Best History Books about Disasters

1
Triangle: The Fire that Changed America
by David Von Drehle
1,364 members
34 reviews
3.9
6 Members
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2
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
by Simon Winchester
4,570 members
129 reviews
3.8
5 Members
ursula, lilithcat, AnnaClaire, Mr.Durick, christian.p
3
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
by Erik Larson
4,716 members
149 reviews
4
4 Members
ABVR, SqueakyChu, kageeh, AnnaClaire
4
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
by Piers Paul Read
2,659 members
69 reviews
4
4 Members
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5
Hiroshima
by John Hersey
2,427 members
47 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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6
The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
by Douglas Brinkley
916 members
20 reviews
4
3 Members
ABVR, eromsted, kageeh
7
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
by Jon Krakauer
15,680 members
342 reviews
4.2
3 Members
ursula, dara85, Helcura
8
Curse of The Narrows: The Halifax Disaster of 1917
by Laura M. MacDonald
464 members
22 reviews
4.1
3 Members
Helcura, AnnaClaire, SylviaC
9
To Sleep with the Angels: The Story of a Fire
by David Cowan
256 members
12 reviews
½ 4.4
3 Members
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10
The Johnstown Flood
by David McCullough
2,583 members
80 reviews
4
3 Members
ABVR, dara85, AnnaClaire
11
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
by Jared M. Diamond
13,377 members
190 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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12
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
by Svetlana Alexievich
2,895 members
98 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
hipdeep, ANich317
13
The Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy
by Stewart O'Nan
638 members
27 reviews
4
2 Members
dara85, AnnaClaire
14
Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
by John M. Barry
1,577 members
31 reviews
4.2
2 Members
ABVR, dara85
15
The Children's Blizzard
by David Laskin
1,868 members
86 reviews
4
2 Members
AnnaClaire, cej1027
16
A Night to Remember
by Walter Lord
3,491 members
72 reviews
4.1
2 Members
ursula, dara85
17
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
by Sheri Fink
1,792 members
174 reviews
4.1
2 Members
dara85, aulsmith
18
Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
by Stephen Puleo
824 members
32 reviews
4
2 Members
dara85, Helcura
20
Firestorm at Peshtigo: A Town, Its People, and the Deadliest Fire in American History
by Denise Gess
261 members
10 reviews
3.8
Member
Helcura
21
Smoldering City: Chicagoans and the Great Fire, 1871-1874
by Karen Sawislak
27 members
Member
eromsted
22
1 Dead in Attic
by Chris Rose
671 members
29 reviews
4.2
Member
hipdeep
23
102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers
by Jim Dwyer
1,510 members
50 reviews
4.1
Member
dara85
24
Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938
by R. A. Scotti
567 members
12 reviews
4
Member
ABVR
25
The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche
by Gary Krist
357 members
15 reviews
4
Member
Helcura
26
Trapped: The 1909 Cherry Mine Disaster
by Karen Tintori
104 members
3 reviews
4
Member
Helcura
27
Killer Show: The Station Nightclub Fire, America's Deadliest Rock Concert
by John Barylick
100 members
13 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
dara85
28
A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906
by Simon Winchester
2,480 members
76 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
AnnaClaire
29
Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894
by Daniel James Brown
401 members
18 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
Helcura
30
Fire and Brimstone: The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917
by Michael Punke
112 members
3 reviews
4
Member
Helcura
31
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
by Erik Larson
6,097 members
306 reviews
4.1
Member
dara85
32
Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest
by Beck Weathers
539 members
20 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
Helcura