Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham


Detailed, well-researched, gripping and grim as hell.

It makes a fantastic companion to the HBO miniseries – in fact many events in this book seem to have been recreated in the series, though no formal attribution was made.

It’s a horrible story of institutional failure paid for in human lives. Written like a thriller, it makes for a compelling page turner that won’t let you forget how real it is.