The most popular natural disasters books

These books put people in the path of earthquakes, floods, storms, eruptions and fires. Novels follow survivors through the chaos, and true accounts reconstruct real catastrophes hour by hour. They are stories of terror, luck and the best and worst of human nature.

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Seveneves
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Seveneves

Neal Stephenson

Published 2015

867 pages

Homecoming
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Homecoming

Kate Morton

1973 · 2026 edition

560 pages

The Twelve
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The Twelve

Justin Cronin

Published 2012

592 pages

The Long Winter
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The Long Winter

Laura Ingalls Wilder

1978 · 2006 edition

448 pages

The Fever Code
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The Fever Code

James Dashner

2015 · 2016 edition

344 pages

Zeitoun
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Zeitoun

Dave Eggers

2008 · 2010 edition

352 pages

Anathem
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Anathem

Neal Stephenson

Published 2008

937 pages

Collapse
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Collapse

Jared Diamond

1995 · 2011 edition

608 pages

Isaac's Storm
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Isaac's Storm

Erik Larson

1999 · 2000 edition

323 pages

Midnight in Chernobyl
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Midnight in Chernobyl

Adam Higginbotham, Адам Хиггинботам

Published 2019

368 pages

Voices from Chernobyl
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Voices from Chernobyl

Svetlana Alexievich, Svetlana Aleksievich

1997 · 2005 edition

240 pages

The Talking Earth
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The Talking Earth

Jean Craighead George

1972 · 1987 edition

182 pages

Devolution
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Devolution

Max Brooks

2002 · 2021 edition

287 pages

Drowning
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Drowning

T. J. Newman

2023 · 2025 edition

352 pages