The 9 books on this stack
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Christopher Buehlman 2012
Why it's on the stack
It ties your stomach in a knot · outbreak
It shares this with 2 more books on this stack
In 1348, after a young girl left orphaned by the Black Death predicts a coming apocalypse, Thomas, a disgraced knight, finds himself in the middle of a second war on heaven as angels fight demon.
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Lawrence Wright 2020
Why it's on the stack
A world to get lost in · you read it holding your breath
It shares this with 2 more books on this stack
A DEADLY VIRUS. QUARANTINE.
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Sequoia Nagamatsu 2022
Why it's on the stack
It hurts, and then it heals · you come out liking people more
It shares this with 2 more books on this stack
Beautiful and lucid science fiction. An astonishing debut."
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George Rippey Stewart 1949
Why it's on the stack
Sad, and in no hurry · outbreak
It shares this with 3 more books on this stack
When a plague of unprecedented virulence sweeps the globe, the human race is all but wiped out.
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Margaret Atwood 2002
Why it's on the stack
It stirs you up inside · outbreak
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From Booklist: Jimmy is struggling to stay alive on a wreckage-littered Earth besieged by a brutal sun and overrun with smart and vicious test-tube-bred predators.
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Stephen King 1980
Why it's on the stack
You won't want to come back · outbreak
It shares this with 2 more books on this stack
One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years!
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Ling Ma 2018
Why it's on the stack
Sad, and in no hurry · funny, and it bites
It shares this with 3 more books on this stack
Candace Chen, a millennial drone self-sequestered in a Manhattan office tower, is devoted to routine: her work, watching movies with her boyfriend, avoiding thoughts of her recently deceased Chinese…
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Chuck Wendig 2019
Why it's on the stack
You won't want to come back · the truth comes out bit by bit
It shares this with 2 more books on this stack
A decadent rock star. A deeply religious radio host.
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Emily St. John Mandel 2014
Why it's on the stack
Sad, and in no hurry · it leaves you thinking
It shares this with 3 more books on this stack
Now an original series on HBO Max. Over one million copies sold!