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A State of Fear
by Laura Dodsworth • 2021
The UK government orchestrated fear to secure pandemic compliance. How it worked, and what it broke.
4.31
793
A State of Fear Summary
A State of Fear 90%
The UK government orchestrated fear to secure pandemic compliance. How it worked, and what it broke.
by Laura Dodsworth 2021
4.31
793 ratings
World War C
by Sanjay Gupta • 2021
We simulated this exact pandemic. It went exactly as predicted. Why wasn't anyone ready?
4.04
904
World War C Summary
World War C 90%
We simulated this exact pandemic. It went exactly as predicted. Why wasn't anyone ready?
by Sanjay Gupta 2021
4.04
904 ratings
The Plague Year
by Lawrence Wright • 2020
American exceptionalism met a virus that didn't care. How the most prepared nation on earth lost.
4.12
3k+
The Plague Year Summary
The Plague Year 90%
American exceptionalism met a virus that didn't care. How the most prepared nation on earth lost.
by Lawrence Wright 2020
4.12
3k+ ratings
Uncontrolled Spread
by Scott Gottlieb • 2021
Every part of America's pandemic defense was designed for a different war.
4.06
1k+
Uncontrolled Spread Summary
Uncontrolled Spread 89%
Every part of America's pandemic defense was designed for a different war.
by Scott Gottlieb 2021
4.06
1k+ ratings
The Indoctrinated Brain
by Michael Nehls • 2023
The global attack on mental freedom begins by targeting your hippocampus. Defend it.
4.13
290
The Indoctrinated Brain Summary
The Indoctrinated Brain 88%
The global attack on mental freedom begins by targeting your hippocampus. Defend it.
by Michael Nehls 2023
4.13
290 ratings
COVID-19
by Michael Mosley • 2020
Why this virus spreads before symptoms, and the science-backed ways to strengthen your defenses.
3.91
224
COVID-19 Summary
COVID-19 88%
Why this virus spreads before symptoms, and the science-backed ways to strengthen your defenses.
by Michael Mosley 2020
3.91
224 ratings
How to Prevent the Next Pandemic
by Bill Gates • 2022
Most of COVID's suffering was avoidable. The blueprint to ensure nothing like it happens again.
3.76
2k+
How to Prevent the Next Pandemic Summary
How to Prevent the Next Pandemic 88%
Most of COVID's suffering was avoidable. The blueprint to ensure nothing like it happens again.
by Bill Gates 2022
3.76
2k+ ratings
Crisis Averted
by Caitlin Rivers • 2024
Public health saves millions; why do we starve it until a crisis hits?
4.16
247
Crisis Averted Summary
Crisis Averted 88%
Public health saves millions; why do we starve it until a crisis hits?
by Caitlin Rivers 2024
4.16
247 ratings
Deadliest Enemy
by Michael T. Osterholm • 2017
Microbes evolve in 20 minutes; humans take 25 years. That gap is our deadliest vulnerability.
4.33
3k+
Deadliest Enemy Summary
Deadliest Enemy 88%
Microbes evolve in 20 minutes; humans take 25 years. That gap is our deadliest vulnerability.
by Michael T. Osterholm 2017
4.33
3k+ ratings
2020
by Eric Klinenberg • 2024
COVID exposed America's preexisting condition: broken trust, racial inequality, willful forgetting.
3.89
439
2020 Summary
2020 88%
COVID exposed America's preexisting condition: broken trust, racial inequality, willful forgetting.
by Eric Klinenberg 2024
3.89
439 ratings
Deception
by Rand Paul • 2023
The lab-leak evidence the NIH buried and the scientific establishment's campaign to dismiss it.
4.47
549
Deception Summary
Deception 88%
The lab-leak evidence the NIH buried and the scientific establishment's campaign to dismiss it.
by Rand Paul 2023
4.47
549 ratings
Longshot
by David Heath • 2022
338 days from sequence to shot. The twenty years of failure that made it possible.
4.16
140
Longshot Summary
Longshot 88%
338 days from sequence to shot. The twenty years of failure that made it possible.
by David Heath 2022
4.16
140 ratings
The Premonition
by Michael Lewis • 2021
A handful of outsiders saw COVID-19 coming and built the warning system the CDC refused to.
4.32
43k+
The Premonition Summary
The Premonition 88%
A handful of outsiders saw COVID-19 coming and built the warning system the CDC refused to.
by Michael Lewis 2021
4.32
43k+ ratings
In Trump Time
by Peter Navarro • 2021
A Trump insider: the pandemic was engineered, the cure suppressed, and the election stolen.
4.53
755
In Trump Time Summary
In Trump Time 88%
A Trump insider: the pandemic was engineered, the cure suppressed, and the election stolen.
by Peter Navarro 2021
4.53
755 ratings
A Letter to Liberals
by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. • 2022
Science silenced, dissent crushed, trillions siphoned: the pandemic response that liberals policed.
4.39
359
A Letter to Liberals Summary
A Letter to Liberals 88%
Science silenced, dissent crushed, trillions siphoned: the pandemic response that liberals policed.
by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2022
4.39
359 ratings
What Really Happened in Wuhan
by Sharri Markson • 2021
A Wuhan lab studying bat viruses had sick workers in November; then the pandemic began.
4.19
1k+
What Really Happened in Wuhan Summary
What Really Happened in Wuhan 88%
A Wuhan lab studying bat viruses had sick workers in November; then the pandemic began.
by Sharri Markson 2021
4.19
1k+ ratings
New Abnormal
by Aaron Kheriaty • 2022
The emergency never ended. It became a permanent way for the state to manage your body.
4.38
148
New Abnormal Summary
New Abnormal 88%
The emergency never ended. It became a permanent way for the state to manage your body.
by Aaron Kheriaty 2022
4.38
148 ratings
COVID-19
by Klaus Schwab • 2020
The pandemic didn't just upend the world; it created a fleeting chance to rebuild it from scratch.
2.69
2k+
COVID-19 Summary
COVID-19 88%
The pandemic didn't just upend the world; it created a fleeting chance to rebuild it from scratch.
by Klaus Schwab 2020
2.69
2k+ ratings
The Wisdom of Plagues
by Donald G. Mcneil Jr. • 2024
Pandemics are human-made disasters. COVID proved it, and 25 years of reporting shows exactly how.
4.11
343
The Wisdom of Plagues Summary
The Wisdom of Plagues 88%
Pandemics are human-made disasters. COVID proved it, and 25 years of reporting shows exactly how.
by Donald G. Mcneil Jr. 2024
4.11
343 ratings
Quarantine Life from Cholera to COVID-19
by Kari Nixon • 2021
Quarantine backfires without consent. History's real defenses: distancing and community.
3.85
169
Quarantine Life from Cholera to COVID-19 Summary
Quarantine Life from Cholera to COVID-19 88%
Quarantine backfires without consent. History's real defenses: distancing and community.
by Kari Nixon 2021
3.85
169 ratings
The Real Anthony Fauci
by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. • 2021
Fifty years, five pandemics, one method: suppress the cheap treatments, profit from the toxic ones.
4.47
9k+
The Real Anthony Fauci Summary
The Real Anthony Fauci 87%
Fifty years, five pandemics, one method: suppress the cheap treatments, profit from the toxic ones.
by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2021
4.47
9k+ ratings
War on Ivermectin
by Pierre Kory • 2023
A Nobel Prize-winning drug could have ended COVID. The agencies that buried it, from the inside.
4.68
304
War on Ivermectin Summary
War on Ivermectin 87%
A Nobel Prize-winning drug could have ended COVID. The agencies that buried it, from the inside.
by Pierre Kory 2023
4.68
304 ratings
The Long Covid Survival Guide
by Fiona Lowenstein • 2022
A patient-built playbook for surviving Long COVID when doctors dismiss you and rest isn't enough.
4.30
156
The Long Covid Survival Guide Summary
The Long Covid Survival Guide 87%
A patient-built playbook for surviving Long COVID when doctors dismiss you and rest isn't enough.
by Fiona Lowenstein 2022
4.30
156 ratings
Foreign Bodies
by Simon Schama • 2023
How smallpox, cholera, and plague shaped the modern world, and why we keep repeating the mistakes.
3.58
580
Foreign Bodies Summary
Foreign Bodies 87%
How smallpox, cholera, and plague shaped the modern world, and why we keep repeating the mistakes.
by Simon Schama 2023
3.58
580 ratings
A Nurse's Story
by Louise Curtis • 2020
An A&E nurse thought she'd seen everything. Then COVID arrived, and she was afraid to go home.
3.93
1k+
A Nurse's Story Summary
A Nurse's Story 87%
An A&E nurse thought she'd seen everything. Then COVID arrived, and she was afraid to go home.
by Louise Curtis 2020
3.93
1k+ ratings
This Book Is Full of Spiders
by David Wong • 2012
A slacker sees invisible spiders infect his neighbors, then the military quarantines the town.
4.26
35k+
This Book Is Full of Spiders Summary
This Book Is Full of Spiders 87%
A slacker sees invisible spiders infect his neighbors, then the military quarantines the town.
by David Wong 2012
4.26
35k+ ratings
Booster Shots
by Adam Ratner • 2025
Measles erases immune memory. It also erases societal memory, and that amnesia is more dangerous.
4.33
577
Booster Shots Summary
Booster Shots 87%
Measles erases immune memory. It also erases societal memory, and that amnesia is more dangerous.
by Adam Ratner 2025
4.33
577 ratings
Our Malady
by Timothy Snyder • 2020
From a hospital bed, a tyranny scholar diagnoses America's for-profit medicine as a freedom crisis.
4.14
2k+
Our Malady Summary
Our Malady 86%
From a hospital bed, a tyranny scholar diagnoses America's for-profit medicine as a freedom crisis.
by Timothy Snyder 2020
4.14
2k+ ratings
The Great Influenza
by John M. Barry • 2004
Modern medicine was just being born. Then the deadliest pandemic hit and killed the young first.
3.98
43k+
The Great Influenza Summary
The Great Influenza 86%
Modern medicine was just being born. Then the deadliest pandemic hit and killed the young first.
by John M. Barry 2004
3.98
43k+ ratings
The Vaccine
by Joe Miller • 2021
Science dismissed mRNA for decades. Two immigrants bet on it anyway, and won the pandemic race.
4.24
910
The Vaccine Summary
The Vaccine 86%
Science dismissed mRNA for decades. Two immigrants bet on it anyway, and won the pandemic race.
by Joe Miller 2021
4.24
910 ratings
A Planet of Viruses
by Carl Zimmer • 2011
Viruses aren't just enemies. They built our DNA, rule the oceans, and may have sparked life.
4.06
5k+
A Planet of Viruses Summary
A Planet of Viruses 86%
Viruses aren't just enemies. They built our DNA, rule the oceans, and may have sparked life.
by Carl Zimmer 2011
4.06
5k+ ratings
The Rules of Contagion
by Adam Kucharski • 2020
Why tweets go viral and banks collapse: the hidden math that governs what spreads.
3.86
2k+
The Rules of Contagion Summary
The Rules of Contagion 86%
Why tweets go viral and banks collapse: the hidden math that governs what spreads.
by Adam Kucharski 2020
3.86
2k+ ratings
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World
by Fareed Zakaria • 2020
COVID-19 hit fast-forward. Ten lessons for a digital, unequal, and bipolar world.
3.96
6k+
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World Summary
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World 86%
COVID-19 hit fast-forward. Ten lessons for a digital, unequal, and bipolar world.
by Fareed Zakaria 2020
3.96
6k+ ratings
The Women Behind the Door
by Roddy Doyle • 2024
A recovering alcoholic in pandemic Dublin opens her door to find her capable daughter falling apart.
3.47
2k+
The Women Behind the Door Summary
The Women Behind the Door 86%
A recovering alcoholic in pandemic Dublin opens her door to find her capable daughter falling apart.
by Roddy Doyle 2024
3.47
2k+ ratings
Calling the Shots
by Jennifer A. Reich • 2016
Vaccine-refusing parents follow a coherent logic, and it is quietly dismantling herd immunity.
3.91
132
Calling the Shots Summary
Calling the Shots 86%
Vaccine-refusing parents follow a coherent logic, and it is quietly dismantling herd immunity.
by Jennifer A. Reich 2016
3.91
132 ratings
Pathogenesis
by Jonathan Kennedy • 2023
Microbes, not men, wrote history. Eight plagues that toppled empires and built the modern world.
3.94
12k+
Pathogenesis Summary
Pathogenesis 86%
Microbes, not men, wrote history. Eight plagues that toppled empires and built the modern world.
by Jonathan Kennedy 2023
3.94
12k+ ratings
Turtles All The Way Down
by Anonymous • 2022
Vaccine safety trials hid adverse events: control groups received vaccines, not placebos.
4.61
785
Turtles All The Way Down Summary
Turtles All The Way Down 86%
Vaccine safety trials hid adverse events: control groups received vaccines, not placebos.
by Anonymous 2022
4.61
785 ratings
The Hot Zone
by Richard Preston • 1994
Ebola turns organs to liquid, kills nine in ten. In 1989, it surfaced in suburban Virginia.
4.16
122k+
The Hot Zone Summary
The Hot Zone 86%
Ebola turns organs to liquid, kills nine in ten. In 1989, it surfaced in suburban Virginia.
by Richard Preston 1994
4.16
122k+ ratings
Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them
by Mark Jerome Walters • 2003
Epidemics do not strike randomly. They follow the roads we built and the forests we cut.
3.71
178
Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them Summary
Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them 86%
Epidemics do not strike randomly. They follow the roads we built and the forests we cut.
by Mark Jerome Walters 2003
3.71
178 ratings
The Long Covid Self-Help Guide
by Emily Fraser • 2022
One in ten COVID patients stay sick. A clinician's path back from fatigue and brain fog.
4.11
149
The Long Covid Self-Help Guide Summary
The Long Covid Self-Help Guide 86%
One in ten COVID patients stay sick. A clinician's path back from fatigue and brain fog.
by Emily Fraser 2022
4.11
149 ratings
Identity Crisis
by John Sides • 2018
One network orchestrates every global crisis. Its target: human consciousness. Its weakness: you.
4.10
503
Identity Crisis Summary
Identity Crisis 86%
One network orchestrates every global crisis. Its target: human consciousness. Its weakness: you.
by John Sides 2018
4.10
503 ratings
Vax Facts
by Paul Thomas • 2024
A doctor studied 3,300 children; the unvaccinated were far healthier. Journal retracted the data.
4.62
286
Vax Facts Summary
Vax Facts 86%
A doctor studied 3,300 children; the unvaccinated were far healthier. Journal retracted the data.
by Paul Thomas 2024
4.62
286 ratings
The Memory of Animals
by Claire Fuller • 2023
A marine biologist enters a vaccine trial and wakes to a world that has already ended.
3.57
6k+
The Memory of Animals Summary
The Memory of Animals 86%
A marine biologist enters a vaccine trial and wakes to a world that has already ended.
by Claire Fuller 2023
3.57
6k+ ratings
The People's Hospital
by Ricardo Nuila • 2020
America treats patients as revenue streams. One Houston hospital proves there is another way.
4.38
4k+
The People's Hospital Summary
The People's Hospital 86%
America treats patients as revenue streams. One Houston hospital proves there is another way.
by Ricardo Nuila 2020
4.38
4k+ ratings
Dissolving Illusions
by Suzanne Humphries • 2013
Infectious disease death rates fell before vaccines. Credit goes to sanitation, not shots.
4.62
2k+
Dissolving Illusions Summary
Dissolving Illusions 86%
Infectious disease death rates fell before vaccines. Credit goes to sanitation, not shots.
by Suzanne Humphries 2013
4.62
2k+ ratings
No One’s Coming
by Kevin Hazzard • 2026
Two doctors catch Ebola in Liberia. Every government refuses. One crew of outlaw pilots flies in.
4.45
820
No One’s Coming Summary
No One’s Coming 86%
Two doctors catch Ebola in Liberia. Every government refuses. One crew of outlaw pilots flies in.
by Kevin Hazzard 2026
4.45
820 ratings
Conspirituality
by Derek Beres • 2023
The line between your yoga studio and QAnon is vanishingly thin, and the damage is public.
3.98
2k+
Conspirituality Summary
Conspirituality 86%
The line between your yoga studio and QAnon is vanishingly thin, and the damage is public.
by Derek Beres 2023
3.98
2k+ ratings
Patient Zero
by Lydia Kang • 2021
The hunt for patient zero almost always finds a scapegoat, not a cause.
4.13
3k+
Patient Zero Summary
Patient Zero 85%
The hunt for patient zero almost always finds a scapegoat, not a cause.
by Lydia Kang 2021
4.13
3k+ ratings
Severance
by Ling Ma • 2018
The fever traps victims in habit loops. Candace Chen, office worker, was already there.
3.88
134k+
Severance Summary
Severance 85%
The fever traps victims in habit loops. Candace Chen, office worker, was already there.
by Ling Ma 2018
3.88
134k+ ratings
Your Life in My Hands
by Rachel Clarke • 2017
Britain's most beloved public service is failing. A junior doctor shows you why, from the inside.
3.78
4k+
Your Life in My Hands Summary
Your Life in My Hands 85%
Britain's most beloved public service is failing. A junior doctor shows you why, from the inside.
by Rachel Clarke 2017
3.78
4k+ ratings
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