Book List

2024 Reading List

Here’s what we are reading (or hope to!) in 2024:

And if you want more book ideas – with some excellent commentary/reviews, please check out Marc C. Baker’s blog “The Baker’s Dozen” on the Emergency Management Network.


Stop the Killing – How to End the Mass Shooting Crisis by Katherine Schweit

The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt

Introduction to Crowd Science by G Keith Still

Hospital Emergency Management – A Bible for Hospital Emergency Managers by Dr. Robert J. Muller

A Code for the Government of Armies in the Field; as authorized by the laws and usages of war on land by Francis Liebe

When the Dust Settles: Stories of Love, Loss and Hope from an Expert in Disaster by Lucy Easthope

Retellable – How Your Essential Stories Unlock Power and Purpose by Jay Golden

The Devil Never Sleeps – Learning to Live in an age of Disasters by Juliette Kayyem

Insider Threats edited by Matthew Bunn and Scott D. Sagan

Leaders Eat Last – Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t by Simon Sinek

Moment of Truth: The Nature of Catastrophes and how to Prepare for Them by Kelly McKinney

Apocalypse Ready – The Manual of Manuals A Century of Panic Prevention – Taras Young

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And if you want to access our prior reading lists, here they are below.

2023 Reading List
https://blog.bartondunant.com/2023-reading-list/
2022 Reading List
https://blog.bartondunant.com/2022-reading-list/
2021 Reading List
https://blog.bartondunant.com/2021-reading-list/
2020 Reading List
https://blog.bartondunant.com/2020-reading-list/



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2023 Reading List

Here’s what we are reading (or hope to!) in 2023:

Benghazi: Know Thy Enemy by Sarah Adams & Dave Benton

Warnings: Finding Cassandras to Stop Catastrophes by Richard A. Clarke & R.P. Eddy

The Gray Rhino: How to Recognize and Act on the Obvious Dangers We Ignore by Michele Wucke

The Handbook of Crisis Communication by Timothy Coombs & Sherry Holladay

George Washington’s Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation (Little Books of Wisdom) by George Washington

Intelligence and Surprise Attack: Failure and Success from Pearl Harbor to 9/11 and Beyond by Erik J. Dahl

Dealing with Disasters: GIS for Emergency Management (Applying GIS, 2) by Ryan Lanclos & Matt Artz

A Memory of Solferino by Henri Dunant

Crowds and Power by Elias Canetti

One Second After by William R. Forstchen

Disaster by Choice by Ilan Kelman

Disposable City by Mario Alejandro Ariza

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2022 Reading List

Here’s what we are reading in 2022:

Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink

LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media by P.W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking

Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations by Thomas L. Friedman

The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations by Ori Brafman and Rod A. Beckstrom

Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World by Gen. Stanley McChrystal with Tantum Collins, David Silverman and Chris Fussell

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association: 7th Edition by the American Psychological Association

Moving to Higher Ground: Rising Sea Level and the Path Forward by John Englander

Truth Decay: An Initial Exploration of the Diminishing Role of Facts and Analysis in American Public Life by Jennifer Kavanagh and Michael D. Rich

Communicating in Risk, Crisis, and High Stress Situations – Evidence-Based Strategies and Practices by Vincent T. Covello


Here’s the reading list from the Center from Homeland Security and Defense, from the Naval Postgraduate School:

https://www.chds.us/ed/items/81


Have a suggestion for our “light reading” book for the year? We usually choose a Stephen King book, but since COVID, it seems we need something a bit lighter, maybe even uplifting. Any suggestions – please include them in the comments.


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Here is what we are reading in 2021:

  • Shall We Wake the President?: Two Centuries of Disaster Management from the Oval Office by Tevi Troy
  • Three Seconds Until Midnight by Dr. John J. Walsh Jr.
  • Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead by Jim Mattis and Bing West
  • Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Dr. Rebekah Taussig
  • Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done by Jon Acuff
  • If It Bleeds by Stephen King

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