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author Frederik Pohl, titled Chernobyl, while many famous non-fiction titles about Chernobyl were unwritten and unpublished until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.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

  • 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]
  • Chernobyl 01:23:40 (2016) by Andrew Leatherbarrow (large account of the disaster from different perspectives of those who were involved).[2]
  • Midnight in Chernobyl (2019) by Adam Higginbotham (reexamines the disaster using up-to-date reports and historical archives).[3]
  • 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).[4]
  • The Nuclear Disaster at Chernobyl (1993) by Robin Cruise (short examination of the disaster, intended for public school education on the topic).[5]
  • 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).[6]
  • Visit Sunny Chernobyl (2012) by Andrew Blackwell (book about tourism in polluted places around the world, starting with Chernobyl).[7]
  • 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.[8][9]

Fiction

  • 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).[10]
  • Chernobyl Murders (2008) by Michael Beres (political thriller set during the events of the Chernobyl disaster, featuring KGB operatives who want to cover up the event).[11]
  • Necromancy Cottage, Or, The Black Art of Gnawing On Bones (2019) by Rebecca Maye Holiday (Holly Eryngo Nemov is a Ukrainian by ethnicity, whose family relocated to Kadykchan in Russia after his parents were evacuated from Pripyat in 1986, after which Holly's mother, Alisa, died of leukemia).[12]
  • Radiant Girl (2008) by Andrea White (coming-of-age novel following Katya Dubko, a Ukrainian eleven-year-old who lives near Chernobyl and believes that the power plant is a "magical factory" until the disaster changes her views).[13]
  • The Boy from Reactor 4 (2011) by Orest Stelmach (follows protagonist Nadia, who meets a Ukrainian ice hockey player named Adam who is ill from radiation poisoning, owing to his habit of going near the frozen cooling ponds next to the power plant).[14]
  • The Sky Unwashed (2000) by Irene Zabytko (follows a group of elderly women and their efforts to reclaim their homeland by farming after being forced by the government to evacuate it during the Chernobyl disaster).[15]
  • 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).[16]

Comics and graphic novels

The Lost Child of Chernobyl: A Graphic Novel by Helen Bate.[17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Leatherbarrow, Andrew (2016). Chernobyl 01:23:40: The Incredible True Story of the World's Worst Nuclear Disaster (paperback ed.). ISBN 9780993597503.
  3. ↑ Higginbotham, Adam (2019). Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9781501134616.
  4. ↑ White, Maureen A. (2008). Out of Chernobyl: A Girl Named Olga (paperback ed.). ISBN 9781434396686.
  5. ↑ Cruise, Robin (1993). The Nuclear Disaster At Chernobyl (Take Ten Books). Saddleback Educational Publishing, Inc. ISBN 9781562540999.
  6. ↑ Medvedev, Grigori (1991). The Truth About Chernobyl (hardcover ed.). Basic Books. ISBN 9780465087754.
  7. ↑ Blackwell, Andrew (2012). Visit Sunny Chernobyl: And Other Adventures in the World's Most Polluted Places. Rodale Books. ISBN 9781605294452.
  8. ↑ Alexievich, Svetlana (2006). Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (paperback ed.). Picador. ISBN 9780312425845.
  9. ↑ "Voices from Chernobyl - Svetlana Alexievich". Complete Review. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  10. ↑ Pohl, Frederik (1987). Chernobyl. Spectra. ISBN 9780553052107.
  11. ↑ Beres, Michael (2008). Chernobyl Murders. Medallion Press. ISBN 9781933836294.
  12. ↑ Holiday, Rebecca Maye (2021). Necromancy Cottage, Or, The Black Art of Gnawing on Bones (hardcover ed.). Sea Holly Books. ISBN 9781777682125.
  13. ↑ White, Andrea (2008). Radiant Girl. Bright Sky Press. ISBN 9781933979236.
  14. ↑ Stelmach, Orest (2013). The Boy from Reactor 4 (paperback ed.). Thomas & Mercer. ISBN 9781612186085.
  15. ↑ Zabytko, Irene (2000). The Sky Unwashed. Algonquin Books. ISBN 9781565122468.
  16. ↑ Smith, Martin Cruz (2004). Wolves Eat Dogs (hardcover ed.). Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9780671775957.
  17. ↑ Bate, Helen (2021). The Lost Child of Chernobyl: A Graphic Novel (hardcover ed.). Otter-Barry Books. ISBN 9781913074715.
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