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

In Zone One by Colson Whitehead, a devastating virus takes over the planet, turning those who are infected into contagious flesh-eating zombies. Once the worst of the plague has passed, survivors band together on the island south of Canal Street (aka Zone One), and they begin the task of clearing lower Manhattan of remaining zombies to make it habitable again.