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- Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. Set in a future America where the government has collapsed and anarchy rules (are you already getting panicky?) , Butler’s novel centers around a young girl from a gated Los Angeles community who experiences hyperempathy (the ability to feel the perceived pain and other sensations of others).
- Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink. A heartbreaking look at what happened inside Memorial Hospital during Hurricane Katrina.
- Pompeii by Robert Harris. Harris weaves a fictional account of political corruption and violence in with the true story of Pompeii, the city that resided in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius and was buried under its ash.
- The Dog Stars by Peter Heller. After a flu pandemic wipes out most of the people in the world, America becomes a very bleak place to live. Hig is living a meager existence in an airplane hangar with his dog, when a radio transmission from an airport gives him a glimmer of hope that there are more survivors out there.
- The Tsunami Countdown Boyd Morrison.
- Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1) Susan Beth Pfeffer.
- Girls at the Edge of the World Laura Brooke Robson (Goodreads Author)
- Blind Thrust (Joe Higheagle #1) Samuel Marquis (Goodreads Author)
- Oil Spill: Deepwater Horizon by Meish Goldfish. This harrowing true story chronicles the human side of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster. The Oil Spill is a gripping tale of courage, loss and the fight for survival against impossible odds.
- Zeitoun by Dave Eggers. Dave Eggers’ nonfiction book Zeitoun tells the harrowing story of Abdulrahman Zeitoun, a Syrian-American contractor in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
- The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough. This book chronicles the devastating Johnstown flood of 1889, one of the worst disasters in American history. Over 2,200 lives were lost when the South Fork Dam failed after days of heavy rain, unleashing 20 million tons of water down the Little Conemaugh River valley.
- Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson. Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson chronicles the events surrounding the 1900 Galveston hurricane, the deadliest natural disaster in American history.
- 'Salvage the Bones' by Jesmyn Ward. While most think immediately of New Orleans with any mention of Hurricane Katrina, the devastation wracked the entire Gulf coast from Louisiana to Florida.
- 'Katrina: After the Flood' by Gary Rivlin. New Orleans was by far the most televised city after Hurricane Katrina pummeled the coast of southeast Louisiana on August 29, 2005 — sending shock waves across the entire country and inspiring a global relief effort.
- 'Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change’ by Elizabeth Kolbert. Whether or not you believe climate change is directly responsible for the extreme weather the world has witnessed over the past decade-plus, it’s worth removing politics from the equation and really considering what the science says.
- 'Five Days at Memorial' by Sheri Fink. Inspired by the Pulitzer Prize-winning article published in The New York Times Magazine in 2009, Five Days at Memorial is an expansion of Sheri Fink’s reportage during the five days that Hurricane Katrina trapped thousands of people in New Orleans’ Memorial Medical Center without electricity or an escape route.
The best books on Natural Disasters recommended by Khurshid Alam. Disaster reconstruction and climate change expert, Khurshid Alam, talks through five illuminating books on natural disasters and outlines some of the key political issues relating to disaster management.
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Apr 10, 2024 · The 20 best books about natural disasters offer readers a diverse range of perspectives and insights into the powerful forces of nature. Whether you’re interested in the science behind these events or the human stories of survival and resilience, these books are sure to leave a lasting impact.
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