Normally when thinking of non-fiction books, a lot of people think of boring, dense textbooks that are hard to get through. John Green subverts that stereotype completely.

John Green is most known for his work in the young adult fiction category with the books The Fault in Our Stars, Turtles All the Way Down, An Abundance of Katherines, Looking for Alaska, Paper Towns, and more. Now, he changed genres, publishing the non-fiction book Everything is Tuberculosis.

As a part of this switch, John Green implements the narrative style he used in his fiction to make a more compelling non-fiction novel. In Everything is Tuberculosis we follow the true story of Henry, his experiences with tuberculosis, and how history has played a part in where the disease currently stands. While, to the average person, reading about the world’s most deadly disease can feel boring, John Green writes it in a way that makes it nearly impossible to put down. By writing in a way that combines history with modern day events, the past starts to feel like not that long ago. Along with all of these things, the book is less than two hundred pages, making it even easier to get through.

John Green has found a wonderful way to spread awareness for a not so wonderful topic. Tuberculosis is something not thought about much in a first world country, but John Green gives every reason as to why it needs to be thought about.

When reading John Green’s most recent novel, it’s impossible to not find out the truth about how Everything is Tuberculosis.