The coronavirus pandemic has taken the world by storm, leaving many to stay at home as a means of staying healthy and virus-free. Though films such as Steven Soderbergh's 2011 epidemiology thriller Contagion are being revived for their timely storylines, books centered on epidemics are also finding a new life amid the health crisis.
Whether they tackle a character staying indoors out of necessity or scientists dealing with an epidemic caused by an extraterrestrial microorganism, a myriad of books have explored the idea of a pandemic-savaged world.