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

Lawrence Wright's The End of October tells the story of Henry Parsons, a high-ranking CDC official who is sent on behalf of the World Health Organization to investigate a deadly new pathogen working its way around the globe. Despite how experienced Henry is, the pathogen is always several steps ahead of him, and he's as powerless to stop the deaths as he is to stop the recession, cyber attacks, and biological warfare caused by the outbreak.