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"Public panic" is a cross-genre book category that centers on the dynamics, causes, and consequences of collective fear—stories and studies about mass hysteria, moral panics, contagion of rumors, and society-wide crises triggered by real or imagined threats. It includes fiction (thrillers, speculative and dystopian novels) that dramatize how rumors, media, and social networks amplify anxiety into mob behavior or institutional breakdown, and nonfiction (historical case studies, journalism, psychology, and sociology) that analyze outbreaks of panic from witch hunts and wartime scares to viral misinformation and pandemic responses. Books in this category probe how individuals, communities, and authorities react under pressure, explore themes of trust, power, scapegoating, and crowd psychology, and often ask how truth, leadership, and resilience can be preserved when fear spreads.

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