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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
A Night to Remember by Walter LordTitanic by Don LynchThe Discovery of the Titanic by Robert D. BallardThe Night Lives On by Walter LordThe Watch That Ends the Night by Allan Wolf
Best Titanic Books
184 books — 240 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
664 books — 234 voters
Jet Lag Junkie by Jeff JohnsThe Swan Lake Murders by Susan RowlandTilt by Emma PatteeA Stone's Throw by Wayne EdwardsThe Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
The 52 Book Club 2026: #9 - Featuring A Natural Disaster
205 books — 201 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
Voyage on the Great Titanic by Ellen Emerson WhiteThe Girl Who Came Home by Hazel GaynorThe Second Mrs. Astor by Shana AbeFateful by Claudia GrayRaise the Titanic! by Clive Cussler
Fiction about the Titanic
140 books — 185 voters

Love You Forever by Robert MunschLove on the Brain by Ali HazelwoodThe Spanish Love Deception by Elena ArmasThe Love Hypothesis by Ali HazelwoodThat Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf by Kimberly Lemming
All you need is..........Love
1,358 books — 91 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

Blackout by Connie WillisThe Raiders and the Cross by Patrick LarsimontLetters to the Lost by Iona GreyAll Clear by Connie WillisThe English Agent by Clare Harvey
The Blitz: Fiction & Non-Fiction
193 books — 83 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
208 books — 80 voters

One Second After by William R. ForstchenGoing Home by A. AmericanOne Year After by William R. Forstchen77 Days in September by Ray GorhamAshes by Ilsa J. Bick
Fiction: Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) & Solar Flare/Storms
116 books — 79 voters
Life of Pi by Yann MartelMedicine and Miracles in the High Desert by Erica M. ElliottLife, the Universe and Everything by Douglas AdamsThe Story of My Life by Helen KellerThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
This is the.......life
1,186 books — 77 voters

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David WyssPandora by Joshua GrantThe Assiduous Quest of Tobias Hopkins by James Faro
Fictitious Shipwrecks
171 books — 74 voters
Girls at the Edge of the World by Laura Brooke RobsonThe Johnstown Flood by David McCulloughThe Drowned Cities by Paolo BacigalupiFloodland by Marcus SedgwickLove in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block
Drowning Towns
423 books — 61 voters

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderRobinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeHatchet by Gary PaulsenElderberries by Alicia BayerBy the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Best How To Survive Books
84 books — 41 voters
Bhutan Travelog Edition 2 by Joni HerisonLamb by Christopher MooreQueen of Scots by John GuyHyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshFuriously Happy by Jenny Lawson
Subtitle
548 books — 41 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.........
464 books — 36 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Four Winds by Kristin HannahThe Dry by Jane HarperDry by Neal ShustermanDune by Frank Patrick Herbert
Drought in Fiction
198 books — 35 voters

Alive by Piers Paul ReadMiracle in the Andes by Nando ParradoFlight 232 by Laurence GonzalesThe Mystery of Flight 427 by Bill AdairLost in Shangri-la by Mitchell Zuckoff
Planes - accidents
81 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
187 books — 32 voters

War Horse by Michael MorpurgoIsabel by Carolyn MeyerThe Winter of Red Snow by Kristiana GregoryThe Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow by Ann RinaldiNumber the Stars by Lois Lowry
Historical Fiction for Children
123 books — 27 voters
No Safe Harbour by Julie LawsonTides of Honour by Genevieve GrahamBarometer Rising by Hugh MacLennanWho's a Scaredy-Cat! by Joan PayzantThe Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
Halifax Explosion Fiction
33 books — 24 voters

Skinhead... The Life I Chose by Spike PittNight by Elie WieselThe Rape of Nanking by Iris ChangThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleCapital Punishment by Dougie Brimson
Disturbing Non-Fiction
55 books — 16 voters
One by One by Ruth WareMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieAll Fall Down by Jean LittleBloomability by Sharon CreechThe Silent Land by Graham Joyce
Avalanches & Landslides in Fiction
117 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 Midnight Watch by David DyerSalt to the Sea by Ruta SepetysForget Me Not by Sue LawsonThe Lifeboat Clique by Kathy ParksThe Light In The Darkness by Carla Robinson
Life Ring - ship ahoy
15 books — 9 voters

Jamestown by Joyce CrawfordThe Great Fire by Jim MurphyDown the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871 by Susan Campbell BartolettiEmmi in the City by Salima AlikhanI Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 by Cassie Anderson
Great Chicago Fire in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
17 books — 7 voters
The Cursed by Costi GurguJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonAmerican Survivor by Debbie HightowerConnecting the Dots by Lia RussFlashforward by Robert J. Sawyer
Weird Science, Mad Science and Bad Science in Fiction Part I
103 books — 7 voters

Dark Emu by Bruce PascoeThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinBorder Walls Gone Green by John HultgrenThe Price of Thirst by Karen PiperThe Closing Circle by Barry Commoner
Radical reads to understand capitalism's ecological disaster
47 books — 3 voters
Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. VaughanAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce1984 by George OrwellThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Unhappy Endings: Speculative Fiction With A Tragic Ending
87 books — 1 voter

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