Mostly because of the hype surrounding the new HBO/Sky series, I recently read Adam Higginbotham's new book
Midnight in Chernobyl. It's not a
perfect book, but it's an exceptionally good read, and does and excellent job explaining why instutional rot, Soviet ideology, and denialism turned Chernobyl from a tragic industrial accident to a traumatic nightmare.
You can read my review here:
https://www.amazon.com/review/R3B9L1...SIN=B07GNV7PNH