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author Frederik Pohl, titled Chernobyl, while many famous non-fiction titles about Chernobyl were unwritten and unpublished until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.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

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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]

References

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^ 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.

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List of books about the Chernobyl disaster

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