Niche History: HIV/AIDS

Books that focus on the AIDS epidemic (mostly US, mostly the 80s-90s - though not exclusively). This includes history, sociology, cultural criticism of the time, and even fiction. This is such an important era to understand modern politics - especially queer politics and the LGBTQ+ community

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last updated August, 2026

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There’s also the 1987 classic, And the Band Played On: Politics, People and the AIDS Epidemic by Randy Shilts, an America journalist who succumbed to AIDS in 1994.

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Yes, this one is definitely on my list! (I'm still in the process of adding some of the ones I have)

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And there’s David Quammen’s, The Chimp and the River: How AIDS Emerged from an African Forest for those who want to know more about the history of the virus.

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