezer: A True Story
door Richard Preston
1,723 leden
44 besprekingen
3.9
Member
sallypursell
97
The Way We Fall
door Megan Crewe
466 leden
54 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Member
sallypursell
98
Het licht
door Torgny Lindgren
185 leden
5 besprekingen
4
Member
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