Start with high-confidence virology books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Lab 257
Michael C. Carroll, Michael Christopher Carroll
Viral Sex
Jaap Goudsmit
Virus Hunt
Dorothy H. Crawford
The Virus and the Vaccine
Debbie Bookchin, Jim Schumacher
The Demon in the Freezer
Paul Boehmer, Richard Preston
Biohazard
Ken Alibek, Stephen Handelman
The Hot Zone
Richard Preston
Shots in the Dark
Jon Cohen
Spillover
David Quammen
Cured
Nathalia Holt
Air-borne
Carl Zimmer
Scourge
Jonathan B. Tucker
Tell Me When It's Over
Paul A. Offit MD, Paul A. Offit
Can a Virus Cause Schizophrenia?
Bradley D. Pearce
Plague of Corruption
Judy Mikovits, Kent Heckenlively
The Truth About Contagion
Thomas S. Cowan, Sally Fallon Morell
The Wuhan Cover-up
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Bruce Wagner
Redfield's Warning
Dr. Robert R. Redfield, Dr. Robert Redfield
The Sleeper Agent
A. W. Finnegan
