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I Told You So by Gordon L. AnkneyThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerNight by Elie WieselIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Best Nonfiction Books About Horrifying Events
530 books — 236 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
138 books — 93 voters

A Night to Remember by Walter LordThe Discovery of the Titanic by Robert D. BallardTitanic by Don LynchIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
Maritime Disaster
175 books — 72 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
432 books — 65 voters

The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Four Winds by Kristin HannahThe Dry by Jane HarperOut of the Dust by Karen HesseDry by Neal Shusterman
Drought in Fiction
200 books — 38 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
191 books — 35 voters

Extinction by David CrouseBloodline by William GraceThe History of Bees by Maja LundeMarine Pollution by Judith S. WeisWho Okayed This?! The Riveting Life of Grant Davis by Philip E. Barrington
Fictional Apocalypses: The World's End From Nature Part II
23 books — 31 voters
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Help by Kathryn StockettTornado by Betsy ByarsThe Stormchasers by Jenna BlumPromise by Minrose Gwin
Tornadoes in Fiction
145 books — 29 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
104 books — 29 voters
127 Hours by Aron RalstonNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroLife of Pi by Yann MartelI Am Her... by Sarah Ann WalkerAll Who Believed by Tamara Mathieu
Phew! It Didn't Happen to Me.
55 books — 27 voters

Clinging to Hope by Glynda Howard McClureThe Long Winter by Laura Ingalls WilderPompeii by Robert HarrisThe Year Without Summer by Guinevere GlasfurdThe Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
Natural Disasters in Historical Fiction
46 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
34 books — 25 voters

Pompeii by Robert HarrisA Day of Fire by Kate QuinnCurses and Smoke by Vicky Alvear ShecterVacation Under the Volcano by Mary Pope OsborneThe Secrets of Vesuvius by Caroline Lawrence
Pompeii
31 books — 25 voters
My Mystical Path by Donna Shin-WardDelly Duck by Holly MarlowThe Scar by Charlotte MoundlicA Terrible Thing Happened by Margaret M. HolmesPearl's Marigolds For Grandpa by Jane Breskin Zalben
Bibliotherapy for Child Trauma
183 books — 25 voters

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghLessons in Chemistry by Bonnie GarmusGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Guest by Emma ClineNew Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Unhinged Heroines
88 books — 18 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
120 books — 16 voters

Death and the Gardener by Georgi GospodinovNever Say Never, Never Say Always by Susan S. WarnerPositivity Warrior by Jim SoreboLearn to Live Forward by Chidi IwuchukwuAugust by Ian Hanes
Amazon Customers Also Bought or Read: Death, Grief and Loss Edition I
111 books — 12 voters
Never Say Never, Never Say Always by Susan S. WarnerBullet Holes by Norrin M. RipsmanThe White Book by Han KangPositivity Warrior by Jim SoreboLearn to Live Forward by Chidi Iwuchukwu
Amazon Customers Also Bought or Read: Death, Grief and Loss Edition IV
108 books — 11 voters

The Cosmic Covenant by Richard TaylorReCOgnition by Mark DowsonMarine Pollution by Judith S. WeisOn the Beach by Nevil ShuteThe Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Radio Free Megiddo: Broadcasting Live From the Apocalypse
46 books — 11 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 SmithFinding Someplace by Denise Lewis Patrick
Hurricane Katrina in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
18 books — 10 voters

Never Say Never, Never Say Always by Susan S. WarnerI'm Sorry I Cremated You by Jaclyn Michelle SmithPositivity Warrior by Jim SoreboLearn to Live Forward by Chidi IwuchukwuHeartwood by Barbara Becker
Amazon Customers Also Bought or Read: Death, Grief and Loss Edition II
108 books — 10 voters
Fearless Philanthropy by Roberta Brandes GratzFive Days at Memorial by Sheri FinkTaste of Tremé by Todd-Michael St. PierreCreating the Big Easy by Anthony J. StanonisUntold by Lynette Norris Wilkinson
New Orleans History and Culture
140 books — 9 voters

Vigil by George SaundersThe Gate by Natsume SōsekiHouse of Splendid Isolation by Edna O'BrienHomesickness by Colin BarrettThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Amazon Customers Also Bought or Read: Death, Grief and Loss Edition III
105 books — 8 voters
Bloodline by William GraceZoo by James PattersonHollow Kingdom by Kira Jane BuxtonThe Council of Animals by Nick McDonellMort(e) by Robert Repino
Fictional Apocalypses: The World's End From Nature
103 books — 8 voters

Travels with My Aunt by Graham GreeneNever Say Never, Never Say Always by Susan S. WarnerPositivity Warrior by Jim SoreboLearn to Live Forward by Chidi IwuchukwuAugust by Ian Hanes
Amazon Customers Also Bought or Read: Death, Grief and Loss Edition V
106 books — 7 voters
Must I Go by Yiyun LiNever Say Never, Never Say Always by Susan S. WarnerPositivity Warrior by Jim SoreboLearn to Live Forward by Chidi IwuchukwuAugust by Ian Hanes
Amazon Customers Also Bought or Read: Death, Grief and Loss Edition VI
74 books — 7 voters

Down the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871 by Susan Campbell BartolettiEmmi in the City by Salima AlikhanThe Great Fire by Jim MurphyI Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 by Cassie AndersonChildren of the Fire by Harriette Gillem Robinet
Great Chicago Fire in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
15 books — 4 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 SmithMarch Was Made of Yarn by David Karashima
Tohoku Earthquake
49 books — 4 voters

All We Have Left by Wendy MillsThe Donkey's Crusade by Jean MorrisCrossing Ebenezer Creek by Tonya BoldenChildren of the Vikings by Jonathan RumboldOutrun the Moon by Stacey Lee
Disasters & Tragedies through YA Historical Fiction
17 books — 2 voters
Ninety-Six Hours by Christine DawoodTitan Submersible Implosion by Kam NgTitan Unfinished by Guillermo A. M. SöhnleinTITAN by Lena P. HarrisThe curse of titanic by Yusuf Fadel
The Titan Oceangate Disaster - June 18, 2023
14 books — 1 voter

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