John Green to Publish Nonfiction Title with New PYR Imprint, Crash Course Books
John Green, Photo: © Marina Waters.
John Green, the #1 internationally bestselling author, will publish a nonfiction title with Penguin Young Readers’ new imprint Crash Course Books. EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection will release March 18, 2025, and will be the first book published by Crash Course Books, a new imprint of Penguin Young Readers inspired by the popular educational YouTube channel founded by Hank and John Green.
Everything Is Tuberculosis traces the journey of a young tuberculosis patient in Sierra Leonne woven together with the scientific and social histories of how this disease has shaped our world and how our choices will shape the future of tuberculosis. This book builds on Green’s nationally recognized advocacy for increased awareness of the healthcare inequities that allow this curable, treatable infectious disease to also be the deadliest, killing 1.5 million people every year. Everything Is Tuberculosis will publish in the week before World TB Day and will have a first printing of 500,000. In addition to hardcover and e-book formats, the book will be available in audio from Listening Library, with Green set to narrate.
Everything Is Tuberculosis chronicles the experiences of a young tuberculosis patient, Henry. John Green first met Henry in 2019 at the Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone while traveling with the nonprofit Partners in Health. In the years since that first visit to Lakka, John Green has become a vocal and dynamic advocate for increased access to tuberculosis treatment around the world. From successfully challenging pharmaceutical companies to make life-saving medication more affordable to addressing the General Assembly of the United Nations, Green continues to push for solutions to this health crisis. Everything Is Tuberculosis humanizes and gives hope to this ongoing struggle and invites readers to join the conversation.
John Green says, “This book is the culmination of a long journey toward trying to understand how a disease that has been curable since the 1950s continues to kill over a million people every year. I’m thrilled to be publishing it as the first title from Crash Course Books, and so grateful to all the TB researchers and survivors whose generosity with me made it possible for me to tell this story.”
Julie Strauss-Gabel, Green’s longtime editor, adds, “Whether writing fiction or nonfiction, John Green has a gift for bringing truth to storytelling, and storytelling to truth. Confronting and inspiring, in Everything is Tuberculosis John distills centuries of history and science though one essential human story. This same craft sits at the heart of the landmark educational media brand Hank and John Green have been building together for more than a decade, guided by the principle that we learn best when we go beyond the facts to truly understand why those facts matter. It’s an honor to become a part of that mission with Crash Course Books.”
Everything Is Tuberculosis will be the first book published by Crash Course Books, a new imprint devoted to publishing nonfiction for students and lifelong learners. Crash Course Books is an extension of the popular Crash Course YouTube channel founded by Hank and John Green and will be led by Julie Strauss-Gabel, President and Publisher of Dutton Children’s Books at Penguin Young Readers. The deal for Crash Course Books was brokered by Jodi Reamer of Writers House. Following Everything Is Tuberculosis, Crash Course Books will debut two new series in Fall 2025: Crash Course Revolutions and Crash Course Lit, with additional titles to follow in Spring 2026.
Everything Is Tuberculosis is Green’s second foray into nonfiction following the publication of The Anthropocene Reviewed in 2021. The book was an instant #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Indie bestseller, going on to sell over 650,000 copies. Praised as “Charming, curious, and heartfelt” (NPR) and “Gloriously personal and life-affirming” (People), The Anthropocene Reviewed received three starred reviews and was named to best-of-the-year lists by NPR, Parade, and others. A deeply moving and insightful collection of personal essays adapted from Green’s critically acclaimed podcast of the same name, The Anthropocene Reviewed provides an open-hearted exploration of the paths we forge and an unironic celebration of falling in love with the world.