Open Books Challenge 2026: About or Set During a Natural Disaster

The Open Books Reading Challenge is a year-long reading challenge for people interested in pushing the boundaries of their reading. For full details of the program, please check-out our page at: https://www.rplmn.org/books-more/discover-more/open-books-reading-challenge

These are some ideas that fit the 2026 category "About or set during a natural disaster."

Happy Reading!

Updated December 31, 2025
RPL Staff
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The year of the flood : a novel
Atwood, Margaret
Paper Book
Adam One, the kindly leader of the God's Gardeners - a religion devoted to the melding of science and religion, the preservation of all species, the tending of the Earth, and the cultivation of bees and organic crops on flat rooftops - has long predicted the Waterless Flood. Now it has occured,...
Speak to me of home : a novel
Cummins, Jeanine
Paper Book
From the internationally bestselling author of American Dirt, comes a heartfelt, multigenerational family story which asks: what does it mean to call a place home? 'A big swooning romance... delectable' The Times 'A riveting tale of three generations...
Camino winds
Grisham, John
Paper Book
The Sunday Times bestseller from international bestseller John Grisham. Is a Perfect Storm the Perfect Time for a Murder? 'Another gem from John Grisham' Observer
The volcano challenge
Grylls, Bear
Paper Book
The seventh in the exciting new 12-book collectible series for young readers from survival expert and Chief Scout BEAR GRYLLS
The displacements
Holsinger, Bruce W.
Paper Book
House of bone and rain : a barrio noir
Iglesias, Gabino
Elmer and the flood
McKee, David
Paper Book
Rain or no rain, Elmer is going for a walk. After being cooped up in a cave with his herd, he longs for a bit of fresh air and some peace and quiet. But peace and quiet is going to have to wait - when Elmer goes outside, he discovers the rain has caused a flood. Can brave Elmer work out a way to...
A better man
Penny, Louise
Paper Book
Disappearing Earth
Phillips, Julia
Paper Book
Beautifully written, thought-provoking, intense and cleverly wrought, this is the most extraordinary first novel from a mesmerising new talent. One August afternoon, on the shoreline of the north-eastern edge of Russia, two sisters are abducted. In the ensuing weeks, then months,...
The Phoenix crown : a novel
Quinn, Kate
Paper Book
An unforgettable story about the intertwined lives of two wronged women, spanning from the chaos of the San Francisco earthquake to the glittering palaces of Versailles... San Francisco, 1906. In a city bustling with newly minted millionaires and scheming upstarts, two very...
Rushing waters
Steel, Danielle
Paper Book
As Hurricane Ophelia bears down on New York City, millions are caught up in the horrific flooding it unleashes. Successful interior designer Ellen Wharton flies into New York from London, heedless of the hurricane warnings. She is intent on seeing her mother, Grace. But when the...

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