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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Ice Hunt
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Ice Hunt

James Rollins

2003 · 2010 edition

476 pages

Deep Fathom
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Deep Fathom

James Rollins

Published 2001

480 pages

The Silence
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The Silence

Don DeLillo, Laurie Anderson, Jeremy Bobb, Marin Ireland, Robin Miles, Jay O. Sanders, Michael Stuhlbarg

Published 2020

128 pages

Mount Dragon
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Mount Dragon

Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

1996 · 1997 edition

512 pages

Moominsummer Madness
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Moominsummer Madness

Tove Jansson, Thomas Warburton

1976 · 2019 edition

192 pages

Cardboard
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Cardboard

Doug TenNapel

Published 2012

288 pages

My Magnolia Summer
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My Magnolia Summer

Victoria Benton Frank

2023 · 2024 edition

352 pages

The Cobra Event
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The Cobra Event

Richard Preston

1991 · 1998 edition

432 pages

Fire Weather
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Fire Weather

John Vaillant

Published 2023

432 pages

The Returned
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The Returned

Jason Mott

Published 2013

344 pages

The Lies We Told
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The Lies We Told

Diane Chamberlain

2010 · 2011 edition

498 pages

Night Light
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Night Light

Terri Blackstock

Published 2005

355 pages

The Bridge
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The Bridge

Karen Kingsbury

2012 · 2013 edition

232 pages

Ashes, Ashes
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Ashes, Ashes

Jo Treggiari

Published 2011

352 pages