If you loved
Books like Rabid
A morbidly fascinating descent into the medical and mythological history of humanity's most terrifying virus. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Rabid.
- eerie
- intellectually stimulating
- dread-tinged
- 01
Get well soon
Jennifer Wright
A darkly hilarious and surprisingly uplifting romp through the most devastating plagues in human history.
- 02
Infected
Scott Sigler
A relentless, skin-crawling descent into biological terror and visceral paranoia that refuses to let you look away.
- 03
Pale rider
Laura Spinney
A sweeping, sobering journey through a forgotten global trauma that reshaped the modern world.
- 04
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Wade Davis · 1985
An immersive, scientific descent into the shadowy borderlands between botany, belief, and the supernatural.
- 05
The coming plague
Laurie Garrett · 1994
A meticulously researched, dread-inducing journey into the invisible wars between humanity and microbes that reads like a prophetic thriller.
- 06
Contagious
Scott Sigler
A relentless, blood-soaked descent into biological terror where humanity's survival hangs by a fraying thread.
- 07
Cannibalism
Bill Schutt
A witty, eye-opening romp through the animal kingdom and human history that turns a profound taboo into a fascinating biological puzzle.
- 08
Plagues and Peoples
William Hardy McNeill
A sweeping, sobering exploration of how microscopic biological forces have repeatedly rewritten the story of human civilization.
- 09
An American Plague
Jim Murphy
A gripping, dread-soaked descent into a historical medical nightmare that reads with the urgency of a thriller.
- 10
The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth
Thomas Morris
A morbidly hilarious stroll through the bizarre, gruesome, and baffling trial-and-error history of Victorian medicine.
- 11
The Ghost Map
Steven Johnson · 2006
A gripping, grimy descent into Victorian London that reads like a medical detective thriller where science races against a deadly, invisible clock.
- 12
Spillover
David Quammen
A globe-trotting scientific thriller that reveals the terrifying, invisible threads connecting human civilization to the deepest, darkest corners of the natural world.
