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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
Krakatoa by Simon WinchesterPompeii by Robert HarrisThe Last Days of Pompeii by Edward Bulwer-LyttonHawaii by James A. MichenerCongo by Michael Crichton
Earthquake, Volcano and Tsunami
128 books — 55 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Lost City of Z by David GrannSavage Harvest by Carl HoffmanIf I Can't Have You by Gregg OlsenFinding Everett Ruess by David Roberts
What happened to them?
55 books — 46 voters
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerThe Johnstown Flood by David McCulloughIsaac's Storm by Erik LarsonThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodThe Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
The Deluge
209 books — 40 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
Shōgun by James ClavellMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenStrange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi KawakamiNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Fictitious Japan
137 books — 35 voters

Last Things by Betta FerrendelliThe Big Wave by Pearl S. BuckEscaping the Giant Wave by Peg KehretThe Killing Sea by Richard LewisA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Tsunamis in Fiction
101 books — 28 voters
Wave by Sonali DeraniyagalaOther Lives But Mine by Emmanuel CarrèreTsunami 2004 by Holly MichaelThe Killing Sea by Richard LewisTsunami 2004 by Frank Senauth
2004 Tsunami
24 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
Cascadia's Fault by Jerry ThompsonFull Rip 9.0 by Sandi DoughtonThe Soul Snatchers by Richard SanfordCascadia Subduction Zone Earthquakes by Cascadia Region Earthquake ...Tilt by Emma Pattee
Cascadia Subduction Zone - Fiction & Non-Fiction
16 books — 6 voters

The House of the Lost on the Cape by Sachiko KashiwabaHorses, Horses, in the End the Light Remains Pure by Hideo FurukawaStrong in the rain by Lucy BirminghamThe Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden by Heather Smithtsunami vs. the fukushima 50 by Lee Ann Roripaugh
Tohoku Earthquake
49 books — 4 voters

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