Disaster

Fiction or Non-Fiction related to Natural Disaster (Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Hurricanes) or other catastrophic events such as plagues and societal collapse. Usually focuses on small or large groups of people.

Also see Survivalist
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
The Johnstown Flood
A Night to Remember
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded [August 27, 1883]
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
The Children's Blizzard
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
Zeitoun
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes—and Why
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Four Winds by Kristin HannahThe Dry by Jane HarperDry by Neal ShustermanDune by Frank Herbert
Drought in Fiction
197 books — 33 voters
War Horse by Michael MorpurgoIsabel by Carolyn MeyerThe Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow by Ann RinaldiNumber the Stars by Lois LowryThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Historical Fiction for Children
123 books — 26 voters

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. PirsigPeanuts by Charles M. SchulzThe Secret Art of Dr. Seuss by Dr. SeussMythology by Alex RossThe Art of Racing in the Rain by Dave Manak
The Art of.........
459 books — 32 voters

Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerFive Days at Memorial by Sheri FinkColumbine by Dave CullenDead Wake by Erik LarsonIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Disasters, Tragedies, and Accidents
202 books — 77 voters
The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien1984 by George OrwellThrall by Julie Mannino
Alternative Earth
218 books — 88 voters

Vera Nazarian
A tornado of thought is unleashed after each new insight. This in turn results in an earthquake of assumptions. These are natural disasters that re-shape the spirit.
Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

Katherine Paterson
It is a mysterious thing how cheerful people become in the face of disaster. My father whistled as he boarded up the windows, and my mother from time to time would call to him happily out the back door. She obviously was enjoying the unusual pleasure of having him home on a weekday morning. Tomorrow they might be ruined or dead, today they had each other.
Katherine Paterson, Jacob Have I Loved

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