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| Author | David France |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | Rory O'Malley |
| Cover artist | Iris Weinstein |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | history of HIV/AIDS |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf (US), Picador (UK) |
Publication date | 20 November 2016 |
| Media type |
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| Pages | 640 |
| Awards | |
| ISBN | 978-0-307-70063-6 Hardcover |
| OCLC | 1005012646 |
| 362.1969792 | |
| LC Class | RA643.84.N7 |
| Website | surviveaplague |
| All identifiers refer to the Knopf American Edition unless otherwise noted | |
How to Survive a Plague is a 2016 book by David France on the history of HIV/AIDS that was adapted from his 2012 documentary of the same name. The book was published on 20 November 2016 under the title How to Survive a Plague: The story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS by Picador in the United Kingdom and as How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS by imprints of Penguin Random House in the United States. The book was met with critical acclaim and has won several awards.
Background[edit]
France, a journalist who worked as a contributing editor for New York Magazine, has covered the AIDS epidemic throughout his career and previously directed the 2012 documentary of the same name.[4] .
Overview[edit]
Reception[edit]
According to the review aggregator Book Marks, the book has received critical acclaim.[5] The book received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly,[6] Booklist,[7] and the Library Journal,[8] and was reviewed by Andrew Sullivan,[9] Henry H. Bauer,[10] Steve Silberman,[11] Kathleen Rooney,[12] Bert Archer,[13] James W. Curran,[14] Marion Winik,[15] Cynthia Carr,[16] and Paul Volberding.[17] The book's starred review in The Library Journal wrote that the book is "as educational as it is difficult to put down" and included the "verdict": "This highly engaging account is a must-read for anyone interested in epidemiology, civil rights, gay rights, public health, and American history."[8]
Honors[edit]
- Named one of "Five books that explain viruses and how they spread" by The Financial Times[18]
Awards and nominations[edit]
- Won: 2017 Randy Shilts Award[1]
- Won: 2017 Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Nonfiction[2]
- Won: The 2017 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction[3][19]
- Nominated (shortlist): 2017 Wellcome Book Prize[20]
- Nominated (longlist): 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction[21]
Best book lists[edit]
- Named one of "The 20 Best Works of Nonfiction of the Decade" by Literary Hub in December 2019[22]
- Named number ten of the "top 10 nonfiction books of the decade" by Entertainment Weekly in November 2019[23]
- Named one of "The 50 Best Nonfiction Books of the Past 25 Years" by Slate Magazine in November 2019[24]
- Named number three on this list "The Best Books of 2016: Nonfiction" by Paste Magazine[25]
- Named one of the "Top 10 Health and Medicine: 2016" by Booklist[26]
- Named one of the "100 Notable Books of 2016" by The New York Times Book Review[27]
- Named one of the "Editors’ Fall Picks 2016" by the Library Journal[28]
Release details[edit]
Penguin editions[edit]
- Hardcover: France, David (29 November 2016). How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS. New York: Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-70063-6. OCLC 944209876. (640 pp.)
- Hardcover: France, David (29 November 2016). How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS. Toronto: Signal. ISBN 978-0-7710-4751-0. OCLC 943564523. (512 pp.)
- paperback: France, David (3 October 2017). How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS. New York: Vintage Books. ISBN 978-0-307-74543-9. OCLC 971509230. (656 pp.)
- digital: France, David (29 November 2016). How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS. New York: Vintage Books. ISBN 978-0-451-49330-9. OCLC 964603366. (640 pp.)
- digital: France, David (29 November 2016). How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS. Toronto: Signal. ISBN 978-0-771-04779-4. OCLC 964603366. (304 pp.)
- audiobook: France, David (29 November 2016), How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS, O'Malley, Rory, New York: Random House Audio, ISBN 978-1-5247-0812-2, OCLC 964660286 (1469 minutes)
Picador editions[edit]
- Hardcover: France, David (1 December 2016). How to Survive a Plague: The story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS. London: Picador. ISBN 978-1-5098-3938-4. OCLC 951526758. (624 pp.)
- Paperback: France, David (19 December 2016). How to Survive a Plague: The story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS. London: Picador. ISBN 978-1-5098-3939-1. OCLC 951526758. (640 pp.)
- Paperback: France, David (21 September 2017). How to Survive a Plague: The story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS. London: Picador. ISBN 978-1-5098-3940-7. OCLC 986637833. (624 pp.)
- digital: France, David (1 December 2016). How to Survive a Plague: The story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS. London: Picador. ISBN 978-1-5098-3941-4. OCLC 951526758. (640 pp.)
- audiobook: France, David (21 September 2017), How to Survive a Plague: The story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS, O'Malley, Rory, Hampshire: Macmillan Digital Audio, ISBN 978-1-5098-8705-7, OCLC 1201483171 (1469 minutes)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "The Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction". The Publishing Triangle. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ a b "29th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced". Lambda Literary. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ a b Greenhalgh, Hugo (16 November 2017). "'How to Survive a Plague' wins Baillie Gifford non-fiction prize". Financial Times. ISSN 0307-1766. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ Hoffert, Barbara (23 May 2016). "Queen Victoria, Pixar, Space Travel, & More | Nonfiction Previews, Nov. 2016, Pt. 4". Library Journal. ISSN 0363-0277. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "How to Survive a Plague". Book Marks. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS by David France. Knopf, $30 (640p) ISBN 978-0-307-70063-6". Publishers Weekly. December 2016. ISSN 0000-0019. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ Miksanek, Tony (1 September 2016). "How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS, by David France". Booklist. ISSN 0006-7385.
- ^ a b Caro, Susanne (1 September 2016). "How To Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS". Library Journal. p. 130. ISSN 0363-0277. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ Sullivan, Andrew (21 November 2016). "The AIDS Fight: Andrew Sullivan on a History of the Movement". The New York Times Book Review. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ Bauer, Henry (2018). "The Unending Human Tragedy—and Scientific Scandal—of HIV/AIDS. How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS by David France". Journal of Scientific Exploration. 33 (1). ISSN 0892-3310.
- ^ Silberman, Steve (7 December 2016). "The unlikely coalition that put the brakes on Aids". Financial Times. ISSN 0307-1766. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ Rooney, Kathleen (7 December 2016). "'How to Survive a Plague' weaves science with human scale of AIDS epidemic". Chicago Tribune. ISSN 1085-6706. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ Archer, Bert (27 November 2016). "David France's How to Survive a Plague: Review". Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ Curran, James W. (12 August 2017). "Activism Combatting AIDS". American Journal of Public Health. 107 (8): 1196–1197. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2017.303893. ISSN 0090-0036. PMC 5508164. PMID 28700286.
- ^ Winik, Marion (28 November 2016). "David France's eyewitness account of AIDS activism". Newsday. ISSN 0278-5587. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ Carr, Cynthia (December 2017). "Acting Up: A new history of AIDS activism during the plague years". Bookforum. Vol. 23, no. 4. ISSN 1098-3376. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ Volberding, Paul A. (4 April 2017). "How to Survive a Plague: The Next Great HIV/AIDS History". JAMA. 317 (13): 1298–1299. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.1325. ISSN 0098-7484.
- ^ Ahuja, Anjana (12 February 2020). "Five books that explain viruses and how they spread". Financial Times. ISSN 0307-1766. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ Flood, Alison (16 November 2017). "Baillie Gifford prize goes to Aids chronicle How to Survive a Plague". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "How to Survive a Plague". Wellcome Book Prize. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "2017 Winners". American Library Association. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "The 20 Best Works of Nonfiction of the Decade". Literary Hub. 23 December 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "Here are EW's top 10 nonfiction books of the decade". Entertainment Weekly. 27 November 2019. ISSN 1049-0434. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ Kois, Dan; Miller, Laura (18 November 2019). "The 50 Best Nonfiction Books of the Past 25 Years". Slate Magazine. ISSN 1090-6584. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "The Best Books of 2016: Nonfiction". Paste Magazine. 30 December 2016. ISSN 1540-3106. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ Seaman, Donna (1 December 2016). "Top 10 Health and Medicine". Booklist. ISSN 0006-7385. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "100 Notable Books of 2016". The New York Times Book Review. 23 November 2016. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "Editors' Fall Picks 2016". Library Journal. 20 August 2016. p. 30. ISSN 0363-0277. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
Further reading[edit]
- Parks, Fayth (15 May 2017). "Let's keep taming the plague: The ongoing struggle of citizens, science, and AIDS". PsycCRITIQUES. 62 (20). doi:10.1037/a0040845.
- Crewe, Tom (27 September 2018). "Here was a plague". London Review of Books. Vol. 40, no. 18. ISSN 0260-9592. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- Reynolds, Robert (January 2018). "Robert Reynolds reviews 'How to Survive a Plague: The story of how activists and scientists tamed AIDS' by David France". Australian Book Review. No. 398. ISSN 0155-2864. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- Engelmann, Lukas (4 August 2017). "In and out of death's shadow - Medicine". Times Literary Supplement. No. 5966. ISSN 0307-661X. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- "How to Survive a Plague". Kirkus Reviews. Vol. LXXXIV, no. 19. 1 October 2016. p. 47. ISSN 1948-7428. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- "How To Survive a Plague by David France Read by Rory OMalley | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. March 2017. ISSN 1063-0244. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- Butler, Isaac (6 December 2016). "This Remarkable History of the Fight Against AIDS Is a Guide to the Battle Yet to Come". Slate Magazine. ISSN 1090-6584. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- Zarley, B. David (9 December 2016). "David France's How to Survive a Plague Is a Remarkable, Infuriating History of AIDS". Paste Magazine. ISSN 1540-3106. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- Whitaker, Rick (9 December 2016). "Villains and heroes in the fight against AIDS". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- Baker, Jeff (30 November 2016). "'How to Survive a Plague,' by David France". The San Francisco Chronicle. ISSN 1932-8672. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- Klein, Julia M. (1 December 2016). "David France takes us back to the 'Plague' of AIDS and those who fought the war against it". Boston Globe. ISSN 0743-1791. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- Honigsbaum, Mark (12 December 2016). "How to Survive a Plague by David France – review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 January 2021.