Book Riot's 2020 Read Harder Challenge - hosted by thestorygraph

Read a book about a natural disaster
All books added
The Road by Cormac McCarthy

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

256 pages • hardcover • 2006

fiction dystopian literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas Preston

The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story

Douglas Preston

336 pages • paperback • 2017

nonfiction history travel adventurous informative fast-paced
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers Edition by William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers Edition

William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer

304 pages • paperback • 2012

nonfiction biography science hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
Southernmost by Silas House

Southernmost

Silas House

336 pages • 2018

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ reflective medium-paced
Severance by Ling Ma

Severance

Ling Ma

291 pages • hardcover • 2018

fiction dystopian literary science fiction dark reflective medium-paced
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers

To Be Taught, If Fortunate

Becky Chambers

138 pages • hardcover • 2019

fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction speculative fiction adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

Gilead

Gilead #1

Marilynne Robinson

247 pages • paperback • 2004

fiction historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Deadline by Mira Grant

Deadline

Newsflesh #2

Mira Grant

581 pages • paperback • 2011

fiction dystopian horror science fiction adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague by David K. Randall

Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague

David K. Randall

304 pages • digital • 2019

nonfiction history science adventurous informative slow-paced
Odessa by Jonathan Hill

Odessa

Jonathan Hill

328 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction graphic novel science fiction young adult adventurous reflective medium-paced