silence = death

an HIV/AIDs reading list

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created by alexandriaslibrary

last updated December, 2025

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such an important topic - thank you for this.

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a very important list. i suggest “howl and other poems” as well

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Disco Witches of Fire Island could also be a fit

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if i’m remembering correctly tell the wolves i’m home by carol rifka brunt would fit here!

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Thank you for this list, I haven't read any of these but they were mentioned in my favorite podcast "This Podcast Will Kill You" episode about HIV/AIDs. I fully recommend listening to the episode it's EP 122 HIV/AIDS: Apathy Will Kill You

  • The Origins of AIDS by Jacques Pepin
  • Chimp & the River: How AIDS Emerged from an African Forest by David Quammen
  • And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic by Randy Shilts
  • How to Survive a Plague: The Story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS by David France
  • Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors by Susan Sontag

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Would Angels in America fit this list?

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