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10 Best Infectious Diseases Books

Goal: Find the best Infectious Diseases books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).

Method:

  1. Search for "best infectious diseases books" and study the top 4+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly here.

10 Best Infectious Diseases Books

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1

A Planet of Viruses

by Carl Zimmer

Also recommended by:

Jonathan Eisen

2

Guns, Germs, and Steel

The Fates of Human Societies

by Jared Diamond

3

The Great Influenza

The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History

by John M. Barry

4

Pale Rider

The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World

by Laura Spinney

Also recommended by:

Balaji Srinivasan

5

Polio

An American Story

by David M. Oshinsky

Also recommended by:

Bill Gates

6

Spillover

Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

by David Quammen

Also recommended by:

Jonathan Eisen

7

Oxford Textbook of Medicine

Volume 1 - 4

by John Firth

8

The Ghost Map

The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World

by Steven Johnson

9

Typhoid Mary

Captive to the Public's Health

by Judith Walzer Leavitt

10

Virus Hunter

Thirty Years of Battling Hot Viruses Around the World

by C. J. Peters

Sources

Edited by

Richard Reis

Software engineer whose passion for tracking book recommendations from podcasts inspired the creation of MRB.

Anurag Ramdasan

Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shaped MRB and its growth.

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