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Teach me something new and oddly specific 💬

by endless_tbr_list
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150 books

Niche nonfiction, aka micro-histories!

This list was a winner of the Q2 2026 Community Voting event - if you'd like to participate in the Quest, a link is pinned in the comments.

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The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural WorldA History of the World in 6 GlassesWorn: A People's History of ClothingWaste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash
The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural WorldA History of the World in 6 Glasses

disease, germs, and plagues, oh my!

by endless_tbr_list
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40 books

histories of sickness around the globe - death, destruction, and the fight for cures and eradication

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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human SocietiesGet Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought ThemPathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight PlaguesThe Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human SocietiesGet Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them

regrettably real diseases

by stainedglasswings
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33 books

nonfiction about diseases, epidemics, pandemics, outbreaks & more

focusing on horror & thriller nonfiction that will make you shudder as you read 👁️‍🗨️

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The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola VirusRabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical VirusThe Demon in the FreezerSpillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola VirusRabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus

Public Health and Infectious Disease - Non-Fiction

by RoseArcher
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97 books

Public health: scientific, political, social, cultural, economic…

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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human SocietiesWhere There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care HandbookThe White Death: A History of TuberculosisWhere Women Have No Doctor: A Health Guide for Women
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human SocietiesWhere There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook

plagues and pestilence

by piranhannah
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11 books

a list of finished reads and TBRs to scratch that epidemiology itch

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Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to ComeThe Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola VirusPandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and BeyondA History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, from Cholera to COVID-19
Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to ComeThe Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
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