Personal narratives, descriptions, and arguments about Covid from around the world. Click on image for detailed record.
The Herd: How Sweden Chose Its Own Path through the Worst Pandemic in 100 Years
by Johan Anderberg
May 2022, Scribe Us
Korondo-Panic! A Satirized Diary of a Kenyan’s Experiences during the Covid-19 Pandemic
by Joshua Nyang’au Araka
August 2021, Nsemia Inc.
The Swedish Experiment: The Covid-19 Response and its Controversies
by Yohann Aucante
July 2022, Bristol University Press
Translation, Disinformation, and Wuhan Diary: Anatomy of a Transpacific Cyber Campaign
by Michael Berry
December 2022, Palgrave Macmillan
Rona Stole Our Relief: The Plight of PNG Women
by Chandra A. Clements
June 2020, One Legacy Pty
Quarantine! How I Survived the Diamond Princess Coronavirus Crisis
by Gay Courter
November 2020, Post Hill Press
Wuhan Diary: Dispatches from a Quarantined City
by Fang Fang
November 2020, HarperVia
My Covid Story: Unorthodox Travel Writing and a Few Essays
by Mephisto Feliz
December 2024, independently published
Venice Rising: Aqua Granda Pandemic Rebirth
edited by Kathleen Ann González
July 2020, independently published
Covid Diaries: Women’s Experiences of the Pandemic
edited by Amanda Gouws and Olivia Ezeobi
2021, Imbali Academic Publishers
The Wuhan Lockdown
by Guobin Yang
February 2022, Columbia University Press
There’s Only One Paris: Tales From Our Times
by April Lily Heise
October 2020, independently published
Kai’s Diary: A Canadian’s Covid-19 Days in Chongquin, China
by Jorah Kai
May 2020, New World Press
The Rome Plague Diaries: A Writer and His City in the Pandemic
by Matthew Kneale
June 2022, Atlantic Books
537 Days of Winter: Resilience, Endurance and Humanity while Stranded in Antarctica during the Pandemic
by David Knoff
August 2022, Affirm Press
Tested: Adventures of an American Scientist in Pandemic China
by Matthew J. Kohn
January 2023, Two-Track Press
Burning Pyres, Mass Graves and a State that Failed Its People: India’s Covid Tragedy
by Harsh Mander
June 2023, Speaking Tiger Books
Deadly Quiet City: True Stories from Wuhan
by Murong Xuecun
March 2023, The New Press
Living in China 2019 to 2023: A Covid Diary
by Rene Pastor and Christina D. C. Pastor
March 2025, independently published
Across Cultures and Crisis: A Memoir of China Before and During Covid-19
by Thomas Ridgedell
July 2024, independently published
The Worst and Best Time of My Life: From Vertigo Doctor to Conspiracy Expert
by Bodo Schiffmann
June 2022, Kamasha
Cabin Fever: The Harrowing Journey of a Cruise Ship at the Dawn of a Pandemic
by Michael Smith and Jonathan Franklin
June 2022, Doubleday Books
Covid Island: A Firsthand Account of Fear, Control, and Rebellion
by Alan Twigg
April 2025, independently published
Wuhan: How the Covid-19 Outbreak in Wuhan, China Spiraled Out of Control
by Dali L. Yang
March 2024, Oxford University Press
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