Reading STEM 2022 - hosted by corvidaeus

A book about microbiology or mycology
Anything to do with bacteria, viruses, parasites, or fungi. Doesn't have to just be about disease - don't forget they can be beneficial too!
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The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health by Anne Biklé, David R. Montgomery

The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health

Anne Biklé, David R. Montgomery

320 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction health nature science informative reflective slow-paced
The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir by Steffanie Strathdee, Thomas Patterson

The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir

Steffanie Strathdee, Thomas Patterson

337 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction memoir science challenging informative medium-paced
Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures by Carl Zimmer

Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures

Carl Zimmer

320 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction nature science challenging informative slow-paced
This Is Your Brain on Parasites: How Tiny Creatures Manipulate Our Behavior and Shape Society by Kathleen McAuliffe

This Is Your Brain on Parasites: How Tiny Creatures Manipulate Our Behavior and Shape Society

Kathleen McAuliffe

288 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science challenging dark informative medium-paced
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen

Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

David Quammen

587 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative slow-paced