 | Microbes and Man by John Postgate
Buy new: $37.57 / Used from: $20.00 all the basics are here, and it's much cheaper than most micro textbooks, highly readable
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 | Microbe Hunters by Paul de Kruif
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $3.95 highly readable historical background, inspirational and controversial
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 | Biology of the Prokaryotes
Buy new: $136.00 / Used from: $69.99 pricey but the basics are very well written and clear
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 | Schaum's Outline of Microbiology by I. Alcamo
Buy used from: $1.78 affordable and comprehensive
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 | The Secret Life of Germs : Observations and Lessons from a Microbe Hunter by Philip M. Tierno Jr. Ph.D
Buy used from: $0.03 a good read
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 | A Field Guide to Bacteria (Comstock Book) by Betsey Dexter Dyer
Buy new: $15.71 / Used from: $15.67 just plain fun
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 | The Outer Reaches of Life (Canto original series) by John R. Postgate
Buy new: $29.99 / Used from: $0.08 extremophiles
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 | Jawetz, Melnick, & Adelberg's Medical Microbiology (LANGE Basic Science) by Geo. F. Brooks
Buy used from: $1.83 there are plenty of good medical micro texts out there, this is the most affordable of the comprehensive ones
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 | The Invisible Enemy: A Natural History of Viruses by Dorothy Crawford
Buy new: $17.05 / Used from: $11.48 viruses
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 | The Invisible Invaders: Viruses and the Scientists Who Pursue Them by Peter Radetsky
Buy used from: $0.01 great if you can find a copy
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 | Magical Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds by George W. Hudler
Buy new: $21.33 / Used from: $9.95 don't forget about fungi
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 | Mr. Bloomfield's Orchard: The Mysterious World of Mushrooms, Molds, and Mycologists by Nicholas P. Money
Buy used from: $4.39 more fungi
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 | Fearsome Fauna: A Field Guide to the Creatures That Live in You by Roger M. Knutson
Buy used from: $0.98 parasitology
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 | How to Know the Protozoa (Pictured Key Nature Series) by Theodore L Jahn
Buy used from: $41.58 protists
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 | Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology by Connie Mahon
Buy used from: $13.09 how it's done
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 | The Medical Detectives (Truman Talley) by Berton Roueche
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $3.86 epidemiology
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 | The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat: The Story of the Penicillin Miracle by Eric Lax
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $1.35 industrial micro and history all in one
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 | The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story by Richard Preston
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 scary
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 | The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance by Laurie Garrett
Buy new: $13.60 / Used from: $2.19 scary in more pages
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 | Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health by Laurie Garrett
Buy new: $18.95 / Used from: $2.03 thick but worthwhile
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 | Biohazard: The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World--Told from Inside by the Man Who Ran It by Ken Alibek
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $3.83 good if you're into it
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 | The Microbe Files: Cases in Microbiology for the Undergraduate (with answers) by Marjorie Kelly Cowan
Buy new: $19.80 / Used from: $6.98 case studies
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 | Case Files Microbiology (Lange Case Files) by Eugene C. Toy
Buy new: $29.95 / Used from: $3.00 more advanced case studies - there's now a second edition available at the same price, but I haven't checked that one out yet
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 | The Gospel of Germs: Men, Women, and the Microbe in American Life by Nancy Tomes
Buy new: $20.24 / Used from: $10.49 public health perspectives on microbes
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 | Power Unseen: How microbes rule the world by Bernard Dixon
Buy used from: $1.98 fair and balanced accounts - shocking that it's not currently in print
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 | Stalking Microbes by Richard P. Wenzel
Buy new: $22.95 / Used from: $32.60 |
 | Deadly Companions: How Microbes Shaped Our History by Dorothy H. Crawford
Buy new: $33.71 / Used from: $15.95 I'm looking forward to reading this one...you might wait for a paperback version if you want to save a little $
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 | THE OTHER END OF THE MICROSCOPE: THE BACTERIA TELL THEIR OWN STORY by ELMER, W KONEMAN
Buy used from: $14.98 |
 | Microbes: An Invisible Universe by Howard Gest
Buy used from: $19.99 |
 | In the Company of Mushrooms: A Biologist's Tale by Elio Schaechter
Buy used from: $44.51 |
 | Microbiology the Easy Way (Barron's E-Z Series) by Rene Fester Kratz
Buy new: $12.91 / Used from: $8.00 |
 | The Discovery of the Germ: Twenty Years That Transformed The Way We Think About Disease (Revolutions in Science) by John Waller
Buy new: $22.50 / Used from: $9.94 |
 | Revenge Of The Microbes: How Bacterial Resistance Is Undermining The Antibiotic Miracle by Abigail A. Salyers
Buy new: $26.95 / Used from: $19.50 |
 | Twelve Diseases That Changed Our World by Irwin W. Sherman
Buy new: $24.48 / Used from: $26.34 |
 | The Power of Plagues by Irwin W. Sherman
Buy new: $24.26 / Used from: $16.95 |
 | Viruses vs. Superbugs: A Solution to the Antibiotics Crisis? (MacSci) by Thomas Hausler
Buy new: $24.95 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | Good Germs, Bad Germs: Health and Survival in a Bacterial World by Jessica Snyder Sachs
Buy new: $18.25 / Used from: $3.70 |
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