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The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson

The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World

Steven Johnson

299 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
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

546 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History by Kyle Harper

Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History

Kyle Harper

704 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction health history sociology challenging informative medium-paced
Epidemics and Society: From the Black Death to the Present by Frank M. Snowden III

Epidemics and Society: From the Black Death to the Present

Frank M. Snowden III

582 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction health history science
Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Nate Pedersen, Lydia Kang

Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything

Nate Pedersen, Lydia Kang

352 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history science funny informative medium-paced
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

Siddhartha Mukherjee

573 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction health history science informative slow-paced
Lifesavers and Body Snatchers: Medical Care and the Struggle for Survival in the Great War by Tim Cook

Lifesavers and Body Snatchers: Medical Care and the Struggle for Survival in the Great War

Tim Cook

552 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction emotional informative reflective medium-paced
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