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Midnight in Chernobyl

2019 non-fiction book by Adam Higginbotham

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster (2019) by Adam Higginbotham is a history of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster that occurred in Soviet Ukraine in 1986. It won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction in 2020. Higginbotham spent more than a decade interviewing eyewitnesses and reviewing documents from the disaster, including some that were recently declassified.^[1] Higginbotham considers it the first English-language account that is close to the truth.^[1]

Reception

According to Book Marks, the book received "positive" reviews based on 10 critic reviews with 6 being "rave" and 2 being "positive" and 1 being "mixed" and 1 being "pan".^[2] In Books in the Media, a site that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (4.18 out of 5) from the site which was based on 6 critic reviews. ^[3] On Bookmarks Magazine May/June 2019 issue, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (4.0 out of 5) based on critic reviews.^[4]

Awards and honors

2019 The New York Times Ten Best Books^[5]
2020 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction^[6]^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b Dawn Stover (May 5, 2019). "The human drama of Chernobyl". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
^ "Midnight in Chernobyl". Book Marks. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
^ "Midnight in Chernobyl Reviews". Books in the Media. Archived from the original on 1 Dec 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
^ "Midnight in Chernobyl" (PDF). Bookmarks Magazine. p. 33. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
^ Jennifer Szalai (February 6, 2019). "An Enthralling and Terrifying History of the Nuclear Meltdown at Chernobyl". The New York Times. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
^ Associated Press (March 24, 2020). "Valeria Luiselli's 'Lost Children Archive' wins Folio Prize". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on December 26, 2023. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
^ Schaub, Michael (January 22, 2020). "Luiselli, Higginbotham Win ALA's Carnegie Medals". Kirkus Reviews. Archived from the original on December 26, 2023. Retrieved December 26, 2023.