If we really want to get to the bottom of it.
Books every serious journalist covering Chronic Fatigue Syndrome should read:
Osler's Web: Inside the Labyrinth of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Epidemic
The Virus Within by Nicholas Regush (Print Edition)
What Really Killed Gilda Radner? Frontline Reports on the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Epidemic by Neenyah Ostrom (Print Edition)
50 Things You Should Know About the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Epidemic by Neenyah Ostrom (Print Edition)
America's Biggest Cover-Up: 50 More Things Everyone Should Know About the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Epidemic And Its Link to AIDS by Neenyah Ostrom (Print Edition)
The Closing Argument by Charles Ortleb (Available on Kindle and in a Print Edition. Free for Kindle owners with Amazon Prime.)