Volcanology

Last updated: December 31, 2011

1. Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester Published: July 5, 2005 Score: 6.64
2. The Measure of a Mountain: Beauty and Terror on Mount Rainier by Bruce Barcott Published: April 9, 2007 Score: 0.5
3. Natural Disasters by Patrick L. Abbott Published: January 1, 1996 Score: 0.31
4. Supervolcano by Supe John Savino Published: October 9, 2008 Score: 0.26
5. Super Volcano: The Ticking Time Bomb Beneath Yellowstone National Park by Greg Breining Published: February 15, 2007 Score: 0.25
6. No Apparent Danger: The True Story of Volcanic Disaster at Galeras and Nevado Del Ruiz by Victoria Bruce Published: February 19, 2002 Score: 0.2
7. Violent Earth by Robert Dinwiddie, Simon Lamb and Ross Reynolds Published: October 3, 2011 Score: 0.18
8. Volcanoes in Human History: The Far-Reaching Effects of Major Eruptions by Jelle Zeilinga de Boer, Donald Theodore Sanders and Robert D. Ballard Published: November 1, 2004 Score: 0.18
9. Volcano Cowboys: The Rocky Evolution of a Dangerous Science by Dick Thompson Published: July 14, 2000 Score: 0.14
10. Surviving Galeras by Stanley Williams and Fen Montaigne Published: April 17, 2001 Score: 0.14
11. California Geology (2nd Edition) by Deborah Reid Harden Published: November 14, 2003 Score: 0.14
12. Windows into the Earth: The Geologic Story of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks by Robert B. Smith and Lee J. Siegel Published: May 25, 2000 Score: 0.12
13. The Last Days of St. Pierre: The Volcanic Disaster That Claimed 30,000 Lives by Ernest Zebrowski Published: February 1, 2002 Score: 0.11
14. Volcanoes by Robert Decker and Barbara Decker Published: October 7, 2005 Score: 0.1
15. The Last Day: Wrath, Ruin, and Reason in the Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755 by Nicholas Shrady and Patrick Lawlor Published: April 21, 2008 Score: 0.1
16. Earthquakes: 2006 Centennial Update by Bruce A. Bolt Published: August 5, 2005 Score: 0.09
17. Earthquakes, Fifth Edition by Bruce A. Bolt Published: October 17, 2003 Score: 0.08
18. Apocalypse: Earthquakes, Archaeology, and the Wrath of God by Amos Nur and Dawn Burgess Published: March 24, 2008 Score: 0.08
19. The Geysers of Yellowstone by T. Scott Bryan Published: June 1, 1995 Score: 0.07
20. Volcanoes: Crucibles of Change by Richard V. Fisher, Jeffrey B. Hulen and Grant Heiken Published: May 5, 1997 Score: 0.06
21. The Man Who Predicts Earthquakes: Jim Berkland, Maverick Geologist--How His Quake Warnings Can Save Lives by Cal Orey Published: December 15, 2005 Score: 0.06
22. Earthquakes in Human History: The Far-Reaching Effects of Seismic Disruptions by Jelle Zeilinga de Boer and Donald Theodore Sanders Published: December 6, 2004 Score: 0.06
23. Encyclopedia of Volcanoes by Bruce Houghton, Hazel Rymer, John Stix and Steve McNutt Published: October 29, 1999 Score: 0.06
24. Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes (Science Encyclopedia) by Alexander E. Gates and David Ritchie Published: April 1, 2007 Score: 0.06