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Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerIsaac's Storm by Erik LarsonIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickA Night to Remember by Walter LordAlive by Piers Paul Read
Non-fiction Disaster Books
325 books — 327 voters
On the Island by Tracey Garvis GravesSurviving Raine by Shay SavageWithering Hope by Layla HagenUp Close and Dangerous by Linda HowardUnseen Messages by Pepper Winters
Rescue Me -Romances In Disaster Situations
377 books — 235 voters

The Martian by Andy WeirAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Books About Being Trapped or Stranded
571 books — 219 voters
Jet Lag Junkie by Jeff JohnsThe Four Winds by Kristin HannahThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerThe Love Haters by Katherine Center
The 52 Book Club 2026: #9 - Featuring A Natural Disaster
177 books — 115 voters

The Tsunami Countdown by Boyd MorrisonLife As We Knew It by Susan Beth PfefferGirls at the Edge of the World by Laura Brooke RobsonBlind Thrust by Samuel MarquisErupt by Lou Cadle
Natural Disaster Fiction
135 books — 90 voters
The Tempest by William ShakespeareThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerTwelfth Night by William ShakespeareGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Storms, Tempests, Gales, Hurricane, Twisters
306 books — 62 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerIsaac's Storm by Erik LarsonIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Books about Horrible Tragedies or Disasters
264 books — 62 voters
Pandemic by Yvonne VentrescaLife As We Knew It by Susan Beth PfefferAshfall by Mike MullinEscaping the Giant Wave by Peg KehretThe Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Juvenile/Young Adult Natural Disaster Fiction/Non-Fiction
44 books — 39 voters

Big Freedia by Big FreediaI Love My Doctor, But... by Lawrence W. GoldSexuality and Its Impact on History by Hunter S. JonesCreole by Sybil KeinBlack Life in Old New Orleans by Victor Block
New Orleans (nonfiction)
94 books — 32 voters
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Cay by Theodore TaylorHurricane Summer by Asha Ashanti BromfieldMarvelous Cornelius by Phil BildnerNinth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Hurricanes in Fiction
182 books — 30 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth GrahameThe Winds of War by Herman WoukThe Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Winds of Change
345 books — 20 voters
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerMother of Storms by John BarnesFrigid by J. LynnWhat Stands in a Storm by Kim Cross
Storm Novels
40 books — 16 voters

Isaac's Storm by Erik LarsonWhat Stands in a Storm by Kim CrossThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerSudden Sea by R.A. ScottiThe Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
Strange Weather
77 books — 14 voters
Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker RhodesUpside Down in the Middle of Nowhere by Julie T. LamanaHurricane Song by Paul VolponiAnother Kind of Hurricane by Tamara Ellis SmithBad Mojo by Eva Blackstone
Hurricane Katrina in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
19 books — 11 voters

The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls WilderPompeii by Robert HarrisThe Year Without Summer by Guinevere GlasfurdThe Four Winds by Kristin HannahThe Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Natural Disasters in Historical Fiction
41 books — 11 voters
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumMagnolia by Kristi CookThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerWhat Stands in a Storm by Kim CrossTwist of Fate by Lexie Nicholas
Perfect storm
20 books — 9 voters

Citizens of London by Lynne OlsonWaiting for Hitler by Midge GilliesNineteen Weeks by Norman MossThe Battle of Britain by John Philip RayThe Most Dangerous Enemy by Stephen Bungay
Battle of Britain 1940 and Operation Sealion
48 books — 3 voters
The 15 by Anthony SadlerSully by Chesley B. Sullenberger IIIAmong the Heroes by Jere LongmanAn Ordinary Man by Paul RusesabaginaFinding Me by Michelle Knight
True Stories of Facing Danger, Rescues, Escapes, Survival and Heroism
19 books — 1 voter

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