I am lazy with my annotations, or I have less to say about these…but comments on a few of them:
The Argonauts, by Maggie Nelson
Virus Hunter, by CJ Peters
The Lightkeepers, by Abby Geni
Hunting the 1918 Flu, by Kirsty Duncan
The City of Mirrors, by Justin Cronin: This was a behemoth but went very fast, as you might imagine.
Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health, by Laurie Jarrett: This was also a behemoth and went extremely slowly (not in a bad way, but I think I renewed it 9 times). The only disappointing element was that it’s from 2000 and in 16 years, so much changes in epidemiology and public health.
Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens, by Steve Olson
Last Last Chance, by Fiona Maazel: Love this. It’s from I think 2008 and thus precedes the wave of epidemic/apocalypse books. And while many current books of the genre use the epidemic as a lens for viewing humanity, this one does more so than most–the disease is primarily the backdrop, not the plot. It’s also incredibly written and really intensely smart, but the fact that the author is clearly brilliant doesn’t take away from the writing at all (the way I felt it did in Gold Fame Citrus).
Yellow Dirt, by Judy Pasternak
The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins
Land of Enchantment, by Leigh Stein: Leigh is my dear friend and this is a beautiful book. I read it far too late into the night after I started it.
