List of books about the Chernobyl disaster

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author Frederik Pohl, titled Chernobyl, while many famous non-fiction titles about Chernobyl were unwritten and unpublished until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.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

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Fiction

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  • 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

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References

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  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. ^ Higginbotham, Adam (2019). Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9781501134616.
  3. ^ White, Maureen A. (2008). Out of Chernobyl: A Girl Named Olga (paperback ed.). ISBN 9781434396686.
  4. ^ Medvedev, Grigori (1991). The Truth About Chernobyl (hardcover ed.). Basic Books. ISBN 9780465087754.
  5. ^ Alexievich, Svetlana (2006). Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (paperback ed.). Picador. ISBN 9780312425845.
  6. ^ "Voices from Chernobyl - Svetlana Alexievich". Complete Review. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  7. ^ Pohl, Frederik (1987). Chernobyl. Spectra. ISBN 9780553052107.
  8. ^ Smith, Martin Cruz (2004). Wolves Eat Dogs (hardcover ed.). Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9780671775957.