These Books Will Kill You
Fiction and Non-fiction books about historical epidemics, medical mysteries, and all things disease.
354 books ·
304 voters ·
list created September 10th, 2017
by Erin Welsh (votes) .
Erin
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Rachel
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Julie
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Astrea
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Saturday's
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Ashley
3914 books
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Spooky
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Pamela
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I don't know if adding books is ok or if you want to keep it to the books mentioned in the podcast, but Doomsday Book is great and combine the plague with (if I remember correctly) influenza.
Pioup wrote: "I don't know if adding books is ok or if you want to keep it to the books mentioned in the podcast, but Doomsday Book is great and combine the plague with (if I remember correctly) inf..."
Yes! Fabulous story. Please add it.
Yes! Fabulous story. Please add it.
I have been furiously writing down the books mentioned every week. I laughed when I was literally inputing books in good read when you mentioned this list.
From a fellow disease nerd - your podcast (and book list) makes me so happy!
From a fellow disease nerd - your podcast (and book list) makes me so happy!
I'm SO glad I found this podcast- I was itching for something to binge since I'm up to date on My Favorite Murder episodes. I love your personalities, and the podcast is the perfect blend of research/humor and biology/history. Now I need something for when I finish This Podcast Will Kill You.
I have added The Origins of AIDS, a book that I assign to my world history students, written by an epidemiologist. They find it fascinating.
I am a historian who is the daughter of an infectious disease physician. I absolutely love what you two have done and you've inspired me to develop a class on epidemics and history.
I am a historian who is the daughter of an infectious disease physician. I absolutely love what you two have done and you've inspired me to develop a class on epidemics and history.
Just found the podcast and I'm binging.
You ought to add Year of Wonder: A Novel of the Plague (fiction) and The Beetle of Aphrodite and Other Medical Mysteries (non-fiction) to this list.
You ought to add Year of Wonder: A Novel of the Plague (fiction) and The Beetle of Aphrodite and Other Medical Mysteries (non-fiction) to this list.
Which episode is "Survival of the Sickest" referenced in? I love that book and am eager to hear where it makes its appearance. :)
Elizabeth wrote: "Which episode is "Survival of the Sickest" referenced in? I love that book and am eager to hear where it makes its appearance. :)"
We haven't referenced it specifically in any episode yet, but I added it anyway because it's in line with so much of the content we cover. Such a fun read!
We haven't referenced it specifically in any episode yet, but I added it anyway because it's in line with so much of the content we cover. Such a fun read!
Erin wrote: "Elizabeth wrote: "Which episode is "Survival of the Sickest" referenced in? I love that book and am eager to hear where it makes its appearance. :)"
We haven't referenced it specifically in any ep..."
It was a fun read! Really made me think differently about the role of illness in human history!
We haven't referenced it specifically in any ep..."
It was a fun read! Really made me think differently about the role of illness in human history!
Check out the Biomolecular Archaeology book if you want a read of how archaeologists look at diseases, especially if you want to know what diseases we can see in the burial record.
I recently started listening and am so happy to find this book list on Goodreads! I started making note of the books I wanted to read from the resources section of the podcast, but then I heard there was a Goodreads list, I jumped on finding it so I could browse books and add them to my want to read shelf. Thank you!
What was the "Working Stiff" book mentioned in the Q&A? I thought Erin said it was fiction, but I'm not sure...
Maggie wrote: "What was the "Working Stiff" book mentioned in the Q&A? I thought Erin said it was fiction, but I'm not sure..."
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
I didn't see "Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel's Autism" on the list- the author appeared on the podcast and was very compelling!
LOVE your podcast. Erin & Erin! Recently discovered, bingeing, motivation to clean the house, my hands are raw from excessive washing, ha! Really, I need to try a quarantini or two to reward myself. Thanks for all you do, and for this great list, look forward to reading more of these.
I'd like to contribute this one to your list: Adventures of a Female Medical Detective: In Pursuit of Smallpox and AIDS by Anne D. Mather and Mary Guinan
Also a huge fan of your podcast!!
Also a huge fan of your podcast!!
I love love LOVE your podcast, got introduced to it recently and can't believe it took me so long. Look forward to listening more and more and read books from this list when I can. <3
Wow i love the posdcast and you have a reading list. squeee!
adding one of my favs The Island by Victoria Hislop, its a great tale of leprosy.
adding one of my favs The Island by Victoria Hislop, its a great tale of leprosy.
Thank you for your podcast! I am working my way through all the back episodes, and building my reading list.