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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Tilt
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Tilt

Emma Pattee

Published 2025

229 pages

Airport
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Airport

Arthur Hailey

1970 · 2015 edition

448 pages

Crocodile Tears
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Crocodile Tears

Anthony Horowitz

2009 · 2014 edition

414 pages

56 Days
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56 Days

Catherine Ryan Howard

2021 · 2022 edition

394 pages

The Deep End
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The Deep End

Jeff Kinney

Published 2020

224 pages

The Soul Breaker
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The Soul Breaker

Sebastian Fitzek

2008 · 2021 edition

400 pages

Lord Jim
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Lord Jim

Joseph Conrad

1970 · 2010 edition

326 pages

Earth Abides
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Earth Abides

George Rippey Stewart, Jonathan Davis

1971 · 2020 edition

426 pages

The Passengers
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The Passengers

John Marrs

2019 · 2020 edition

352 pages

Ashfall
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Ashfall

Mike Mullin

Published 2011

476 pages

The Sea Wolf
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The Sea Wolf

Jack London

1974 · 2017 edition

152 pages

Krakatoa
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Krakatoa

Simon Winchester

2003 · 2004 edition

448 pages

Monument 14
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Monument 14

Emmy Laybourne

2012 · 2013 edition

342 pages

Saint X
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Saint X

Alexis Schaitkin

2019 · 2021 edition

320 pages

Bloodlands
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Bloodlands

Timothy Snyder, Jesús de Cos Pinto

Published 2010

524 pages