Big Books of 2026

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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
321 books — 327 voters
Gone by Michael GrantLife As We Knew It by Susan Beth PfefferThe Stand by Stephen KingThe Road by Cormac McCarthyAshfall by Mike Mullin
Apocalypse Challenge
110 books — 187 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
131 books — 88 voters
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerKrakatoa by Simon WinchesterEruption by Michael CrichtonThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Love Haters by Katherine Center
The 52 Book Club 2026: #9 - Featuring A Natural Disaster
138 books — 71 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 — 61 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

Brides of the Storm by Amanda Albright StillThe Alienist by Caleb CarrEchoes of the Storm by Amanda Albright StillThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Girl with Ghost Eyes by M.H. Boroson
Crime/Adventure Set in the 19th Century in the United States
29 books — 35 voters
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Help by Kathryn StockettTornado by Betsy ByarsPromise by Minrose GwinTwister on Tuesday by Mary Pope Osborne
Tornadoes in Fiction
144 books — 27 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
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

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumMagnolia by Kristi CookWhat Stands in a Storm by Kim CrossThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerTwist of Fate by Lexie Nicholas
Perfect storm
20 books — 9 voters

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