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Sign up todayEverything Is Tuberculosis
The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
Narrator
John Green
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Length
5 hours 35 minutes
Language
English
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“Everything Is Tuberculosis is an emotional and compelling addition to the long list of remarkable work that John Green has accomplished. Brilliant.”
— Alyssa • Sidetrack Bookshop
Bookseller recommendation
“An excellent journey through the history of TB, interwoven with the story of a young man, Henry, whose lived experience adds so much to the overall content of the book. John Green as narrator does an excellent job, and the writing style of the book is easy to follow and well paced. I think this book is easily accessible to all people, whether they are historians or not, and may spark a feeling to take action and dig deeper into the subject once they are finished.”
— Laura VZ • Fable Book Parlour
John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and a passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world’s deadliest infectious disease.
“This highly readable call to action could not be more timely.” –Kirkus, starred review
“Memorably probes the intersections of medicine and human emotion.” –Bookpage, starred review
Tuberculosis has been entwined with humanity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculosis is seen as a disease of poverty that walks the trails of injustice and inequity we blazed for it.
In 2019, author John Green met Henry Reider, a young tuberculosis patient at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. John became fast friends with Henry, a boy with spindly legs and a big, goofy smile. In the years since that first visit to Lakka, Green has become a vocal advocate for increased access to treatment and wider awareness of the healthcare inequities that allow this curable, preventable infectious disease to also be the deadliest, killing over a million people every year.
In Everything Is Tuberculosis, John tells Henry’s story, woven through with the scientific and social histories of how tuberculosis has shaped our world—and how our choices will shape the future of tuberculosis.
John Green is the award-winning, #1 bestselling author of books including Looking for Alaska, The Fault in Our Stars, Turtles All the Way Down, and The Anthropocene Reviewed. With his brother, Hank, John has co-created many online video projects, including Vlogbrothers, the educational channel Crash Course and an annual livestreamed fundraiser called the Project for Awesome (P4A). John serves on the Board of Trustees for global health nonprofit Partners in Health and, in partnership with PiH and the Nerdfighter community around Vlogbrothers video, has raised over $30 million dollars to tackle maternal mortality in Sierra Leone. In 2023, John spoke at the United Nations calling for the eradication of tuberculosis cases in the next decade.
John lives with his family in Indianapolis, Indiana. You can visit him online at johngreenbooks.com and find out more about the fight against tuberculosis at tbfighters.org.
John Green is the award-winning, #1 bestselling author of books including Looking for Alaska, The Fault in Our Stars, Turtles All the Way Down, and The Anthropocene Reviewed. With his brother, Hank, John has co-created many online video projects, including Vlogbrothers, the educational channel Crash Course and an annual livestreamed fundraiser called the Project for Awesome (P4A). John serves on the Board of Trustees for global health nonprofit Partners in Health and, in partnership with PiH and the Nerdfighter community around Vlogbrothers video, has raised over $30 million dollars to tackle maternal mortality in Sierra Leone. In 2023, John spoke at the United Nations calling for the eradication of tuberculosis cases in the next decade.
John lives with his family in Indianapolis, Indiana. You can visit him online at johngreenbooks.com and find out more about the fight against tuberculosis at tbfighters.org.
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Audiobook details
Author:
John Green
Narrator:
John Green
ISBN:
9798217082391
Length:
5 hours 35 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Publication date:
March 18, 2025
Edition:
Unabridged
Libro.fm rank:
#10 Overall
Genre rank:
#1 in Medicine
Reviews
“Green writes expertly of the illness’s history, causes, and cure…. Insightful and extremely well and clearly written, Everything Is Tuberculosis makes what might be inaccessible accessible.” –Booklist, starred review“An enlightening exploration of the history and present-day reality of tuberculosis around the world…. A thought-provoking work. Highly recommended.” –SLJ, starred review
“John Green’s exceptional combination of memoir, medical history and cultural analysis, Everything Is Tuberculosis reveals how tuberculosis has shaped human culture, and illustrates the ways that we understand and treat the disease, and the steps doctors and researchers have taken to eradicate it.” –BookPage, starred review
Praise for The Anthropocene Reviewed
#1 New York Times Bestseller • #1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller • #1 Indie Bestseller • USA Today Bestseller • International Bestseller
Goodreads Choice Nonfiction Book of the Year
“Masterful. A beautiful, timely book about the human condition–and a timeless reminder to pay attention to your attention.” –Adam Grant, #1 bestselling author of Think Again and host of the podcast Re:Thinking
“Essential to the human conversation. John Green whispered the truth of humanity onto the page.” –Library Journal, starred review
“Charming, curious, and heartfelt. Each essay feels like its own adventure on a journey toward understanding our world and humanity’s impact on it.” –NPR, Best Books of the Year
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“The Anthropocene Reviewed stimulates my brain while getting me out of my head while taking me to faraway places while grounding me in the wonders of my everyday. I’m so glad it’s here. I need it.” –Anna Sale, host of Death, Sex & Money and author of Let’s Talk About Hard Things
“If loving something out loud takes courage, and I think it does, John Green is Evel Knievel and The Anthropocene Reviewed is a series of ever-more-impressive motorcycle jumps.” –Latif Nasser, cohost of Radiolab Expand reviews
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