Everything Is Tuberculosis

Everything Is Tuberculosis doesn’t so much tell you the story of tuberculosis, as much as it gently holds your hand and parts the curtains into one of the darkest, most bizarre, and frustrating series of decisions in world history with the other... A quintessential John Green book: one that grapples with the issue of mortality and our conflicting desires to both help and hurt one another, all within the backdrop of the coming of age of a young man

Slate

Green uses the stories of real people to turn overwhelming problems into something personal and understandable.

The Associated Press

This highly readable call to action could not be more timely

Kirkus, starred review

Henry’s story is hopeful and heartbreaking; readers will be rooting for him and his family the whole way through

SLJ, starred review

Green writes expertly of the illness’s history, causes (malnutrition, poverty, bad sanitation, etc.), and cure… Insightful and extremely well and clearly written, Everything Is Tuberculosis makes what might be inaccessible accessible

Booklist, starred review

In these challenging times, the global health community is fortunate to count on Green and his inspiring advocacy

Madhukar Pai, MD, PhD, The Lancet

A story of hope and tragedy that feels terribly relevant at a time when the global healthcare system is coming under attack.

The AV Club

An exceptional combination of memoir, medical history and cultural analysis…. Memorably probes the intersections of medicine and human emotion

BookPage, starred review