Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
Modern · Nonfiction, History, Russia
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
1997 · 236 pages · Nonfiction
66
Modern
★ 4.40 on Goodreads · 68K ratings
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
NBCC Award (Nonfiction) winner (2005). 4.40★ from 68K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
66Must-Read Score
- Critics44 out of 100 · counts 35%+18
- Readers84 out of 100 · counts 50%+48
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Where it ranks
- #35 of the 220 history books we rank
- #43 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #138 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- NBCC Award (Nonfiction) winner (2005)
Reads as
True story, Thought-provoking
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