When I first picked this up, I noticed it was very similar to another book I just read, 'Awake in the Floating City' by Susanna Kwan. Both revolve around flooding cities in the wake of climate change. In this case Nonie, and her family and friends take refuse after a giant flood on the top of the American Museum of Natural History. They grow their own food and only take items from the museum if absolutely necessary. This did remind me quite a bit of 'Station 11', as the family soon has to make a move to escape more dangerous flood waters. On their journey to high ground, they encounter many other families that have altered their way of life to survive amid global climate change. This was a very timely story for me as I read this during the height of the CA wildfires here in Los Angeles.

This is a story about the power of community, resilience, and the ability to adapt to change. As a first debut novel, this was a great effort, with good character development, and plot devices. You'll be rooting for the main characters as they try to reinvent their lives in the wake of impending disaster.

An amazing debut novel!! I absolutely loved this book! The idea of the world being flooded and weather being crazy is something that could maybe happen. This apocalyptic version of the world was so good! Nonie's POV was unique and a beautiful way to see The World As It Is. Highly recommend!

A slow start in a future world that turns into my biggest nightmare. A world overflowing with water. Science fiction? Yes. Horror? For me, absolutely.

All the Water in the World was a really good one! It follows a teen girl and her family (both biological and found) as they navigate the water apocalypse. I love an apocalypse, and let's be honest, the water one is the only kind I stand a chance in. I really loved the characters, oddly enough, especially the side characters. Honestly, I could have read entire books just about each of them. And the world building was great, too! It was exciting, and I was wholly invested throughout. And the atmosphere was absolutely on point. I felt the sogginess, you know?

Also, this would make an *amazing* show. Can we please get someone on this? A water world with a great cast of characters whose backstories are as provocative as their current stories, with unlimited world, plot, and character development potential is just... it's the apocalypse show I need. So if someone can do me a solid and grab the rights to this ASAP, I'd be forever grateful.

Bottom Line: This one was a huge hit, now can I please watch it somewhere, too?

*Thanks to Netglley and St. Martin’s for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.*

Dystopian and post-apocalyptic books may seem like a strange genre to embrace as climate change ravages the planet, but I have found them to be more compelling because of their proximity to real crises. All the Water in the World makes Manhattan a storm-ravaged wasteland, home to few and dangerous to all. The tender relationships among the survivors of intense superstorms and the ensuing flooding were written with grace and incredible humanity. Encountering unique challenges and harnessing their individual gifts, the deeply bonded sisters at the heart of this story have especially stuck with me. On par with Emily St. John Mandel and Julia Phillips’ climate disaster novels, All the Water in the World is already a top book of 2025 for me.

Thank you #StMartinsPress and #NetGalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
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I love a dystopian book and this dystopian climate fiction has me thinking about every possibility. All of the glaciers in the planet melted along with unpredictable weather leaves the planet under water. Nonie and her family seek refuge on the roof of the American Museum of Natural History. I found that fascinating. Think about all of the information and resources you can find in a museum. I would love to see this as a tv series!

This is a gripping and hopeful read that will resonate with fans of captivating climate fiction, particularly those who appreciate stories about resilience, community, and the power of preserving human knowledge and love in the face of catastrophic change.

I was drawn in from the very beginning, and this book didn't let go. I'm actually hoping for a sequel! What a scary world this one could become if we don't get a handle on climate change. Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC.

I really enjoyed this. As I get more interested in science fiction, I find myself very interested in the world that could be as opposed to one that feels too far away. The plot of this book was very original, the setting felt true and immersive, and it truly made me think. It was a bit more light handed than I expected; I think I expected something with a bit more bite. But I loved Nonie's POV and felt that she was an extremely strong lead.

❤️ For my friends who want an action-packed, heart-filled post-apocalyptic literary thriller.

ALL THE WATER IN THE WORLD by Eiren Caffall (Eunice Wong, Narrator)

🎧 Thanks, @stmartinspress and @Macmillan.audio, for the book and audiobook review copies via #NetGalley. (Available now) 8 hours, 12 minutes

After a global climate-based apocalypse floods New York City, a small group of researchers create a settlement in the American Museum of Natural History. They are equally concerned with their survival and the preservation of their collections, comparing themselves to curators in Iraq and Leningrad, who worked to protect their collections from war. With them are 13-year-old Nonie, her father, and her older sister. But when a superstorm breaches the flood walls, they are forced to flee north, facing threats from the elements and other survivors on their way.

This brilliantly written literary thriller was as heart-pounding as it was heart-wrenching. It highlighted the unbreakable bonds of a family—both those we’re born into and those we find along the way.

The audiobook performance is exceptional. Eunice Wong perfectly captures the nuance of each character and adds a haunting quality to Nonie’s old soul in a young body.

All the Water in the world
I thought this was a very good book! I enjoyed the characters and the story as a whole! Slow burning post apocalyptic journey to survive a flooded world.
Thanks net galley and st martins press for this arc.

This is really something special. When I read the description comparing it to Station Eleven-one of my all-time favorites and a book that completely changed the way I think of and interact with people-I knew I wanted to give it a try. This is a story told by Nonie, whose family has had to relocate to living on top of the American Museum of Natural History in NYC. At some point in the present or near future, climate changes have altered life as we know it to something unrecognizable. Nonie's parents are scientists that are employed by the AMNH (or "Amen" as they call it) so it felt natural to them to retreat to the roof when things started getting dangerous outside. But as with all apocalyptic scenarios, food is scarce and medications are long gone. Even though the waters continue to rise outside, this family has to find another living situation. They decide to borrow a canoe from one of the museum exhibits and navigate the Hudson River north to a small farm owned by Nonie's family. Not everyone that sets out from Amen makes it alive, and there are dangers around every bend in the river.

So this really felt like three separate tales to me: the first half is Nonie's family living in a longhouse on the roof of AMNH with a few others, a tightknit community of found family. When they leave, the journey upriver is like a completely separate story. Interspersed throughout are flashback chapters of an earlier life. My favorite of all of these was the tale of the journey to the farm. The whole story was breathtaking and suspenseful and emotional and introspective, but the time spent on the run was fast-paced and thrilling and dangerous. When I began the book, I had to adjust my reading speed to slow down and really take my time with the chapters because of the emotional weight of what was happening. I really felt a lot in these pages and I thought about it a lot when I was not reading. But once the small group went on the run, I felt like I couldn't read fast enough. It took me a full week to read the first half of the book and only a few hours to read the second half.

There is a lot of science in here, which I loved. The story doesn't waste its time teaching you what any of it means; you either have to know it already or stop and look things up along the way, if that suits you. It suited me just fine and I managed to learn some stuff. I believe that people who love STEM will find a lot in here to love.

One of my favorite details, and one of the most terrifying, is that of a world where hurricanes have become hypercanes-where every aspect of the huge storms if BIGGER and more destructive. Reading the hypercane chapters felt like I was standing right in it, drenched from the rain and windblown, trying to survive. Absolutely fascinating.

Anyway, I loved it. I am exactly the right reader for this book and I'm so glad that it found me. I feel good about how everything ended. It was stressful to me to put myself in Nonie's place, or Bix's or Mary's or Esther's, but I did it anyway. And that's one of the reasons this will sit with me for a very long time. It's a world that could exist with the climate changes we are experiencing, and there is definitely a lot of food for thought. I'm so glad I read it. I loved the quiet intelligence and emotion of the first half so much, and I also loved the danger and suspense of the second half. Even though it isn't Station Eleven exactly, I can see why there is a comparison there.

3.5 stars rounded up for this climate-oriented survival story with a quiet but tough cast of characters -- I ended up enjoying this one. Candidly I felt like it started a little bit slow, and early on I felt like the continual switches between the two timelines were a little distracting as the story and characters got established. But around the one-third mark it really picked up and introduced more of the adventure elements that pulled the plot along, and I got sucked further in pretty quickly. It's a little more plot-driven than character-driven, which is different from some of the other speculative sci-fi type reads I've enjoyed, but was an interesting premise all the same!

All the Water in the World is told by a girl who is gifted with a feeling for water and this takes place in a flooded future. This drew me in by the cover and had me captivated from the beginning. The author wrote this so well and I was turning pages until the end. All of the characters were interesting and good in this one. Overall, this was the perfect science fiction and dystopian read that I highly enjoyed and would recommend to any reader who loves science fiction. Thank you to NetGalley and St Martins Press for this read in exchange of my honest review of All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall.

@macmillan.audio @stmartinspress | #gifted 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗, the debut novel from Eiren Caffall, is, as you might expect from its title, a story of climate change. Told by Nonie who together with her older sister, parents and a handful of others, had been surviving on the roof of The Museum of Natural History for quite some time. Rising waters emptied out much of the city, but they’d stayed put, trying to save much of the history contained within their “home.” It was a different life, a hard life, but it’s what they had. That was until the city’s flood walls gave and they were forced to flee.⁣
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From there, the rest of the story follows their dangerous journey inland in search of the rural home Nonie’s mother grew up in. Nonie tells the story well, though her perspective sometimes felt a bit off for her age, at times too young and at other times too old. Never-the-less, narrator Eunice Wong was always easy to listen to.⁣
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It’s hard not to compare this cli-fi book to others I’ve read in the last couple years, most recently 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 by Julia Armfield, and earlier 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘗𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 by Lily Brooks Dalton. I liked both those books a lot, especially the latter. For me, 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 wasn’t quite at their level, but was still a story I enjoyed and was always engaged with. The only real negative was that I never truly felt connected to any of the characters in this particular story. I’ll be curious to see what others think and still recommend that those who like climate fiction give this one a try. ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫✨

Thank you to St. Martin's Press for my copy of ALL THE WATER IN THE WORLD.

I had a hard time with this book. It was violent, scary, sad and felt very real. This dystopian novel features things that are pretty likely to happen. I had a hard time getting through it and I do believe it was the timing of it that make it tricky. There's a lot going on right now with the fires in LA and no drinking water on the east coast. I needed an escape from that and this was not it.

I really enjoyed this one. Inspired by stories of curators in history who worked to preserve museum collections.
A group in post apocalyptic times has made their camp on top of a museum. But when the museum is no longer safe, they need to make a perilous trip hundreds of miles away. How to protect what is left in the world?

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! No spoilers. Beyond amazing I enjoyed this book so very much. The characters and storyline were fantastic. The ending I did not see coming Could not put down nor did I want to. Truly Amazing and appreciated the whole story. This is going to be a must read for many many readers. Maybe even a book club pick.

This is a tough book - there’s no way around that. Violence, lots of loss, gruesome details. This is certainly a dystopian future - but not an impossible one. It was not easy to read. I did appreciate the character development, even through the flashbacks. I think I would have appreciated an earlier start to the book - not being thrown in so abruptly. I thought it was very creative and would read this author again in the future.

Although the premise is interesting, I, unfortunately, found this dystopian read rather dry. I felt like it dragged on at times and didn't seem all that different from other dystopian books, tv shows and movies I've experienced. I commend the author for her writing style, but this just wasn't my cup of tea.