Weather Books

Last updated: December 31, 2011

1. The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (P.S.) by Sebastian Junger Published: April 3, 2007 Score: 15.76
2. Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson Published: July 11, 2000 Score: 6.1
3. Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet by Bill McKibben Published: March 15, 2011 Score: 4.74
4. The Long Emergency by James Howard Kunstler and James Howard Kunstler Published: April 1, 2006 Score: 2.87
5. Cosmos by Carl Sagan Published: October 12, 1985 Score: 2.49
6. The Children's Blizzard (P.S.) by David Laskin Published: October 13, 2009 Score: 2.04
7. Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity by James C. Hansen Published: December 21, 2010 Score: 1.67
8. The Proving Ground: The Inside Story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Race by G. Bruce Knecht Published: April 1, 2002 Score: 1.57
9. The Cloud Collector's Handbook by Gavin Pretor-Pinney Published: February 16, 2011 Score: 1.29
10. The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming (and Environmentalism) by Christopher C. Horner Published: February 12, 2007 Score: 1.15
11. The Great Disruption: Why the Climate Crisis Will Bring On the End of Shopping and the Birth of a New World by Paul Gilding Published: March 29, 2011 Score: 1.15
12. Overboard!: A True Blue-water Odyssey of Disaster and Survival by Mike Tougias Published: March 8, 2011 Score: 1.04
13. The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast by Douglas G. Brinkley Published: May 9, 2006 Score: 1.03
14. Heaven and Earth: Global Warming, the Missing Science by Ian Plimer Published: July 16, 2009 Score: 0.93
15. Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water by Marc Reisner Published: January 8, 1990 Score: 0.77
16. The World in 2050: Four Forces Shaping Civilization's Northern Future by Laurence C. Smith Published: October 25, 2011 Score: 0.76
17. Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change by Elizabeth Kolbert Published: December 26, 2006 Score: 0.7
18. The Hockey Stick Illusion (Independent Minds) by A. W. Montford Published: June 6, 2011 Score: 0.7
19. Climategate: A Veteran Meteorologist Exposes the Global Warming Scam by Brian Sussman Published: April 22, 2010 Score: 0.69
20. Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years by Dennis T. Avery and S. Fred Singer Published: September 13, 2006 Score: 0.68
21. Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming by James Hoggan and Richard Littlemore Published: September 29, 2009 Score: 0.67
22. Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto by Stewart Brand Published: October 15, 2009 Score: 0.63
23. The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century by David Salsburg Published: April 1, 2001 Score: 0.47
24. Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It by Al Gore Score: 0.45
25. The Weather Makers : How We are Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth by Tim F. Flannery Score: 0.41

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