🦠 Plague As Weapon

The chilling prospect of weaponized disease—whether in historical sieges, bioterrorism thrillers, or speculative fiction about engineered pandemics unleashed with intent.

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+

🔬 Pandemic Origins 🚫 Chinese Censorship 📰 Investigative Journalism

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

🔬 Pandemic Origins 🚫 Chinese Censorship 📰 Investigative Journalism

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+

🦠 Infectious Disease 🌍 Global Health Policy 🚨 Pandemic Preparedness

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

🦠 Infectious Disease 🌍 Global Health Policy 🚨 Pandemic Preparedness

Dreadnought

by Cherie Priest • 2010

Trapped on a Union war train, a nurse discovers its cargo of corpses is rising hungry.

3.87

8k+

🏜️ Weird West 💉 Wartime Nurse 🚂 Journey By Train

Dreadnought 88%

Trapped on a Union war train, a nurse discovers its cargo of corpses is rising hungry.

by Cherie Priest 2010

3.87

8k+ ratings

🏜️ Weird West 💉 Wartime Nurse 🚂 Journey By Train

Patient Zero

by Jonathan Maberry • 2009

A detective must stop a zombie plague while a traitor sabotages his team from within.

4.00

31k+

🦠 Bioterrorism 🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🪖 Military Thriller

Patient Zero 88%

A detective must stop a zombie plague while a traitor sabotages his team from within.

by Jonathan Maberry 2009

4.00

31k+ ratings

🦠 Bioterrorism 🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🪖 Military Thriller

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

🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 🔬 Epidemiology 🌍 Global Health

World War C 87%

We simulated this exact pandemic. It went exactly as predicted. Why wasn't anyone ready?

by Sanjay Gupta 2021

4.04

904 ratings

🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 🔬 Epidemiology 🌍 Global Health

The Doomsday Key

by James Rollins • 2009

When a GMO crop revives an ancient plague, the cure lies buried in a centuries-old conspiracy.

4.18

32k+

🧬 Biotech Thriller 🏛️ Ancient Conspiracy ☣️ Engineered Plague

The Doomsday Key 87%

When a GMO crop revives an ancient plague, the cure lies buried in a centuries-old conspiracy.

by James Rollins 2009

4.18

32k+ ratings

🧬 Biotech Thriller 🏛️ Ancient Conspiracy ☣️ Engineered Plague

Commune

by Joshua Gayou • 2017

After a plague, a lone survivor leads three strangers across a dead America to Wyoming.

4.18

3k+

🦠 Plague Apocalypse 🌍 Grounded Apocalypse 🫂 Found Family

Commune 87%

After a plague, a lone survivor leads three strangers across a dead America to Wyoming.

by Joshua Gayou 2017

4.18

3k+ ratings

🦠 Plague Apocalypse 🌍 Grounded Apocalypse 🫂 Found Family

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+

🏥 Public Health 🦠 Epidemiology 🚨 Pandemic Response

The Premonition 87%

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

🏥 Public Health 🦠 Epidemiology 🚨 Pandemic Response

Crisis Averted

by Caitlin Rivers • 2024

Public health saves millions; why do we starve it until a crisis hits?

4.16

247

🔬 Epidemiology 📜 Health Policy 🕵️ Outbreak Investigation

Crisis Averted 87%

Public health saves millions; why do we starve it until a crisis hits?

by Caitlin Rivers 2024

4.16

247 ratings

🔬 Epidemiology 📜 Health Policy 🕵️ Outbreak Investigation

Darwin's Radio

by Greg Bear • 1999

A dormant virus stirs in our genome, turning pregnancy into the engine of human evolution.

3.73

17k+

🧬 Hard Science Fiction 🦠 Ancient Virus Awakens 🧫 Genetic Transformation

Darwin's Radio 87%

A dormant virus stirs in our genome, turning pregnancy into the engine of human evolution.

by Greg Bear 1999

3.73

17k+ ratings

🧬 Hard Science Fiction 🦠 Ancient Virus Awakens 🧫 Genetic Transformation

Pathogenesis

by Jonathan Kennedy • 2023

Microbes, not men, wrote history. Eight plagues that toppled empires and built the modern world.

3.94

12k+

🌍 World History 🏥 History Of Medicine 🦠 Infectious Disease

Pathogenesis 87%

Microbes, not men, wrote history. Eight plagues that toppled empires and built the modern world.

by Jonathan Kennedy 2023

3.94

12k+ ratings

🌍 World History 🏥 History Of Medicine 🦠 Infectious Disease

The Good Virus

by Tom Ireland • 2023

Bacteria-eating viruses saved lives for a century. Then the West abandoned them as antibiotics rose.

4.38

669

🦠 Phage Therapy 💊 Antibiotic Resistance 🌍 Microbial Ecology

The Good Virus 87%

Bacteria-eating viruses saved lives for a century. Then the West abandoned them as antibiotics rose.

by Tom Ireland 2023

4.38

669 ratings

🦠 Phage Therapy 💊 Antibiotic Resistance 🌍 Microbial Ecology

The Strain

by Guillermo del Toro • 2009

A dead plane at JFK, a CDC doctor, and a vampire plague that surfaces at sundown.

3.80

91k+

🩸 Vampire Plague 🔬 Epidemiological Horror 👹 Ancient Evil

The Strain 87%

A dead plane at JFK, a CDC doctor, and a vampire plague that surfaces at sundown.

by Guillermo del Toro 2009

3.80

91k+ ratings

🩸 Vampire Plague 🔬 Epidemiological Horror 👹 Ancient Evil

The Dragon Factory

by Jonathan Maberry • 2010

A disgraced agent must stop an immortal Nazi's engineered plagues designed to erase entire peoples.

4.16

11k+

🧬 Biopunk Thriller 🧪 Engineered Monsters ⏱️ Ticking Clock

The Dragon Factory 87%

A disgraced agent must stop an immortal Nazi's engineered plagues designed to erase entire peoples.

by Jonathan Maberry 2010

4.16

11k+ ratings

🧬 Biopunk Thriller 🧪 Engineered Monsters ⏱️ Ticking Clock

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+

🦠 Viral Outbreaks 🐒 Zoonotic Diseases 📰 Narrative Journalism

The Hot Zone 87%

Ebola turns organs to liquid, kills nine in ten. In 1989, it surfaced in suburban Virginia.

by Richard Preston 1994

4.16

122k+ ratings

🦠 Viral Outbreaks 🐒 Zoonotic Diseases 📰 Narrative Journalism

Written in Fire

by Marcus Sakey • 2016

A federal agent hunts a scientist whose serum gives anyone superhuman gifts, amid civil war.

4.19

15k+

🧬 Enhanced Humans 🔮 Near Future Thriller 🏛️ Government Conspiracy

Written in Fire 87%

A federal agent hunts a scientist whose serum gives anyone superhuman gifts, amid civil war.

by Marcus Sakey 2016

4.19

15k+ ratings

🧬 Enhanced Humans 🔮 Near Future Thriller 🏛️ Government Conspiracy

Star Wars

by Joe Schreiber • 2010

A Sith experiment spawns a zombie plague; a captured Jedi and her psychic orchid are the only cure.

3.46

9k+

🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🖤 Space Gothic 🌱 Sentient Plants

Star Wars 87%

A Sith experiment spawns a zombie plague; a captured Jedi and her psychic orchid are the only cure.

by Joe Schreiber 2010

3.46

9k+ ratings

🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🖤 Space Gothic 🌱 Sentient Plants

The Devil's Hand

by Jack Carr • 2021

To stop a bioweapon, a former SEAL must hunt its architects before the president erases two cities.

4.45

31k+

🪖 Military Thriller 🦠 Bioweapon Outbreak 🕵️ Deep State

The Devil's Hand 87%

To stop a bioweapon, a former SEAL must hunt its architects before the president erases two cities.

by Jack Carr 2021

4.45

31k+ ratings

🪖 Military Thriller 🦠 Bioweapon Outbreak 🕵️ Deep State

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+

🌍 Global Health 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Public Health Policy

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic Summary

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic 87%

Most of COVID's suffering was avoidable. The blueprint to ensure nothing like it happens again.

by Bill Gates 2022

3.76

2k+ ratings

🌍 Global Health 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Public Health Policy

Symbiont

by Mira Grant • 2014

A tapeworm-human hybrid awakens to her true nature as a plague turns hosts into sleepwalkers.

3.71

8k+

🩸 Body Horror 🧬 Biopunk ⚠️ Scientific Hubris

Symbiont 87%

A tapeworm-human hybrid awakens to her true nature as a plague turns hosts into sleepwalkers.

by Mira Grant 2014

3.71

8k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror 🧬 Biopunk ⚠️ Scientific Hubris

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+

🎭 Comic Horror 🕷️ Parasite Horror 🏚️ Quarantine Horror

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

🎭 Comic Horror 🕷️ Parasite Horror 🏚️ Quarantine Horror

The Andromeda Strain

by Michael Crichton • 1969

An alien organism kills a desert town, then mutates inside the sealed lab hunting it.

3.91

274k+

🧬 Techno Thriller 🦠 Alien Pathogen ⚠️ Containment Breach

The Andromeda Strain 87%

An alien organism kills a desert town, then mutates inside the sealed lab hunting it.

by Michael Crichton 1969

3.91

274k+ ratings

🧬 Techno Thriller 🦠 Alien Pathogen ⚠️ Containment Breach

Booster Shots

by Adam Ratner • 2025

Measles erases immune memory. It also erases societal memory, and that amnesia is more dangerous.

4.33

577

🏥 Public Health 🦠 Infectious Disease 📊 Epidemiology

Booster Shots 86%

Measles erases immune memory. It also erases societal memory, and that amnesia is more dangerous.

by Adam Ratner 2025

4.33

577 ratings

🏥 Public Health 🦠 Infectious Disease 📊 Epidemiology

Oryx and Crake

by Margaret Atwood • 2003

A plague ends the world, and one man must guard the flawless new humans his friend made.

4.00

290k+

🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Mad Scientist 🫀 Engineered Humans

Oryx and Crake 86%

A plague ends the world, and one man must guard the flawless new humans his friend made.

by Margaret Atwood 2003

4.00

290k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Mad Scientist 🫀 Engineered Humans

Patient Zero

by Lydia Kang • 2021

The hunt for patient zero almost always finds a scapegoat, not a cause.

4.13

3k+

🏥 Medical History 🌍 Disease Ecology 🔍 Outbreak Investigation

Patient Zero 86%

The hunt for patient zero almost always finds a scapegoat, not a cause.

by Lydia Kang 2021

4.13

3k+ ratings

🏥 Medical History 🌍 Disease Ecology 🔍 Outbreak Investigation

Plagues and Peoples

by William H. McNeill • 1976

Athens and Rome fell to a force their strategists ignored: disease, not decadence.

3.87

5k+

💡 Big History 🦠 Disease And Civilization 📜 Medical History

Plagues and Peoples 86%

Athens and Rome fell to a force their strategists ignored: disease, not decadence.

by William H. McNeill 1976

3.87

5k+ ratings

💡 Big History 🦠 Disease And Civilization 📜 Medical History

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

🦠 Disease Ecology 🌍 Environmental Health 🐒 Zoonotic Diseases

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

🦠 Disease Ecology 🌍 Environmental Health 🐒 Zoonotic Diseases

So Very Small

by Thomas Levenson • 2025

How humanity finally saw the invisible world, defeated it, and may now lose the rematch.

4.30

213

🏥 History Of Medicine 🦠 Germ Theory 🤒 Infectious Disease

So Very Small 86%

How humanity finally saw the invisible world, defeated it, and may now lose the rematch.

by Thomas Levenson 2025

4.30

213 ratings

🏥 History Of Medicine 🦠 Germ Theory 🤒 Infectious Disease

World War Z

by Max Brooks • 2006

Survivors of the zombie apocalypse recount how humanity fell and how it clawed its way back.

4.02

572k+

🎙️ Oral History Format 🧟 Zombie Pandemic 🌍 Geopolitical Horror

World War Z 86%

Survivors of the zombie apocalypse recount how humanity fell and how it clawed its way back.

by Max Brooks 2006

4.02

572k+ ratings

🎙️ Oral History Format 🧟 Zombie Pandemic 🌍 Geopolitical Horror

Parasite

by Mira Grant • 2013

Her life-saving tapeworm is waking up. It wants control of her body and everyone else's.

3.68

19k+

🩸 Medical Body Horror 🦠 Parasitic Outbreak 🔍 Lost Identity

Parasite 86%

Her life-saving tapeworm is waking up. It wants control of her body and everyone else's.

by Mira Grant 2013

3.68

19k+ ratings

🩸 Medical Body Horror 🦠 Parasitic Outbreak 🔍 Lost Identity

Mosquito

by Andrew Spielman • 2001

Smaller than a fingernail, deadlier than all wars combined: the insect that decided empires.

3.89

436

🦠 Infectious Disease 🌍 Disease Ecology 🪲 Insect Science

Mosquito 86%

Smaller than a fingernail, deadlier than all wars combined: the insect that decided empires.

by Andrew Spielman 2001

3.89

436 ratings

🦠 Infectious Disease 🌍 Disease Ecology 🪲 Insect Science

SickER Bastards

by Matt Shaw • 2014

A man breaks free from a government cannibalism experiment and carries the appetite home.

3.81

924

🔞 Extreme Horror 🏚️ Captivity Horror 🧬 Engineered Plague

SickER Bastards 86%

A man breaks free from a government cannibalism experiment and carries the appetite home.

by Matt Shaw 2014

3.81

924 ratings

🔞 Extreme Horror 🏚️ Captivity Horror 🧬 Engineered Plague

Chimera

by Mira Grant • 2015

A tapeworm wearing a human face fights to survive the war between the species she straddles.

3.84

6k+

🪱 Parasite Horror 🧬 Pandemic Sci-Fi 🧠 Sentient Parasite

Chimera 86%

A tapeworm wearing a human face fights to survive the war between the species she straddles.

by Mira Grant 2015

3.84

6k+ ratings

🪱 Parasite Horror 🧬 Pandemic Sci-Fi 🧠 Sentient Parasite

No Safety in Numbers

by Dayna Lorentz • 2012

Quarantined in a mall with a lethal virus, four teens battle panic, disease, and each other.

3.53

7k+

🦠 Viral Outbreak 🛍️ Trapped In A Mall 🤝 Unlikely Allies

No Safety in Numbers 86%

Quarantined in a mall with a lethal virus, four teens battle panic, disease, and each other.

by Dayna Lorentz 2012

3.53

7k+ ratings

🦠 Viral Outbreak 🛍️ Trapped In A Mall 🤝 Unlikely Allies

Uncontrolled Spread

by Scott Gottlieb • 2021

Every part of America's pandemic defense was designed for a different war.

4.06

1k+

🏥 Public Health Policy 🛡️ Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Institutional Failure

Uncontrolled Spread 86%

Every part of America's pandemic defense was designed for a different war.

by Scott Gottlieb 2021

4.06

1k+ ratings

🏥 Public Health Policy 🛡️ Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Institutional Failure

The First Wall

by Gav Thorpe • 2020

A bitter rival besieges the Emperor's port while a forbidden faith opens the walls to daemons.

3.76

3k+

🔨 Siege Warfare 🌑 Grimdark ⚔️ Brother Against Brother

The First Wall 86%

A bitter rival besieges the Emperor's port while a forbidden faith opens the walls to daemons.

by Gav Thorpe 2020

3.76

3k+ ratings

🔨 Siege Warfare 🌑 Grimdark ⚔️ Brother Against Brother

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+

🦠 Virology 🌊 Microbial Ecology ⚠️ Emerging Diseases

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

🦠 Virology 🌊 Microbial Ecology ⚠️ Emerging Diseases

Partials

by Dan Wells • 2012

To save the last newborns from extinction, a medic kidnaps a genetically engineered enemy soldier.

3.93

60k+

🦠 Virus Apocalypse 🤰 Dystopian Pregnancy 🤖 Engineered Beings

Partials 86%

To save the last newborns from extinction, a medic kidnaps a genetically engineered enemy soldier.

by Dan Wells 2012

3.93

60k+ ratings

🦠 Virus Apocalypse 🤰 Dystopian Pregnancy 🤖 Engineered Beings

Deception

by Rand Paul • 2023

The lab-leak evidence the NIH buried and the scientific establishment's campaign to dismiss it.

4.47

549

🦠 Pandemic Origins 🤫 Scientific Censorship 🕵️ Institutional Cover-Up

Deception 86%

The lab-leak evidence the NIH buried and the scientific establishment's campaign to dismiss it.

by Rand Paul 2023

4.47

549 ratings

🦠 Pandemic Origins 🤫 Scientific Censorship 🕵️ Institutional Cover-Up

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

🦠 Pandemic History 💉 Vaccine History 🏛️ Colonial Medicine

Foreign Bodies 86%

How smallpox, cholera, and plague shaped the modern world, and why we keep repeating the mistakes.

by Simon Schama 2023

3.58

580 ratings

🦠 Pandemic History 💉 Vaccine History 🏛️ Colonial Medicine

COVID-19

by Michael Mosley • 2020

Why this virus spreads before symptoms, and the science-backed ways to strengthen your defenses.

3.91

224

🦠 Virology 🏥 Public Health 🩺 Infectious Disease

COVID-19 86%

Why this virus spreads before symptoms, and the science-backed ways to strengthen your defenses.

by Michael Mosley 2020

3.91

224 ratings

🦠 Virology 🏥 Public Health 🩺 Infectious Disease

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

🦠 Pandemic History 🏥 History Of Medicine ⚖️ Public Health Ethics

Quarantine Life from Cholera to COVID-19 Summary

Quarantine Life from Cholera to COVID-19 86%

Quarantine backfires without consent. History's real defenses: distancing and community.

by Kari Nixon 2021

3.85

169 ratings

🦠 Pandemic History 🏥 History Of Medicine ⚖️ Public Health Ethics

The Chemical Age

by Frank von Hippel • 2020

Chemistry's greatest triumphs also produced Zyklon B, nerve agents, and the hole in the ozone layer.

4.17

184

🧪 Environmental Chemistry 📜 Chemical History 🦟 Pesticide History

The Chemical Age 86%

Chemistry's greatest triumphs also produced Zyklon B, nerve agents, and the hole in the ozone layer.

by Frank von Hippel 2020

4.17

184 ratings

🧪 Environmental Chemistry 📜 Chemical History 🦟 Pesticide History

The End of the World As We Know It

by Christopher Golden • 2025

A flu kills billions; survivors dream of a compassionate elder or a wicked charmer.

3.84

8k+

🦠 Pandemic Apocalypse 👥 Found Family 🧬 Mutant Outcasts

The End of the World As We Know It Summary

The End of the World As We Know It 86%

A flu kills billions; survivors dream of a compassionate elder or a wicked charmer.

by Christopher Golden 2025

3.84

8k+ ratings

🦠 Pandemic Apocalypse 👥 Found Family 🧬 Mutant Outcasts

BEYOND EXTINCTION

by John Keeble • 2018

A geneticist's refuge becomes a lab; his lover, a numan; his DNA, a museum of extinction.

3.83

138

🧬 Genetic Dystopia 🧬 Species Replacement 🧠 Genetic Memory

BEYOND EXTINCTION 86%

A geneticist's refuge becomes a lab; his lover, a numan; his DNA, a museum of extinction.

by John Keeble 2018

3.83

138 ratings

🧬 Genetic Dystopia 🧬 Species Replacement 🧠 Genetic Memory

They All Died Screaming

by Kristopher Triana • 2020

A plague of screams ends society, and a broken drunk faces the pig farm that made him a monster.

3.58

3k+

🩸 Splatterpunk 🔄 Victim To Predator 🔗 Cycle Of Abuse

They All Died Screaming 86%

A plague of screams ends society, and a broken drunk faces the pig farm that made him a monster.

by Kristopher Triana 2020

3.58

3k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk 🔄 Victim To Predator 🔗 Cycle Of Abuse

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+

🏥 Medical History 🦠 Pandemic History 🧫 Viral Outbreaks

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

🏥 Medical History 🦠 Pandemic History 🧫 Viral Outbreaks

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

🦠 Infectious Disease 🦇 Zoonotic Spillover 🛡️ Pandemic Preparedness

The Wisdom of Plagues 86%

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

🦠 Infectious Disease 🦇 Zoonotic Spillover 🛡️ Pandemic Preparedness

Grasshopper Jungle

by Andrew Smith • 2014

An Iowa teen's spilled blood unleashes a giant insect apocalypse and a bisexual love triangle.

3.64

19k+

🧬 Engineered Plague 🐛 Giant Insect Horror 🔬 Cold War Secrets

Grasshopper Jungle 86%

An Iowa teen's spilled blood unleashes a giant insect apocalypse and a bisexual love triangle.

by Andrew Smith 2014

3.64

19k+ ratings

🧬 Engineered Plague 🐛 Giant Insect Horror 🔬 Cold War Secrets

The Book of the Unnamed Midwife

by Meg Elison • 2014

After a plague kills most women, a midwife hides as a man to walk the ruins of America.

4.14

28k+

🦠 Plague Apocalypse ⚧️ Gender Extinction 🎭 Woman Passing As Man

The Book of the Unnamed Midwife 86%

After a plague kills most women, a midwife hides as a man to walk the ruins of America.

by Meg Elison 2014

4.14

28k+ ratings

🦠 Plague Apocalypse ⚧️ Gender Extinction 🎭 Woman Passing As Man

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