My favorite public health and health care books of 2024

Five moving memoirs and five more outstanding nonfiction titles comprise this year's 10th annual list of my favorite health books, listed alphabetically by title below. For more great reads, feel free to browse my lists from 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2015-2020. Hope this list helps with your holiday shopping!

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8. Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine, by Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley












































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