Remember during the COVID-19 pandemic we all rewatched Contagion? I’ve created this list to scratch that same viral itch. The course of human history has been shaped by deadly disease. Smallpox, the Bubonic Plague. the Spanish Flu, with each strain of infection, our culture mutates as well. Science fiction authors throughout history have utilized infection narratives to do what they do best: conjure up all the ways the future could go wrong. Humanity needs to read these 10 sci-fi books with terrifying viruses and plagues, so when COVID-20 comes around, we’ll all be better prepared.
