Help! Help!

[ceebee_eebee]

I am leaving for Punta Cana on Monday and I need beach book recommendations! I know a lot of you guys are big readers, so I'm hoping you can help me out. What I am in the mood for is CRAP. But a very specific kind of crap. I am desperate for some new virus/plague type books. Let me explain.

For beach reading I have always been HUGE into Michael Crichton but I've gone through all his stuff. I love Richard Preston's books, read those too. I love time travel back to the black death stuff like the Doomsday Book, Timeline, and the Plague Tales.

PLEASE tell me there are more books in this 'genre' that I haven't read yet. Anything fast-paced, gripping, and involving some kind of virus or plague outbreak would be SUPERB!!!

Thank you, flist!

Comments

[janissa11.livejournal.com]

But of course! What else did you expect??

Scott Sigler did a new one recently. I don't know if it's precisely what you and I both love, but it's pretty medical and gripping. (Also gory, but that's Sigler for you.)

You did read Infected and Contagious, right??

There was another one I got recently, but it was just -- so BAD, I've tried twice to read it and never made it. I can't remember the title now. If I do I'll let you know.

Otherwise I'm sort of dry lately. But seriously: the best reading about diseases is The Coming Plague. If you haven't read it and you want something that will take forever to read and yet keep you riveted, can't recommend highly enough. And if that isn't enough, you can then start on Betrayal of Trust: The Global Collapse of Public Health. The section on Russia is amazing. Also terrifying.

Hmmm. I gotta go put away groceries. If I think of anything else I'll let you know.

[janissa11.livejournal.com]

ALSO: You must read Sigler's trilogy about the Galactic Football League. I don't even like football, but I really dug the first two and I just saw the third is out. It's cheesy, violent, extremely fun reading. First one here.

[janissa11.livejournal.com]

Also, it's the Collapse of Global Public Health, damn it. ::sigh:: I'm going to go put my short ribs in the fridge and the turkey in the freezer.

[elyssadc.livejournal.com]

HOW HAVE I NEVER READ THOSE SIGLER BOOKS?!?! You give me all the best shit.

[janissa11.livejournal.com]

I don't know how you missed them, but they KICK SERIOUS ASS. I love that guy. He's very Stephen King-y in style, including the knack for instant characterization.

I'm currently reading the third GFL book. It's a blast. Almost makes me interested in football.

Almost.