Recs if you like The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus...
smut/smart pairings
compliments and credit for this incredible idea go to @leshka.
has this ever happened to you? do you read a bunch of smutty smut and feel guilty bc it’s not “proper books”? well, do i have a answers for you!
find below a curated list of smutty smut titles paired with complimentary classics and/or nonfiction smarty books to make your brain bigger!*
*individual bigger brain results may vary
🚧this list is under construction🚧
microhistories: “how do you even know that??”
microhistory: the intensive historical investigation of a well defined smaller unit of research (such as an event, community, individual or a settlement); it aspires to "ask large questions in small places"
disease, germs, and plagues, oh my!
histories of sickness around the globe - death, destruction, and the fight for cures and eradication
Non fiction for non fiction haters
If you've ever thought that non-fiction was boring, dense or just "not made for me" this list is, in fact, made for you.
the weather outside is weather
depending on where you live it’s either winter or summer and the weather outside is probably weather, so here is a list of books with weather related titles
taking suggestions!!
pandemic realism
despite collective abandonment and effective propaganda, the pandemic is ongoing. COVID continues to kill and maim people as it spreads unmitigated worldwide. these are books crucial to the study of the public health realities we’re up against as eugenics and fascism escalate - from disability justice to science communication to social movement histories.
Chicken Noodle Soup for the Macabre Soul
Nonfiction about macabre and taboo subjects
the ebola crisis
from approx. 2013-2016, ebola outbreaks swept through west africa, causing social and economic devastation and killing over 10,000 people. the severity of it was downplayed largely because it was not happening in the global west. in an effort to learn more about the realities and inequities of disease - i am trying to learn more about historical outbreaks across the globe. i am starting with ebola and this list! always open to suggestions across genres.
regrettably real diseases
nonfiction about diseases, epidemics, pandemics, outbreaks & more
focusing on horror & thriller nonfiction that will make you shudder as you read 👁️🗨️
a beginner's guide to public health
Public Health and Infectious Disease - Non-Fiction
Public health: scientific, political, social, cultural, economic…
plagues and pestilence
a list of finished reads and TBRs to scratch that epidemiology itch
nonfiction books i actually enjoyed
everything from science to memoirs to history
