Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

Spillover is a detailed and well-researched book on the zoonotic origins of human viruses and related diseases. The book traces the history of animal-to-human transmission (which occurs more frequently than you may realize) and the increasing risks as ecosystems are further disrupted. David Quammen is a lucid writer, however the book's narrative is too often just a litany of examples, and each additional virus adds only incremental insight.