26 must-read history books like Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines, and the Health of Nations by Simon Schama

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Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines, and the Health of Nations

By: Simon Schama

3.65

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Da millenni gli esseri umani e i virus coesistono e, suo malgrado, l'umanità più di una volta si è …

If you liked the history plot in Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines, and the Health of Nations by Simon Schama , here is a list of 26 books like this:

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1. Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe

By: François-René de Chateaubriand

3.96

Format: 1504 pages, Paperback

The only available edition in English of the greatest of all French autobiographies By the time … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"It is a long way from these strict parents to the child-spoilers of today."

-François-René de Chateaubriand, Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe

"Purgatory surpasses heaven and hell in poetry, because it represents a future and the others do not."

-François-René de Chateaubriand, Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe

"There are only two true things: intelligent religion and youthful love, which is to say the future and the present. The rest is not worth the trouble"

-François-René de Chateaubriand, Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe

"Life is spent hovering round our tomb. Our various sicknesses are but the winds which carry us more or less near to the haven. … Death is our friend, nevertheless we do not recognise it as such, beca…"

-François-René de Chateaubriand, Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe

2. Race And Culture: A World View

By: Thomas Sowell

4.82

Format: 174 pages, Paperback

Encompassing more than a decade of research around the globe, this book shows that cultural capital… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

3. Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx

By: Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

3.72

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In her extraordinary bestseller, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc immerses readers in the intricacies of the g… read more

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4. Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic

By: Emily Monosson

3.87

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A prescient warning about the mysterious and deadly world of fungi―and how to avert further loss ac… read more

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  • science
  • history
  • health
  • biology
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters

By: Brian Klaas

4.13

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

Want to know what chaos theory can teach us about human events? In the perspective-altering traditi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
  • audiobook
Cover of Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe by John Guy

6. Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe

By: John Guy

4.16

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

“A fierce, scholarly tour-de-force. . . .  Hunting the Falcon  brilliantly shows how time, circumst… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Eagle and The Lion: Rome, Persia, and an Unwinnable Conflict by Adrian Goldsworthy

7. The Eagle and The Lion: Rome, Persia, and an Unwinnable Conflict

By: Adrian Goldsworthy

3.95

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

The Eagle and The Lion is a story of the imperial rivalry between two of the greatest empires of th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849 by Christopher   Clark

8. Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849

By: Christopher Clark

4.18

Format: 1152 pages, Hardcover

An epic history of the 1848 revolutions that swept Europe and the charismatic figures who propelled… read more

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  • history
  • audiobook
"In situations of polarization and heightened anxiety, people tend to regard their own fears as authentic and those of their opponents as manipulated."

-Christopher Clark, Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849

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9. Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

By: Cat Bohannon

4.32

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

THE REAL ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES: a myth-busting, eye-opening landmark account of how humans evolved,… read more

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  • science
  • history
  • health
  • biology
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

By: Jonathan Kennedy

3.94

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An account of how the major transformations in history—from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth o… read more

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  • science
  • history
  • health
  • medical
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  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Pathogens thrive on inequality and injustice."

-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

"Across the whole of the Americas, the introduction of infectious diseases from Europe resulted in a 90 percent fall in the population, from about 60.5 million in 1500 to 6 million a century later."

-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

"There is one universally incorrect choice: do nothing. This didn't work when humans thought that plagues were a punishment sent by angry gods. Nor does a laissez-faire approach help stop disease when…"

-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

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11. The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

By: Steve Coll

4.44

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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12. Burma Sahib

By: Paul Theroux

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of  The Mosquito Coast  and  The Bad Angel Brothers  comes a riveting new… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World by Mary Beard

13. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World

By: Mary Beard

4.11

Format: 493 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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14. The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma

By: Mustafa Suleyman

3.86

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

A warning of the unprecedented risks that AI and other fast-developing technologies pose to global … read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations

By: Eric H. Cline

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened a… read more

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  • history
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16. The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

By: Martin Wolf

3.97

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the chief economics commentator of the Financial Times, a magnificent reckoning with how and w… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks by David Gibbins

17. A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

By: David Gibbins

3.44

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins comes an exciting and rich narrative of human … read more

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18. Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stalin, and the Miraculous Survival of My Family

By: Daniel Finkelstein

4.63

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An epic and beautifully written World War II family history that spans Europe, telling of two happy… read more

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  • history
Cover of The Earth Transformed: An Untold History by Peter Frankopan

19. The Earth Transformed: An Untold History

By: Peter Frankopan

3.94

Format: 736 pages, Hardcover

A revolutionary new history that reveals how climate change has dramatically shaped the development… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
Cover of Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America by Barbara McQuade

20. Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America

By: Barbara McQuade

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An urgent, comprehensive explanation of the ways disinformation is impacting democracy, and practic… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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21. Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines, and the Health of Nations

By: Simon Schama

3.65

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Da millenni gli esseri umani e i virus coesistono e, suo malgrado, l'umanità più di una volta si è … read more

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  • history
  • health
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  • biology
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  • nonfiction
  • science nature
  • history of science
  • audiobook
Cover of Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power by Timothy W. Ryback

22. Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power

By: Timothy W. Ryback

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally acclaimed author of Hitler’s Private Library , a dramatic recounting of th… read more

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  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Good Virus: The Amazing Story and Forgotten Promise of the Phage by Tom  Ireland

23. The Good Virus: The Amazing Story and Forgotten Promise of the Phage

By: Tom Ireland

4.43

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

At every moment, within your body and all around you, trillions of microscopic combatants are fight… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science nature
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Cover of Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream by David Leonhardt

24. Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream

By: David Leonhardt

4.28

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The clear-eyed, definitive history of the modern American economy and the decline of the American D… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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25. The Debt Trap: How Student Loans Became a National Catastrophe

By: Josh Mitchell

4.22

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An NPR Best Book of 2021 From acclaimed Wall Street Journal reporter Josh Mitchell, the “devastati… read more

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  • history
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Cover of The Lighthouse of Stalingrad: The Epic Siege at the Heart of WWII's Greatest Battle by Iain MacGregor

26. The Lighthouse of Stalingrad: The Epic Siege at the Heart of WWII's Greatest Battle

By: Iain MacGregor

3.87

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

To the Soviet Union, the sacrifices that enabled the country to defeat Nazi Germany in the Great Pa… read more

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Cover of The Money Kings: The Epic Story of the Jewish Immigrants Who Transformed Wall Street and Shaped Modern America by Daniel   Schulman

27. The Money Kings: The Epic Story of the Jewish Immigrants Who Transformed Wall Street and Shaped Modern America

By: Daniel Schulman

4.14

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

The incredible saga of the German-Jewish immigrants—with now familiar names like Goldman and Sachs,… read more

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  • history
Cover of The Naked Neanderthal: A New Understanding of the Human Creature by Ludovic Slimak

28. The Naked Neanderthal: A New Understanding of the Human Creature

By: Ludovic Slimak

3.69

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A riveting scientific journey exploring the enigma of the Neanderthal and the species’ unique form … read more

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  • history
  • science
Cover of A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet, and Disease by Shilpa Ravella

29. A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet, and Disease

By: Shilpa Ravella

3.97

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Inflammation is the body’s ancestral response to its greatest threats, the first line of defense it… read more

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19 Best audiobook books like Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines, and the Health of Nations by Simon Schama

Transform Your Habits

Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic

Emily Monosson

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters

Brian Klaas

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe

John Guy

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849

Christopher Clark

4.18

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9 best-selling medical books like The Good Virus: The Amazing Story and Forgotten Promise of the Phage by Tom Ireland

Transform Your Habits

The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human

Siddhartha Mukherjee

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Random Acts of Medicine: The Hidden Forces That Sway Doctors, Impact Patients, and Shape Our Health

Anupam B. Jena

3.68

Transform Your Habits

Muscle: The Gripping Story of Strength and Movement

Roy A. Meals

3.59

Transform Your Habits

Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus

David Quammen

4.21

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