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Across Natural Disasters, Nature, Personal Memoirs, and Women — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala.

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Wave A Memoir — Sonali Deraniyagala

Sonali Deraniyagala

Themes: Natural Disasters • Nature • Personal Memoirs

Naked Stripped by a Man and Hurricane Katrina — Julie Freed

Naked Stripped by a Man and Hurricane Katrina

Themes: Natural Disasters • Nature • Personal Memoirs

The Perfect Storm A True Story of Man Against the Sea — Sebastian Junger

The Perfect Storm A True Story of Man Against the Sea

Sebastian Junger

Themes: Natural Disasters • Nature • Personal Memoirs

My Lost Brothers The Untold Story by the Yarnell Hill Fire’s Lone Survivor — Brendan McDonough

My Lost Brothers The Untold Story by the Yarnell Hill Fire’s Lone Survivor

Brendan McDonough

Themes: Natural Disasters • Nature • Personal Memoirs

Breathing Again A Hurricane Harvey Memoir — Rachael Valka

Breathing Again A Hurricane Harvey Memoir

Themes: Natural Disasters • Nature • Personal Memoirs

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2009 — Tim Folger

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2009

Themes: Natural Disasters • Nature • Personal Memoirs

Titanic and Other Ships — Charles Herbert Lightoller

Titanic and Other Ships

Charles Herbert Lightoller

Themes: Natural Disasters • Nature • Personal Memoirs

Tsunami Kids Our Journey from Survival to Success — Paul Forkan

Tsunami Kids Our Journey from Survival to Success

Themes: Natural Disasters • Nature • Personal Memoirs

Zeitoun — Dave Eggers

Themes: Natural Disasters • Nature • Personal Memoirs

flood — Nicole Kooyman

Themes: Natural Disasters • Nature • Personal Memoirs

The Mercy of the Sky The Story of a Tornado — Holly Bailey

The Mercy of the Sky The Story of a Tornado

Themes: Natural Disasters • Nature • Personal Memoirs

Flood Stage and Rising — Jane Varley

Flood Stage and Rising

Themes: Natural Disasters • Nature • Personal Memoirs

Currowan The Story of a Fire and a Community During Australia’s Worst Summer — Bronwyn Adcock

Currowan The Story of a Fire and a Community During Australia’s Worst Summer

Themes: Natural Disasters • Nature • Personal Memoirs

No Nice Girl Swears Notes on High Society, Social Graces, and Keeping Your Wits from a Jazz-Age Debutante — Alice-Leone Moats

No Nice Girl Swears Notes on High Society, Social Graces, and Keeping Your Wits from a Jazz-Age Debutante

Alice-Leone Moats

Themes: Natural Disasters • Nature • Women

The Last Run A True Story of Rescue and Redemption on the Alaska Seas — Todd Lewan

The Last Run A True Story of Rescue and Redemption on the Alaska Seas

Themes: Natural Disasters • Nature • Biography & Autobiography

Coming Back Alive The True Story of the Most Harrowing Search and Rescue Mission Ever Attempted on Alaska’s High Seas — Spike Walker

Coming Back Alive The True Story of the Most Harrowing Search and Rescue Mission Ever Attempted on Alaska’s High Seas

Themes: Natural Disasters • Nature • Biography & Autobiography

Into the Storm Violent Tornadoes, Killer Hurricanes, and Death-Defying Adventures in Extreme Weather — Reed Timmer

Into the Storm Violent Tornadoes, Killer Hurricanes, and Death-Defying Adventures in Extreme Weather

Themes: Natural Disasters • Nature • Biography & Autobiography

Floyd Collins Tragedy at Sand Cave, The — John Benton, Bill Napper, Bob Thompson

Floyd Collins Tragedy at Sand Cave, The

John Benton, Bill Napper, Bob Thompson

Themes: Natural Disasters • Nature • Biography & Autobiography

The Day It Finally Happens Alien Contact, Dinosaur Parks, Immortal Humans – and Other Possible Phenomena — Mike Pearl

The Day It Finally Happens Alien Contact, Dinosaur Parks, Immortal Humans – and Other Possible Phenomena

Themes: Natural Disasters • Nature • Biography & Autobiography

Paradise One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire — Lizzie Johnson

Paradise One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire

Themes: Natural Disasters • Nature • Biography & Autobiography

Paradise Found A High School Football Team’s Rise from the Ashes — Bill Plaschke

Paradise Found A High School Football Team’s Rise from the Ashes

Themes: Natural Disasters • Nature • Biography & Autobiography

The Man Who Caught the Storm The Life of Legendary Tornado Chaser Tim Samaras — Brantley Hargrove

The Man Who Caught the Storm The Life of Legendary Tornado Chaser Tim Samaras

Brantley Hargrove

Themes: Natural Disasters • Nature • Biography & Autobiography

A Few Of Hamilton’s Letters Including His Description Of The Great West Indian Hurricane Of 1772 (1903) — Alexander Hamilton

A Few Of Hamilton’s Letters Including His Description Of The Great West Indian Hurricane Of 1772 (1903)

Alexander Hamilton

Themes: Natural Disasters • Nature • Biography & Autobiography

The Emerald Mile The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon — Kevin Fedarko

The Emerald Mile The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon

Themes: Natural Disasters • Nature • Biography & Autobiography

Fans of Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala will find 24 titles here, all united by Natural Disasters, Nature, Personal Memoirs. Authors represented include Sonali Deraniyagala, Julie Freed, Sebastian Junger, Brendan McDonough, and others.

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