well, if you're up for a good autistic-boy-trying-to-figur e-out-who-murdered-his-neighb or's-dog-by-stabbing-it-with -a-garden-fork-kind-of-story, then try the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime. BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE MY WORD FOR IT! (duh-dun-DANT!)

I have yet to pick up The Hot Zone, for fear of burning myself. I'm pretty excited to get to it one day.

any other book recs?

best disease book ever? THE HOT ZONE (ebola)