Ten Favorite Novels About (Fictional) Illnesses
(alphabetically by author)
Beauty Salon by Mario Bellatin
Clay’s Ark by Octavia Butler
The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe by D. G. Compton
Kleinzeit by Russell Hoban
The Stand by Stephen King
The Flame Alphabet by Ben Marcus
The Afflictions by Vikram Paralkar
Sleep Donation by Karen Russell
Blindness by José Saramago
Patient by Ana María Shua
— November 18, 2020