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Books like On Immunity: An Inoculation
The best books like On Immunity: An Inoculation are Bad Science, Anatomy of an Epidemic, and The Body: A Guide for Occupants. On Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula Biss is about vaccination and public health, fear and risk perception, motherhood. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Bad Science
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Ben Goldacre · Science
Bad Science is Ben Goldacre's dissection of how scientific evidence gets misrepresented, distorted, and invented in the service of selling health products, generating media coverage, and protecting bad actors from accountability.
A kindred science read.
Read the summary → - Anatomy of an Epidemic
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Robert Whitaker · Health
Anatomy of an Epidemic is Robert Whitaker's investigation into a paradox: as the use of psychiatric medication in the United States has increased dramatically over the past half-century, the number of people on disability due to mental illness has risen in parallel.
A kindred science read.
Read the summary → - The Body: A Guide for Occupants
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The Body: A Guide for Occupants
Bill Bryson · Science
Bill Bryson turns his signature wide-lens curiosity on the human body, covering it organ by organ, system by system, from the skin inward.
A kindred science read.
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- The Story of the Human Body
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Daniel Lieberman · Health
The Story of the Human Body is Daniel Lieberman's account of how evolutionary biology can explain the chronic diseases that plague modern populations.
A kindred science read.
Read the summary → - Beloved
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Toni Morrison · Literary fiction
Beloved is set in post-Civil War Ohio, where Sethe, a formerly enslaved woman, lives with her daughter Denver in a house shadowed by the ghost of a baby she killed rather than let be taken back into slavery.
Both dig into motherhood.
Read the summary → - Circe
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Madeline Miller · Fantasy
Circe is the daughter of Helios, god of the sun, but she inherits neither divine radiance nor power — only a human voice that embarrasses her immortal family.
Both dig into motherhood.
Read the summary → - Little Fires Everywhere
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Celeste Ng · Contemporary fiction
In Shaker Heights, Ohio — a meticulously planned, deliberately integrated suburb — two families collide.
Both dig into motherhood.
Read the summary → - Reminders of Him
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Colleen Hoover · Contemporary fiction
Kenna Rowan is released from prison after serving five years for a drunk driving accident that killed her boyfriend Scotty.
Both dig into motherhood.
Read the summary → - The Handmaid's Tale
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Margaret Atwood · Literary fiction
The Handmaid's Tale is set in the near-future theocratic Republic of Gilead, carved out of what was once the northeastern United States after a coup by a fundamentalist Christian movement.
Both dig into bodily autonomy.
Read the summary → - The Story of the Lost Child
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Elena Ferrante · Literary fiction
The Story of the Lost Child is the fourth and final volume of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan quartet, covering roughly thirty years of Elena Greco's life from the late 1970s through the early 2010s.
Both dig into motherhood.
Read the summary → - A Brief History of Time
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Stephen Hawking · Science
A Brief History of Time is Stephen Hawking's attempt to explain the biggest questions in physics — where the universe came from, how it behaves, and where it might be going — to readers with no scientific training.
A kindred science read.
Read the summary → - A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
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A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
Jennifer A. Doudna and Samuel H. Sternberg · Science
A Crack in Creation is Jennifer Doudna and Samuel Sternberg's account of how CRISPR-Cas9 works, what it can do, and why its possibilities should give everyone pause.
A kindred science read.
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Books like On Immunity: An Inoculation: quick answers
What are the best books like On Immunity: An Inoculation?
The best books like On Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula Biss are Bad Science by Ben Goldacre, Anatomy of an Epidemic by Robert Whitaker, The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson, The Story of the Human Body by Daniel Lieberman, Beloved by Toni Morrison, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with On Immunity: An Inoculation, such as vaccination and public health, fear and risk perception, motherhood.
What should I read after On Immunity: An Inoculation?
A natural next read after On Immunity: An Inoculation is Bad Science by Ben Goldacre. A kindred science read. Other strong choices are Anatomy of an Epidemic by Robert Whitaker, The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson, The Story of the Human Body by Daniel Lieberman.
What books are similar to On Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula Biss?
On Immunity: An Inoculation centers on vaccination and public health, fear and risk perception, motherhood. Books with a similar feel include Bad Science by Ben Goldacre, Anatomy of an Epidemic by Robert Whitaker, The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson, The Story of the Human Body by Daniel Lieberman, Beloved by Toni Morrison, Circe by Madeline Miller — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
