The Big One: How We Must Prepare for Future Deadly Pandemics
nonfiction · First published 2025
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Mark Olshaker Books in Order
Mark Olshaker is an American novelist, journalist, Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, and nonfiction author. His work includes novels, books on criminal profiling co-authored with John E. Douglas, and public-health books co-authored with C. J. Peters and Michael T. Osterholm. He is also known for translating complex issues in criminal justice, infectious disease, and pandemic preparedness for general readers.
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Mark Olshaker's Newest Book
Not sure where to begin?
Start with one of these
Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
Best entry point to Olshaker's criminal-justice nonfiction and collaborations with John E. Douglas.
Einstein's Brain
His first novel and a direct introduction to his fiction.
Virus Hunter: Thirty Years of Battling Hot Viruses Around the World
A representative introduction to his infectious-disease and public-health nonfiction.
Read in order
Books by series
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Mindhunter
Nonfiction books by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker about criminal profiling and the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit.
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A Broken Wings Thriller
A fictional thriller sequence involving FBI profiler Jake Donovan.
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Cases of the FBI's Original Mindhunter
True-crime case books by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (14)
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The Instant Image: Edwin Land and the Polaroid ExperienceAmazon ↗nonfiction · 1978
- Einstein's BrainAmazon ↗
novel · 1981
- Unnatural CausesAmazon ↗
novel · 1986
- Blood RaceAmazon ↗
novel · 1989
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The EdgeAmazon ↗novel · 1994
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Unabomber: On the Trail of America's Most-Wanted Serial KillerAmazon ↗nonfiction · 1996
- Virus Hunter: Thirty Years of Battling Hot Viruses Around the WorldAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1997
- Obsession: The FBI's Legendary Profiler Probes the Psyches of Killers, Rapists and Stalkers and Their Victims and Tells How to Fight BackAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1998
- The Anatomy of Motive: The FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent CriminalsAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1999
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The Cases That Haunt UsAmazon ↗nonfiction · 2000
- Law & DisorderAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2013
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Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer GermsAmazon ↗nonfiction · 2017
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The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original MindhunterAmazon ↗nonfiction · 2019
- The Big One: How We Must Prepare for Future Deadly PandemicsAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2025