This is an incomplete list of books about the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Soon after the events of Chernobyl on April 26, 1986 generated global attention, numerous fiction and non-fiction titles have been published on the subject. Very early examples included a 1987 fiction book by science-fiction author Frederik Pohl, titled Chernobyl, while many famous non-fiction titles about Chernobyl were unwritten and unpublished until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
This list is not exhaustive and may not reflect all books, including recently-published, pre-released and self-published books.
Non-fiction edit
- Biohazard (1999) by Ken Alibek (discusses Chernobyl and the 1979 Sverdlovsk anthrax leak as two of many accidents that happened involving hazardous substances in the Soviet Union).[1]
- Midnight in Chernobyl (2019) by Adam Higginbotham (reexamines the disaster using up-to-date reports and historical archives).[2]
- Out of Chernobyl: A Girl Named Olga (2008) by Maureen A. White (memoir about raising a Chernobyl survivor named Olga, a young girl who immigrated to Canada and attended school in the province of Nova Scotia).[3]
- The Truth About Chernobyl (1991) by Grigori Medvedev (first-hand testimony about the disaster; Medvedev worked at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and witnessed the accident).[4]
- Voices from Chernobyl (1997) by Svetlana Alexievich (relates the psychological and personal tragedy of the Chernobyl accident, and explores the experiences of individuals and how the disaster affected their lives; was also part of the inspiration for the 2019 HBO TV miniseries Chernobyl.[5][6]
Fiction edit
- Chernobyl (1987) by Frederik Pohl (fictional version of the disaster, based heavily on the true events as known at the time; Chernobyl was one of the first fiction titles to be published on the Chernobyl disaster).[7]
- Wolves Eat Dogs (2004) by Martin Cruz Smith (crime novel featuring characters affected by the events of the Chernobyl disaster, written as a murder mystery ending on an ambiguous note; the book discusses effects of radiation poisoning on ordinary people, including infertility).[8]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Alibek, Ken; Handelman, Stephen (2000). Biohazard: The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World--Told from the Inside by the Man Who Ran It (paperback ed.). Delta. ISBN 9780385334969.
- ^ Higginbotham, Adam (2019). Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9781501134616.
- ^ White, Maureen A. (2008). Out of Chernobyl: A Girl Named Olga (paperback ed.). ISBN 9781434396686.
- ^ Medvedev, Grigori (1991). The Truth About Chernobyl (hardcover ed.). Basic Books. ISBN 9780465087754.
- ^ Alexievich, Svetlana (2006). Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (paperback ed.). Picador. ISBN 9780312425845.
- ^ "Voices from Chernobyl - Svetlana Alexievich". Complete Review. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
- ^ Pohl, Frederik (1987). Chernobyl. Spectra. ISBN 9780553052107.
- ^ Smith, Martin Cruz (2004). Wolves Eat Dogs (hardcover ed.). Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9780671775957.