Teach me something new and oddly specific 💬
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.






disease, germs, and plagues, oh my!
histories of sickness around the globe - death, destruction, and the fight for cures and eradication






regrettably real diseases
nonfiction about diseases, epidemics, pandemics, outbreaks & more
focusing on horror & thriller nonfiction that will make you shudder as you read 👁️🗨️






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





