Narrated by John Green, Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green has a runtime of 5 hrs 35 mins on Audible.
Publisher’s Summary
#1 New York Times bestseller • #1 Washington Post bestseller • #1 Indie Bestseller • USA Today Bestseller
John Green, award-winning author and passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world’s deadliest infectious disease.
AN ACCLAIMED BEST BOOK OF 2025: NPR, Scientific American, Science News, Booklist, BookPage, Chicago Sun-Times. Goodreads Readers’ Choice Nonfiction Winner.
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.
Audiobook Details
- Narrated by: John Green
- Length: 5 hrs 35 mins
- Publisher: Listening Library
- Release year: 2025
- Audible category: Health & Wellness / Medicine & Health Care Industry / History & Commentary
Listener Ratings
Everything Is Tuberculosis holds an average listener rating of 4.7/5 from 4526 Audible ratings.
On Audible, ratings for this title break down into narration performance and story separately:
- Performance (narration): 4.8/5
- Story: 4.7/5
- 5-star ratings: 82% of all ratings
What Audible Listeners Are Saying
5/5 stars — “Not what I expected, but a good read. “
I was anticipating more of a narrative non-fiction; I think John Green is really great at that. This can be seen especially in Anthropocene Reviewed.That being said, I really enjoyed this book. It is very much a work of non-fiction, but it does splash in aspects of storytelling. Before John Green, I thought that tuberculosis was just a thing of the past, but now I realize it isn’t. One thing I really appreciated about this book was that it is framed in a way that is challenging, but hopeful.
— feelaham, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “A Must Read!”
I enjoyed "Everything is Tuberculosis" tremendously. It is a fascinating mix of science, history, and what I guess is the socioeconomics of disease. With all this, though, John Green never lets us forget that human beings are at the center of this story. It is humans who contract, suffer from, study, sometimes cure, and all too often die of TB. They are not ignored. The book also shows the vital importance of a well functioning public health system. Are you out there, RFK,Jr.? Read or listen to this title NOW!— Susan L. Houser, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “If you’re open to learning anything at all, John Green can teach it to you “
Another immersive, informational and moving account of JG’s interests. TB around the world, inequality on a horrific scale through history and a call to action.
John Green hasn’t made me cry in a while, but this got me there.— Audible customer, Audible listener
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