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The Plague Year: America in the Time of Covid

Top of the pile

78

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

63/100

Critics

77/100

Scholars

95/100

Author:

Lawrence Wright

Publisher:

Knopf

Date:

June 8, 2021

The New Yorker staff writer and author of the novel The End of October unpacks the Covid-19 pandemic, from the outbreak in China to the vaccine rollout, taking readers inside the CDC, the White House and other halls of power where those in charge of public health struggled to deal with the virus.

What The Reviewers Say


The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Eric Allen Been,
The Boston Globe
... incredibly-crafted.
Sonali Deraniyagala,
The New York Times Book Review
Wright...has performed a virtuoso feat and given us a book of panoramic breadth.
Hamilton Cain,
The Star Tribune
... lean-limbed, immersive.