Plague Booklist
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Book recommendations pertaining to Plagues.
| Book Title | Author | PubDate | Reading Age | Time Period | Time Frame | Geographic Area | Country | Topic | Genre | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invincible Microbe | Murphy, Jim | 2012 | UMG YA | Age of Revolutions | 10,000 BCE-2009 CE | North America Europe | United States | Plagues Tuberculosis | NF | CB |
| History Smashers: Plagues and Pandemics | Messner, Kate | 2021 | MG UMG | Modern Age | 430 BCE-2019 CE | North America Europe | United States | Plagues Pandemics | NF | B |
| Wild Bird | Zahler, Diane | 2023 | UMG YA | High Middle Ages | 1300-1399 | Europe | France Norway | Plagues Medieval Life Bubonic Plague | F | N |
| Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague | Paton Walsh, Jill | 1992 | YA A | Enlightenment | 1665-1666 | Europe | Great Britain | Plagues Bubonic Plague | F | N |
| A Parcel of Patterns | Paton Walsh, Jill | 1992 | YA A | Enlightenment | 1665-1666 | Europe | Great Britain | Plagues Bubonic Plague | F | N |
| Master Cornhill | Jarvis McGraw, Eloise | 1995 | UMG | Enlightenment | 1665-1666 | Europe | Great Britain | Plagues Bubonic Plague Fires Great Fire of London | F | CB |
| The Lost Apothecary | Penner, Sarah | 2021 | A | Age of Revolutions | 1791-2021 | Europe | Great Britain | Plagues Women in Science London Poison | F | N |
| Fever 1793 | Anderson, Laurie Halse | 2000 | UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1793 | North America | United States | Plagues Yellow Fever | F | CB |
| The Birchbark House | Erdrich, Louise | 2002 | MG UMG | Industrial Age | 1847 | North America | United States | Ojibwe Nation Indigenous Americans Plagues | F OV | CB |
| Fever Year: The Killer Flu of 1918 | Anderson, Laurie Halse | 2019 | UMG YA | Modern Age | 1918 | North America | United States | Plagues Influenza Epidemic | NF | GN |
| Like the Willow Tree | Lowry, Lois | 2011 | MG UMG | Modern Age | 1918-1919 | North America | United States | Plagues Influenza Epidemic | F | CB |
| Very, Very, Very Dreadful: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 | Marrin, Albert | 2018 | YA | Modern Age | 1918-1919 | North America | United States | Plagues Influenza Epidemic | NF | B |
| A Death-Struck Year | Lucier, Makiia | 2016 | YA | Modern Age | 1918-1919 | North America | United States | Plagues Influenza Epidemic | F | N |
| In the Shadow of Blackbirds | Winters, Cat | 2014 | YA | Modern Age | 1918-1919 | North America | United States | Plagues Influenza Epidemic | F | N |
| New From Here | Yang, Kelly | 2022 | MG UMG | Modern Age | 2019-2020 | North America Asia | United States Hong Kong | Asian Americans COVID-19 Pandemic Plagues | F | CB |
| Rez Dogs | Bruchac, Joseph | 2021 | MG UMG | Modern Age | 2020 | North America | United States | Indigenous Americans Wabanaki Nation COVID-19 Pandemic Plagues | F | CB |
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| Reading Age | Genre | Format |
| LE = lower elementary MG = middle grade (8-12 yrs.) UMG = upper-middle grade (11-14 yrs.) YA = young adult (14+) A = adult (18+) |
NF - non fiction F = fiction Bio = biography HF = historical fantasy AH = alternate history OV - own voices M = mythology S = spine book |
PB = picture book GN = graphic novel ER = early reader CB = chapter book B = book (NF) N = novel M = memoir |