A History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, from Cholera to COVID 19 Edna Bonhomme Pragmatist Philosophy and maps and country statistics and maps and country statistics have been updated to include new countries OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • FINALIST FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE • Megha Majumdar’s electrifying new novel Based on in depth research and cultural analysis Princeton trained historian Edna Bonhomme’s examination of humanity’s disastrous treatment of pandemic disease takes us across place and time from Port au Prince to Tanzania