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

Read a book about a natural disaster
All books added
Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond by Sonia Shah

Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond

Sonia Shah

288 pages • paperback • 2015

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson

The Ministry for the Future

Kim Stanley Robinson

576 pages • digital • 2020

fiction science fiction challenging hopeful informative slow-paced
Les Femmes de Heart Spring Mountain by Robin MacArthur

Les Femmes de Heart Spring Mountain

Robin MacArthur

368 pages • 2018

fiction literary mystery mysterious reflective slow-paced
Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri

Tokyo Ueno Station

Yu Miri

197 pages • paperback • 2014

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Mammoth by Chris Flynn

Mammoth

Chris Flynn

265 pages • 2020

fiction historical literary challenging funny reflective slow-paced
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Fifth Season

The Broken Earth #1

N.K. Jemisin

15 hours, 27 minutes • audio • 2015

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

Salvage the Bones

Bois Sauvage #2

Jesmyn Ward

271 pages • paperback • 2011

fiction contemporary literary emotional sad tense medium-paced
Wave: A Memoir of Life After the Tsunami by Sonali Deraniyagala

Wave: A Memoir of Life After the Tsunami

Sonali Deraniyagala

213 pages • hardcover • 2013

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Midnight at the Electric by Jodi Lynn Anderson

Midnight at the Electric

Jodi Lynn Anderson

259 pages • digital • 2017

fiction science fiction young adult adventurous reflective slow-paced
A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge by Josh Neufeld

A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge

Josh Neufeld

197 pages • digital • 2009

nonfiction comics history emotional sad fast-paced