Good Books Are in the Forecast

Our December display theme, Good Books Are in the Forecast, brings together fiction and nonfiction featuring all sorts of weather events.

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Updated November 13, 2024
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Thunder & lightning : weather past, present, future
Redniss, Lauren
Paper Book
From the National Book Award finalist Lauren Redniss, author of Radioactive, comes a dazzling fusion of storytelling, visual art, and reportage that grapples with weather in all its dimensions: its danger and its beauty, why it happens and what it means. WINNER OF THE...
Miss Julia weathers the storm
Ross, Ann B.
Paper Book
In the latest installment of Ann B. Ross's New York Times bestselling series, Miss Julia takes a trip to the beach, only to confront a hurricane roiling off the coast--and all the trouble it washes ashore Miss Julia's sweet and generous husband, Sam, has decided to take a...
The man who caught the storm : the life of legendary tornado chaser Tim Samaras
Hargrove, Brantley
Paper Book
The life and death saga of one of history's greatest storm chasers: a tour-de-force tale of obsession, ingenuity, and the race to understand nature's fiercest phenomenon--the tornado. "An instant classic of Americana." --Hampton Sides "Many a novel is not written...
The Children's Blizzard
Benjamin, Melanie 1962-
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Aviator's Wife comes a story of courage on the prairie, inspired by the devastating storm that struck the Great Plains in 1888, threatening the lives of hundreds of immigrant homesteaders, especially schoolchildren. ...
The storm we made : a novel
Chan, Vanessa (Novelist)
Paper Book
" A sweeping epic about an unlikely spy, a secret love affair, and the uncontrollable forces that will test even the most unbreakable ties. Set in Malay (now Malaysia) during World War II, this spellbinding "most anticipated" (Oprah Daily) novel chronicles a mother and her children as...
The raging storm
Cleeves, Ann
Paper Book
Ann Cleeves--New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, both of which are hit TV shows--returns with the extraordinary third in the Two Rivers series. Fierce winds, dark secrets, deadly intentions.
The night of the storm
Parekh, Nishita
Paper Book
Hurricane Harvey is about to hit Houston. Meanwhile, single mom Jia Shah is already having a rough week: her twelve-year-old son, Ishaan, has just been suspended from school for getting in a fight. Still reeling from the fallout of her divorce - their move to Houston, her family's disapproval, the...
The perfect storm : a true story of men against the sea
Junger, Sebastian.
Paper Book
"There is nothing imaginary about Junger's book; it is all terrifyingly, awesomely real." --Los Angeles Times It was the storm of the century, boasting waves over one hundred feet high--a tempest created by so rare a combination of factors that meteorologists deemed it "the...
The bad weather friend
Koontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray) 1945-
Paper Book
Benny is so nice they feel compelled to destroy him, but he has a friend who should scare the hell out of them in this breathtaking new kind of thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz. Benny Catspaw's perpetually sunny disposition is tested...

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