Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
by David Quammen

Book description from Goodreads:
Ebola, SARS, Hendra, AIDS, and countless other deadly viruses all have one thing in common: the bugs that transmit these diseases all originate in wild animals and pass to humans by a process called spillover. In this gripping account, David Quammen takes the reader along on this astonishing quest to learn how, where from, and why these diseases emerge and asks the terrifying question: What might the next big one be?

Why does the nominator think this would be a good book for the Campus Read?
The book is a great study of the many different times when animal viruses have have infiltrated human populations. Written in 2012, it was well ahead of its time in predicting the Covid 19 pandemic. The book speaks to how the diseases are transmitted, and the investigation of them reads like a great mystery story. It reflects on how amazing the tracking systems for detecting emerging diseases work.
It is a book that relates to the current pandemic climate.