Everything Is Tuberculosis - by John Green (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Tuberculosis has been entwined with humanity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculosis is a disease of poverty that walks the trails of injustice and inequity we blazed for it.

In 2019, John Green met Henry, a young tuberculosis patient at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone while traveling with Partners in Health. 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 and dynamic advocate for increased access to treatment and wider awareness of the healthcare inequities that allow this curable, treatable infectious disease to also be the deadliest, killing 1.5 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.

Review Quotes

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

"Humans have an incredible capacity to love, and this book is proof that no matter how big or small, there is so much in this world to love." -Business Insider

"The perfect book to read whenever you need a reminder of what it is to feel small and human, in the best possible way." -San Francisco Chronicle

"Every page is full of insight. I loved it." -Roman Mars, creator and host of 99% Invisible

"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

About the Author

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.