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The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodAlias Grace by Margaret AtwoodThe Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
Best of Margaret Atwood
101 books — 251 voters
Jet Lag Junkie by Jeff JohnsThe Four Winds by Kristin HannahThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerThe Love Haters by Katherine Center
The 52 Book Club 2026: #9 - Featuring A Natural Disaster
177 books — 115 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
135 books — 90 voters
Atlantis by Ignatius L. DonnellyTimaeus and Critias by PlatoFingerprints of the Gods by Graham HancockThe Forbidden Vial by Nathalie LaineThe Atlantis Blueprint by Rand Flem-Ath
Best Books on Atlantis
83 books — 67 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
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

City of Bones by Cassandra ClareCity of Ashes by Cassandra ClareCity of Glass by Cassandra ClareFate by A.C. HellerThe Last Hunter by Jeremy Robinson
Nephilim Novels
45 books — 41 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
The Great Bridge by David McCulloughBrunelleschi's Dome by Ross KingThe Path Between the Seas by David McCulloughCastle by David MacaulayCathedral by David Macaulay
Narratives of Large Scale Engineering
105 books — 37 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Help by Kathryn StockettOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle ZevinThe Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
Accidents happen
171 books — 37 voters
Many Waters by Madeleine L'EngleNoah's Ark by Jerry PinkneyNoah's Ark by Jacobus ReviusNot Wanted on the Voyage by Timothy FindleyOn Noah's Ark by Jan Brett
Noah's Ark
254 books — 28 voters

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth GrahameCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónFrost Burned by Patricia Briggs
Fire Burns, Wind Blows, Rain Falls...
565 books — 28 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

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Long Winter by Laura Ingalls WilderOn the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Storm by Akiko MiyakoshiThunder Cake by Patricia Polacco
Gale Warning! Big storms in Fiction
125 books — 17 voters
Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan LindsayHere Beside the Rising Tide by Emily JaneTuck Everlasting by Natalie BabbittA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareDandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
Summer of Speculative Reading
46 books — 14 voters

A Man Like Him by Rachel BrimbleCourting Miss Hattie by Pamela MorsiUntil the Flood by Cynthia BrintCaptive Angel by Virginia AirdFlood Waters by Lexie Nicholas
Flooded: Floods in Romance Novels
33 books — 11 voters
Loose Lips Sink Ships by Hilary LawrenceEverything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'ConnorGods & Monsters by Shelby MahurinBlood & Honey by Shelby MahurinSerpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin
Dove or Pigeon on the Cover
56 books — 11 voters

The Great Thirst by Norris Hundley Jr.Water by Alice OutwaterThe Atlas of Water by Maggie BlackHuman Development Report 2006 by United NationsThe Los Angeles River by Blake Gumprecht
Global Citizenship: Water
40 books — 10 voters
The Heavens Before by Kacy Barnett-GramckowHe Who Lifts the Skies by Kacy Barnett-GramckowA Crown in the Stars by Kacy Barnett-GramckowBlood of Adam by Rachel S. NealMany Waters by Madeleine L'Engle
The Great Flood-Books on Noah's Ark
20 books — 8 voters

Promises in the Attic by Elisabeth Hamilton FriermoodNinth Ward by Jewell Parker RhodesThree Rivers Rising by Jame RichardsThe Great Gale by Hester BurtonThe Town That Drowned by Riel Nason
Floods in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
12 books — 5 voters
The Johnstown Flood by David McCulloughThree Rivers Rising by Jame RichardsAmerica’s Most Notorious Natural Disasters by Charles River EditorsRuthless Tide by Al RokerWaterproof by Judith Redline Coopey
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
61 books — 5 voters

Triangle by David von DrehleThe Other Side of Nothing by Hilda ValentineAlive by Piers Paul ReadOdin, Dog Hero of the Fires by Emma Bland SmithSalt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
My Top Picks for True Disaster Stories
15 books — 2 voters
The House That Sailed Away by Pat HutchinsThe Wild Little House by Eilís DillonMoominsummer Madness by Tove JanssonUp (Disney/Pixar Up) by Walt Disney CompanyThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
House Goes Walkabout - Floats away, sails away, etc. from foundations
18 books — 2 voters

The 15 by Anthony SadlerSully by Chesley B. Sullenberger IIIAmong the Heroes by Jere LongmanAn Ordinary Man by Paul RusesabaginaFinding Me by Michelle Knight
True Stories of Facing Danger, Rescues, Escapes, Survival and Heroism
19 books — 1 voter

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