Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear CatastropheModern · History, Nonfiction, Science
Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe
2018 · 404 pages · Nonfiction
55
Modern
★ 4.23 on Goodreads · 12K ratings
≈ 10 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Baillie Gifford Prize winner (2018). 4.23★ from 12K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
55Must-Read Score
- Critics44 out of 100 · counts 35%+18
- Readers64 out of 100 · counts 50%+36
- Buzz7 out of 100 · counts 15%+1
Where it ranks
- #28 of the 100 science and ideas books we rank
- #91 of the 220 history books we rank
- #126 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #383 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Baillie Gifford Prize winner (2018)
Reads as
True story, Thought-provoking
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