The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola VirusModern · Nonfiction, Science, History
The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
1994 · 352 pages · Nonfiction
55
Modern
★ 4.16 on Goodreads · 126K ratings
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 9 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
#1 New York Times bestseller (8 weeks at #1). 4.16★ from 126K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
55Must-Read Score
- Readers72 out of 100 · counts 40%+32
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller63 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+23
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
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Where it ranks
- #32 of the 87 science and ideas books we rank
- #78 of the 154 history books we rank
- #171 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #387 of the 1,405 books we rank
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (8 weeks at #1)
Reads as
True story, Thought-provoking
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