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All awards · Topic: Disease, Epidemics & Drugs · Sorted by score · 108 books · filtered
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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler DynastyPatrick Radden Keefe202120 pts1 wins4 listsDoubledayBiographyDisease, Epidemics & Drugs+2
Ashes to Ashes: America’s Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip MorrisRichard Kluger199720 pts1 wins4 listsKnopfHistoryPublic Health Systems+2
Dreamland: The True Story of America’s Opiate EpidemicSam Quinones201516 pts1 wins3 listsBloomsburyMedicine & Public HealthDrugs, Addiction & Treatment+2
The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of DepressionAndrew Solomon200114 pts1 wins2 listsScribnerMedicine & Public HealthDisease, Epidemics & Drugs+2
How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDSDavid France201614 pts1 wins3 listsVintage BooksMedicine & Public HealthDisease, Epidemics & Drugs+1
Tennyson: The Unquiet HeartRobert Bernard Martin198012 pts3 wins3 listsOxford University PressBiographyDrugs, Addiction & Treatment+3
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the BronxAdrian Nicole LeBlanc200312 pts2 wins3 listsScribnerSociety & CultureDrugs, Addiction & Treatment+3
This Red Line Goes Straight to Your HeartMadhur Anand202010 pts1 wins1 listsMcClelland & StewartSociety & CultureEducation & Universities+3
Imperial Intimacies: A Tale of Two IslandsHazel V. Carby201910 pts1 wins1 listsVerso BooksMemoir & AutobiographySlavery & Emancipation+3
Mockingbird Song: Ecological Landscapes of the SouthJack Temple Kirby200610 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressNature & EnvironmentNatural History & Animals+3
London in the Twentieth Century: A City and its PeopleJerry White200110 pts1 wins1 listsVikingHistoryImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+3
Plague's ProgressArno Karlen199610 pts1 wins1 listsPhoenixMedicine & Public HealthMedicine, Health & the Body+2
The Consumer’s Good Chemical GuideJohn Emsley199410 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressScienceDrugs, Addiction & Treatment+3
In the Sleep RoomAnne Collins198810 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintMedicine & Public HealthDrugs, Addiction & Treatment+3
Death and the Enlightenment: Changing Attitudes to Death Among Christians and Unbelievers in Eighteenth-century FranceJohn McManners198110 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryMental Health & Psychology+3
Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small TownNick Reding20098 pts2 wins2 listsBloomsburySociety & CultureClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
Death in Mud Lick: A Coal Country Fight Against the Drug Companies that Delivered the Opioid EpidemicEric Eyre20208 pts2 wins2 listsUnknown imprintTrue Crime & JusticeDrugs, Addiction & Treatment+3
Matters of Exchange: Commerce, Medicine, and Science in the Dutch Golden AgeHarold J. Cook20078 pts1 wins2 listsYale University PressHistoryDisease, Epidemics & Drugs+2
Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public HealthLaurie Garrett20008 pts1 wins2 listsUnknown imprintMedicine & Public HealthDisease, Epidemics & Drugs+2
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human PandemicDavid Quammen20128 pts0 wins2 listsW. W. NortonSciencePublic Health Systems+2
The Other Side: A MemoirLacy M. Johnson20148 pts0 wins3 listsTin HouseBiographyCrime, Policing & Violence+3
Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial KillersCaroline Fraser20256 pts1 wins2 listsPenguin PressTrue Crime & JusticeCrime, Policing & Violence+3
Spike: The Virus vs. The People – the Inside StoryJeremy Farrar, Anjana Ahuja20226 pts0 wins2 listsUnknown imprintMedicine & Public HealthMedicine, Health & the Body+2
Smoke and Ashes: Opium's Hidden HistoriesAmitav Ghosh20246 pts0 wins2 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxHistoryAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and MethSam Quinones20216 pts0 wins2 listsBloomsburyMedicine & Public HealthDisease, Epidemics & Drugs+2
Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining LifeLouise Aronson20196 pts0 wins2 listsBloomsburyMedicine & Public HealthDisability & Difference+2
Squanto: A Native OdysseyAndrew Lipman20244 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressBiographyIndigenous History+3
Tripping on Utopia: Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic ScienceBenjamin Breen20244 pts1 wins1 listsGrand Central PublishingScienceClimate, Weather & Disaster+3
Blight: Fungi and the Coming PandemicEmily Monosson20234 pts1 wins1 listsW. W. NortonScienceNatural History & Animals+3
Ending Epidemics: A History of Escape from ContagionRichard Conniff20234 pts1 wins1 listsMIT PressMedicine & Public HealthScience & Discovery+3
Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My CountryPatricia Evangelista20234 pts1 wins1 listsRandom HouseJournalism & ReportageDrugs, Addiction & Treatment+3
Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented RhythmDan Charnas20224 pts1 wins1 listsSwift PressBiographyArt, Music & Performance+3
Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton KingdomKathryn Olivarius20224 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressRace & EthnicityBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in AmericaEyal Press20214 pts1 wins1 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxSociety & CultureImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+3
Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human HistoryKyle Harper20214 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressHistoryNatural History & Animals+3
Diabetes: A History of Race and DiseaseArleen Marcia Tuchman20204 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressMedicine & Public HealthClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
River Networks as Ecological Corridors: Species, Populations, PathogensAndrea Rinaldo, Marino Gatto,, Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe20204 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressScienceIndigenous History+3
Narrative Economics: How Stories Go Viral and Drive Major Economic EventsRobert J. Shiller20194 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressBusiness & EconomicsDisease, Epidemics & Drugs+3
Clinical Psychopharmacology: Principles and PracticeS. Nassir Ghaemi20184 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressMedicine & Public HealthDrugs, Addiction & Treatment+3
From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in AmericaElizabeth Hinton20164 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressTrue Crime & JusticeDisease, Epidemics & Drugs+3
Where Poppies BlowJohn Lewis-Stempel20164 pts1 wins1 listsWeidenfeld & NicolsonWar & MilitaryDisease, Epidemics & Drugs+3
The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction is Not a DiseaseMarc Lewis, PhD20154 pts1 wins1 listsPublicAffairsScienceDrugs, Addiction & Treatment+3
The Narrow Edge: A Tiny Bird, an Ancient Crab, and an Epic JourneyDeborah Cramer20154 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressNature & EnvironmentDrugs, Addiction & Treatment+3
High Price: A Neuroscientist’s Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and SocietyCarl Hart20134 pts1 wins1 listsHarperCollinsMemoir & AutobiographyDrugs, Addiction & Treatment+3
Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie ParkerStanley Crouch20134 pts1 wins1 listsHarperCollinsBiographyDrugs, Addiction & Treatment+3
Toxic Archipelago: A History of Industrial Disease in JapanBrett Walker20104 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Washington PressMedicine & Public HealthEnergy, Extraction & Resources+3
Cop in the Hood: My Year Policing Baltimore’s Eastern DistrictPeter Moskos20084 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressMemoir & AutobiographyDrugs, Addiction & Treatment+3
Maxed Out: Hard Times in the Age of Easy CreditJames Scurlock20074 pts1 wins1 listsScribnerBusiness & EconomicsDrugs, Addiction & Treatment+3
The Loss of SadnessAllan V. Horwitz, Jerome Wakefield20074 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressMedicine & Public HealthMental Health & Psychology+2
The Troubled Dream of Genetic Medicine: Ethnicity and Innovation in Tay-Sachs, Cystic Fibrosis, and Sickle Cell DiseaseKeith Wailoo, Stephen Pemberton20064 pts1 wins1 listsJohns Hopkins University PressMedicine & Public HealthScience & Discovery+3
Seeds of MortalityStewart Justman20034 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintMedicine & Public HealthMental Health & Psychology+3
The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of HumanityRoy Porter19974 pts1 wins1 listsFontanaMedicine & Public HealthDisease, Epidemics & Drugs+2
Chemicals and Society: A Guide to the New Chemical AgeHugh D. Crone19864 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressScienceDisease, Epidemics & Drugs+3
Abraham Lincoln: A LifeMichael Burlingame20084 pts1 wins1 listsJohns Hopkins University PressBiographyDisease, Epidemics & Drugs+3
Discovering the Unknown Landscape: A History of America's WetlandsAnn Vileisis19994 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressHistoryOceans, Rivers & Water+3
When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban PoorWilliam Julius Wilson19974 pts1 wins1 listsKnopfRace & EthnicityDrugs, Addiction & Treatment+3
A Fortunate Woman: A Country Doctor’s StoryPolly Morland20234 pts0 wins1 listsPan MacmillanMedicine & Public HealthPublic Health Systems+3
The Long Game: China's Grand Strategy to Displace American OrderRush Doshi20234 pts0 wins1 listsOxford University PressPolitics & GovernmentDisease, Epidemics & Drugs+3
Doom: The Politics of CatastropheNiall Ferguson20214 pts0 wins1 listsPenguin PressPolitics & GovernmentDisease, Epidemics & Drugs+3
City of Omens: A Search for the Missing Women of the BorderlandsDan Werb20194 pts0 wins1 listsBloomsburyJournalism & ReportageDrugs, Addiction & Treatment+3
The Beautiful Cure: Harnessing Your Body’s Natural DefencesDaniel M. Davis20184 pts0 wins1 listsThe Bodley HeadScienceScience & Discovery+3
In Pursuit of Memory: The Fight Against Alzheimer'sJoseph Jebelli20174 pts0 wins1 listsLittle, BrownScienceScience & Discovery+3
Cure: A Journey Into the Science of Mind over BodyJo Marchant20164 pts0 wins1 listsCrownMedicine & Public HealthScience & Discovery+3
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the EndAtul Gawande20144 pts0 wins1 listsMetropolitan BooksMedicine & Public HealthMental Health & Psychology+2
The Cancer Chronicles: Unlocking Medicine's Deepest MysteryGeorge Johnson20134 pts0 wins1 listsKnopfMedicine & Public HealthMedicine, Health & the Body+3
The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and FearSeth Mnookin20114 pts0 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterMedicine & Public HealthMental Health & Psychology+2
The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health CareT.R. Reid20094 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintMedicine & Public HealthDisease, Epidemics & Drugs+2
Crazy: A Father's Search through America's Mental Health MadnessPete Earley20064 pts0 wins1 listsPutnamMemoir & AutobiographyDisease, Epidemics & Drugs+2
The Madness of Adam and Eve: Did Schizophrenia Shape Humanity?David Horrobin20024 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintScienceMental Health & Psychology+3
The Mysteries Within: A Surgeon Explores Myth, Medicine, and the Human BodySherwin B. Nuland20014 pts0 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterMedicine & Public HealthMental Health & Psychology+2
William OslerMichael Bliss19994 pts0 wins1 listsUniversity of Toronto PressBiographyDisease, Epidemics & Drugs+3
Children of PrometheusChristopher Wills19984 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintScienceDisease, Epidemics & Drugs+3
Anatomy of an Illness As Perceived by the Patient: Reflections on HealingNorman Cousins19794 pts0 wins1 listsW. W. NortonMemoir & AutobiographyMental Health & Psychology+2
And the Band Played On: Politics, People and the AIDS EpidemicRandy Shilts19874 pts0 wins1 listsPenguin PressMedicine & Public HealthBlack History & Culture+2
Cancer: The Wayward Cell; its origins, nature, and treatmentVictor Richards, M.D.,19734 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintMedicine & Public HealthMedicine, Health & the Body+2
Matters Of Substance: Drugs - And Why Everyone's A UserGriffith Edwards20054 pts0 wins1 listsAllen LaneSociety & CultureDrugs, Addiction & Treatment+2
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American FamilyRobert Kolker20214 pts0 wins2 listsDoubledayMedicine & Public HealthDisease, Epidemics & Drugs+3
The Vaccine Race: Science, Politics, and the Human Costs of Defeating DiseaseMeredith Wadman20174 pts0 wins2 listsPenguin PressMedicine & Public HealthScience & Discovery+3
The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams and the Making of ChinaJulia Lovell20124 pts0 wins2 listsPicadorHistoryDrugs, Addiction & Treatment+2
Run the Song: Writing About Running About ListeningBen Ratliff20252 pts0 wins1 listsGraywolf PressArts & CriticismOceans, Rivers & Water+3
Systemic: How Racism is Making Us SickLayal Liverpool20242 pts0 wins1 listsBloomsburyMedicine & Public HealthScience & Discovery+3
Blood Farm: The Explosive Big Pharma Scandal that Altered the AIDS CrisisCara McGoogan20232 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintMedicine & Public HealthDrugs, Addiction & Treatment+3
Happy-Go-LuckyDavid Sedaris20222 pts0 wins1 listsBack Bay BooksMemoir & AutobiographyEssays & Cultural Criticism+3
It Was Vulgar & It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a PandemicJack Lowery20222 pts0 wins1 listsBold Type BooksArts & CriticismLgbtq History & Life+3
Life’s Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be AliveCarl Zimmer20212 pts0 wins1 listsPenguin PressScienceScience & Discovery+3
The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the MoveSonia Shah20202 pts0 wins1 listsBloomsburyScienceDisease, Epidemics & Drugs+3
American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three ActsChris McGreal20182 pts0 wins1 listsPublicAffairsMedicine & Public HealthDisease, Epidemics & Drugs+3
Blue Dreams: The Science and the Story of the Drugs that Changed Our MindsLauren Slater20182 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintScienceDrugs, Addiction & Treatment+3
I’m Not With the BandSylvia Patterson20162 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintMemoir & AutobiographyDisease, Epidemics & Drugs+3
Irrepressible: A Jazz Age Life of Henrietta BinghamEmily Bingham20152 pts0 wins1 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxBiographyDrugs, Addiction & Treatment+3
Fire in the Belly: The Life and Times of David WojnarowiczCynthia Carr20122 pts0 wins1 listsBloomsburyBiographyDisease, Epidemics & Drugs+3
Iris, A memoir of Iris MurdochJohn Bayley19992 pts0 wins1 listsAbacusMemoir & AutobiographyOceans, Rivers & Water+3
American Pain: How a Young Felon and his Ring of Doctors Unleashed America's Deadliest Drug EpidemicJohn Temple20162 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintTrue Crime & JusticeRegional & Local History+1
Sizwe's Test: A Young Man's Journey Through Africa's AIDS EpidemicJonny Steinberg20092 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryTravel, Exploration & Place+2
The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease CollideSteven Thrasher20242 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintSociety & CultureLgbtq History & Life+3
ParklandDave Cullen20192 pts0 wins1 listsHarperCollinsJournalism & ReportageCrime, Policing & Violence+3
Silver, Sword & Stone: Three Crucibles of the Latin American StoryMarie Arana20192 pts0 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterHistoryOceans, Rivers & Water+3
On the MoveOliver Sacks20152 pts0 wins1 listsPicadorMemoir & AutobiographyDrugs, Addiction & Treatment+3
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All awards · Topic: Disease, Epidemics & Drugs · Sorted by score · 108 books · filtered