Best Drought
The Time It Never Rained by Elmer Kelton portrays the profound impact of a prolonged drought on a Texas ranching family during the early 1970s. Set against the backdrop of the 1950s, the novel realistically depicts the hardships faced by farmers and ranchers struggling with water scarcity and econom...
Mot is the ancient Canaanite and Ugaritic deity of death, drought, and the underworld, often personified as the ultimate antagonist of life and fertility. In the Ugaritic texts known as the Baal Cycle, he is portrayed as the son of the supreme god El and a primary rival to Baal, the god of storms. T...
Not a Drop to Drink is Mindy McGinnis's 2013 young adult novel about a teenager defending her rural pond in a water-scarce United States.
The Burning World is J. G. Ballard's 1964 climate-disaster novel about industrial pollution disrupting rainfall, revised in 1965 as The Drought.
Gold Fame Citrus is a 2015 dystopian novel by Claire Vaye Watkins set in a near-future American West that has been rendered uninhabitable by a catastrophic, decade-long drought.
Dry is a 2018 young adult post-apocalyptic novel by Neal and Jarrod Shusterman, notable for its realistic depiction of societal breakdown during a catastrophic California drought.
The Drought is a 1965 science fiction novel by British author J. G. Ballard, notable for its surreal depiction of societal collapse following a catastrophic global water shortage.
Solarbabies is a 1986 American science fiction film notable for its depiction of an oppressive dystopian future where orphaned teenagers play a roller-skate sport to rebel.
