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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
328 books — 328 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
378 books — 236 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 FrankRobinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Books About Being Trapped or Stranded
572 books — 221 voters
Jet Lag Junkie by Jeff JohnsThe Swan Lake Murders by Susan RowlandA Stone's Throw by Wayne EdwardsTilt by Emma PatteeThe Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
The 52 Book Club 2026: #9 - Featuring A Natural Disaster
194 books — 194 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
139 books — 92 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
307 books — 63 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
186 books — 32 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
41 books — 17 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
78 books — 15 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
44 books — 13 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 Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumMagnolia by Kristi CookThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerWhat Stands in a Storm by Kim CrossA Writing Upon the Sand by J.M. Kirkley
Perfect storm
21 books — 10 voters

Citizens of London by Lynne OlsonWaiting for Hitler by Midge GilliesThe Most Dangerous Enemy by Stephen BungayThe Battle of Britain by John Philip RayNineteen Weeks by Norman Moss
Battle of Britain 1940 and Operation Sealion
48 books — 3 voters
The 15 by Anthony SadlerThe Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth PastorSully by Chesley B. Sullenberger IIIAmong the Heroes by Jere LongmanAn Ordinary Man by Paul Rusesabagina
True Stories of Facing Danger, Rescues, Escapes, Survival and Heroism
20 books — 2 voters

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