12 Sci-Fi Books About Pandemics That You Won't Be Able to Put Down

In Ling Ma's Severance, a first-generation American named Candace tries to contend with the recent death of her Chinese immigrant parents by sticking to the routine of her dull Manhattan office job. However, when Shen Fever sweeps the city, Candace suddenly finds herself part of a group of survivors — led by a megalomaniac IT tech — and life as she knows it changes forever.