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Jonathan Eisen has recommended 13 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.

Jonathan Eisen is an American evolutionary biologist, currently working at University of California, Davis.

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13 Books Recommended

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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America

by Jon L. Dunn
"It’s the only book I give to people." - Jonathan Eisen (Source)

Beating Back the Devil

by Maryn McKenna
Jonathan Eisen mentioned this book on his "Some of my favorite books about Infectious Disease" list. (Source)

Virus

An Illustrated Guide to 101 Incredible Microbes

by Marilyn J. Roossinck
Jonathan Eisen mentioned this book on his "Some of my favorite books about Viruses" list. (Source)

Spillover

Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

by David Quammen
Jonathan Eisen mentioned this book on his "Some of my favorite books about Infectious Disease" list. (Source)

The Coming Plague

Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance

by Laurie Garrett
Jonathan Eisen mentioned this book on his "Some of my favorite books about Infectious Disease" list. (Source)

Microbe Hunters

by Paul de Kruif
Jonathan Eisen mentioned this book on his "Some of my favorite books about Infectious Disease" list. (Source)

The Hot Zone

The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus

by Richard Preston
Jonathan Eisen mentioned this book on his "Some of my favorite books about Infectious Disease" list. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Safi Bahcall

Level 4

Virus Hunters of the CDC

by Joseph B McCormick
Jonathan Eisen mentioned this book on his "Some of my favorite books about Infectious Disease" list. (Source)

Flu

The Story Of The Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused It

by Gina Kolata
Jonathan Eisen mentioned this book on his "Some of my favorite books about Infectious Disease" list. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Balaji Srinivasan

Pandemic 1918

Eyewitness Accounts from the Greatest Medical Holocaust in Modern History

by Catharine Arnold
Jonathan Eisen mentioned this book on his "Some of my favorite books about Infectious Disease" list. (Source)

Also recommended by:

Balaji Srinivasan

The Eleventh Plague

The Politics of Biological and Chemical Warfare

by Leonard A. Cole
Jonathan Eisen mentioned this book on his "Some of my favorite books about Biological Warfare" list. (Source)

Biohazard

The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World--Told from Inside by the Man Who Ran It

by Ken Alibek
Jonathan Eisen mentioned this book on his "Some of my favorite books about Biological Warfare" list. (Source)

A Planet of Viruses

by Carl Zimmer
Jonathan Eisen mentioned this book on his "Some of my favorite books about Viruses" list. (Source)

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13 Jonathan Eisen Recommended Books (2026)