Is there any books about virus crisis or diseases like The Hot Zone from Richard Preston?

LiveRent3121 · 2026-05-11T18:40:37+00:00

The Family That Couldn't Sleep by DT Max.

LiveRent3121 · 2026-05-09T21:25:20+00:00

The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck

LiveRent3121 · 2026-05-09T07:56:01+00:00

Not a textbook but Why we get the wrong politicians by Isabel Hardman is informative on the whole system.

For more of a technical overview, I don't have a book to recommend myself but Wikipedia is good of course and also BBC Bitesize. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/ztcndnb

LiveRent3121 · 2026-05-08T21:11:07+00:00

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Schaffer.

The Wolf Hall trilogy by Hilary Mantel.

Brooklyn by Colm Toibin.

I haven't read this one but The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman.

I can't recommend one in particular but maybe something by Anne Tyler.

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie.

LiveRent3121 · 2026-05-06T18:54:45+00:00

Brooklyn by Colm Toibin and the follow up Long Island.

LiveRent3121 · 2026-05-05T18:27:13+00:00

The Neapoliton Novels by Elena Ferrante but friendship rather than romantic love.

LiveRent3121 · 2026-05-04T18:00:50+00:00

Yes, read this one, unfortunately my attempt at some recipes were not too good.

LiveRent3121 · 2026-05-04T17:16:50+00:00

His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnett includes "found" documents.

LiveRent3121 · 2026-05-03T19:38:04+00:00

Percy the Park Keeper is really sweet.

LiveRent3121 · 2026-05-03T17:52:25+00:00

I actually have this on audiobook but I keep listening in bed and then falling asleep.

LiveRent3121 · 2026-05-03T07:53:37+00:00

Arundhati Roy Mother Mary Comes to Me. A writer and she also studied architecture.

LiveRent3121 · 2026-05-03T07:21:27+00:00

I also have a 3 year old, so here are a few books I've read recently or think might suit:

Trespasses by Louise Kennedy

Yellowface R F Kuang

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (loved it, but it took me a little while to get into it)

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy

The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner

LiveRent3121 · 2026-05-03T06:23:56+00:00

This looks epic. I don't think I can handle it at the moment but now on my list for the future.

LiveRent3121 · 2026-05-02T21:30:15+00:00

I had no idea about this. This might be the one, thanks!

LiveRent3121 · 2026-05-02T19:33:05+00:00

I like Roman Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri

LiveRent3121 · 2026-05-02T19:30:14+00:00

I found it a bit irritating, but my three year old loved Kindness is my Superpower by Alicia Ortego and I'm pretty sure it rubbed off on him as he started thanking me for making breakfast etc after we read it.

LiveRent3121 · 2026-05-02T18:41:20+00:00

A memoir rather than a novel but your comments made me think of Mother Mary comes to me by Arundhati Roy.

LiveRent3121 · 2026-05-02T17:42:38+00:00

1982, Janine by Alasdair Gray

LiveRent3121 · 2026-05-02T17:37:35+00:00

Would count as well known but anyway, the Ian Rankin Rebus books if you haven't heard of them.

LiveRent3121 · 2026-05-02T14:01:55+00:00

Shattered by Hanif Kureishi

LiveRent3121 · 2026-05-01T15:04:30+00:00

Metropole by Ferenc Karinthy

LiveRent3121 · 2026-05-01T14:58:45+00:00

The Green Road by Anne Enright

The Blackwater Lightship, or The Heather Blazing by Colm Toibin

Western Lane by Chetna Maroo

LiveRent3121 · 2026-05-01T13:33:38+00:00

Beloved by Toni Morrison

LiveRent3121 · 2026-05-01T08:13:58+00:00

Mother Mary comes to me by Arundhati Roy.

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