Best Books on Disasters & Survival

Air crashes, shipwrecks, storms and the people who lived to tell it. The top-rated non-fiction to read alongside the disasters & survival documentaries.

1. Fly by Wire by William Langewiesche - View on Amazon
2. The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
3. Flying Blind by Peter Robison - View on Amazon
4. Black Box Thinking by Matthew Syed - View on Amazon
5. Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham (4.7/5) - View on Amazon
6. To Engineer Is Human by Henry Petroski (3.6/5) - View on Amazon
7. Normal Accidents by Charles Perrow - View on Amazon
8. Deep Down Dark by Héctor Tobar - View on Amazon
9. Alive by Piers Paul Read (3.8/5) - View on Amazon
10. Endurance by Alfred Lansing (4.6/5) - View on Amazon
11. The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
12. Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson - View on Amazon
13. Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink - View on Amazon
14. The Great Deluge by Douglas Brinkley - View on Amazon
15. Krakatoa by Simon Winchester (3.6/5) - View on Amazon
16. A Crack in the Edge of the World by Simon Winchester - View on Amazon
17. Pompeii by Mary Beard - View on Amazon
18. Young Men and Fire by Norman Maclean - View on Amazon
19. Fire Weather by John Vaillant - View on Amazon
20. The Big Burn by Timothy Egan - View on Amazon
21. Fire Season by Philip Connors - View on Amazon
22. I survived the California wildfires, 2018 by Lauren Tarshis - View on Amazon
23. Dynamics of structures by Anil K. Chopra - View on Amazon

Best Books on Air Disasters

1. Fly by Wire by William Langewiesche - View on Amazon
2. The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
3. Flying Blind by Peter Robison - View on Amazon
4. Black Box Thinking by Matthew Syed - View on Amazon

Best Books on Accidents & Engineering Failures

1. Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham (4.7/5) - View on Amazon
2. To Engineer Is Human by Henry Petroski (3.6/5) - View on Amazon
3. Normal Accidents by Charles Perrow - View on Amazon
4. Black Box Thinking by Matthew Syed - View on Amazon
5. Dynamics of structures by Anil K. Chopra - View on Amazon

Best Books on Rescues & Close Calls

1. Deep Down Dark by Héctor Tobar - View on Amazon
2. Alive by Piers Paul Read (3.8/5) - View on Amazon
3. Endurance by Alfred Lansing (4.6/5) - View on Amazon
4. The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger (4.1/5) - View on Amazon

Best Books on Weather & Natural Disasters

1. Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson - View on Amazon
2. The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
3. Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink - View on Amazon
4. The Great Deluge by Douglas Brinkley - View on Amazon
5. Krakatoa by Simon Winchester (3.6/5) - View on Amazon
6. A Crack in the Edge of the World by Simon Winchester - View on Amazon
7. Pompeii by Mary Beard - View on Amazon
8. Young Men and Fire by Norman Maclean - View on Amazon