Blumberg, B. 2002. Hepatitis B: The Hunt for a Killer Virus. Princeton University Press. A personal account of the search for the hepatitis B virus and the discovery by Blumberg of the Australia antigen, a specific viral marker of the virus.

Cranford, D.H. 2000. The Invisible Enemy: A Natural History of Viruses. Oxford University Press. This fascinating book provides a quick and accessible introduction to modern virology. It deals with the role of viruses in cancer.

DiBisceglie, A. and Bacon, B.R. 1999. The Unmet Challenges of Hepatitis C. Scientific American. 281(4): 80-85. The story of a virus that infects almost 4 million Americans and causes serious liver problems.

Fenn, E. A. 2001. Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82. Hill and Wang. The author reconstructs the path of the disease from the east coast to the southwest and Pacific coasts, decimating Indian tribes.

Flint, S.J, Einquist, L.W., Krug, R.M., Racaniello, V. R., Skalka, A. M. 2000. Principles of Virology: Molecular Biology, Pathogenesis, and Control. ASM Press, Herndon, VA. This book is written for upper-level undergraduate students. The book focuses on specific topics rather than individual viruses.

McCance, D. J. 1998. Human Tumor Viruses. ASM Press. Herndon, VA. This book describes the molecular biology and pathogenesis of viruses that cause human cancers.

Montagnier, L. 1999. Virus: The Co-Discoverer of HIV Tracks its Rampage and Charts the Future. W.W. Norton. The most exciting part of this book deals with the race to isolate and characterize HIV. The rest of the text discusses treatment and prevention of HIV infection.

Preston, R. 2002. The Demon in the Freezer. Random House, New York. A true story of the consequences of using the smallpox virus as a biological warfare agent.

Scholthof, K.B., Shaw, J. and Zaitlin, M. 1999. Tobacco Mosaic Virus: One Hundred Years of Contribution to Virology. American Phytopathological Society Press. St. Paul, MN. This book is a collection of classic research papers on a model virus accompanied by brief commentaries on their significance.

White, D.O. and Fenner, F. J. 1994. Medical Virology, 4^th Ed. Academic Press, San Diego, DA. This book is written for an undergraduate course in medical virology. The first half covers the principles of virology; the second half focuses on individual families of viruses and the diseases they cause.