Ablaze: The Story of the Heroes and Victims of Chernobyl

8 best books like Ablaze: The Story of the Heroes and Victims of Chernobyl (Piers Paul Read): Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster, Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster, The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs, Cold Storage, The Last Stone, Chernobyl 01:23:40: The Incredible True Story of the World's Worst Nuclear Disaster, Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife, Atomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima

Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

Author	Svetlana Alexievich
ISBN	0312425848

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

On April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear reactor accident in history occurred in Chernobyl and contaminated as much as three quarters of Europe. Voices from Chernobyl is the first book to present personal accounts of the tragedy. Journalist Svetlana Alexievich...

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

Author	Adam Higginbotham
ISBN	1501134612

The definitive, dramatic untold story of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, based on original reporting and new archival research.

April 25, 1986, in Chernobyl, was a turning point in world history. The disaster not only changed the world’s perception of nuclear power and the...

The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs

Author	Tyler Hamilton
ISBN	0345530411

The Secret Race is a definitive look at the world of professional cycling—and the doping issue surrounding this sport and its most iconic rider, Lance Armstrong—by former Olympic gold medalist Tyler Hamilton and New York Times bestselling author Daniel Coyle.Over the course of two years, Coyle...

Cold Storage

Author	David Koepp
ISBN	0062916432

For readers of Andy Weir and Noah Hawley comes an astonishing debut by the screenwriter of Jurassic Park: a wild and terrifying adventure about three strangers who must work together to contain a highly contagious, deadly organism

When Pentagon bioterror operative Roberto Diaz was sent...

The Last Stone

Author

Mark Bowden

On March 29, 1975, sisters Katherine and Sheila Lyons, age 10 and 12, disappeared during a trip to a
shopping mall in suburban Washington, D.C. Three days later, eighteen-year-old Lloyd Welch visited the Montgomery County Police with a tip: he had seen the Lyons girls at the mall that day and had...

Chernobyl 01:23:40: The Incredible True Story of the World's Worst Nuclear Disaster

Author	Andrew Leatherbarrow
ISBN	0993597505

At 01:23:40 on April 26th 1986, Alexander Akimov pressed the emergency shutdown button at Chernobyl’s fourth nuclear reactor. It was an act that forced the permanent evacuation of a city, killed thousands and crippled the Soviet Union. The event spawned decades of conflicting, exaggerated and...

Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife

Author	Sam Savage
ISBN	1566891817

Firmin is a rat born in a book (a shredded copy of Finneggans Wake), who finds the books he consumes also consume his soul. He becomes a vagabond and philosopher, struggling with mortality and meaning.

In the basement of a Boston bookstore, Firmin is born in a shredded copy Finnegans Wake, nurtured...

Atomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima

Author	James Mahaffey
ISBN	1480447749

A “delightfully astute” and “entertaining” history of the mishaps and meltdowns that have marked the path of scientific progress (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).

Radiation: What could go wrong? In short, plenty. From Marie Curie carrying around a vial of radium salt because...