Best Survival Stories

Description
Stories of survival after or during various calamities.
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15 participating members
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Watership Down
by Richard Adams
24,057 members
463 reviews
4.2
6 Members
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2
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
48,048 members
730 reviews
½ 3.7
5 Members
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3
Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
42,597 members
995 reviews
3.9
5 Members
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4
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway
29,626 members
491 reviews
3.8
5 Members
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5
Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer
17,408 members
435 reviews
3.9
5 Members
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6
The Martian
by Andy Weir
16,964 members
1,198 reviews
½ 4.3
5 Members
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7
Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen
16,709 members
563 reviews
3.8
5 Members
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8
The Incredible Journey
by Sheila Burnford
5,450 members
71 reviews
3.9
5 Members
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9
Catching Fire
by Suzanne Collins
46,402 members
1,766 reviews
4.2
4 Members
KimarieBee, DeltaQueen50, sturlington, ahef1963
10
The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition
by Stephen King
19,299 members
362 reviews
½ 4.3
4 Members
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11
Station Eleven
by Emily St. John Mandel
10,809 members
751 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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12
The Passage
by Justin Cronin
9,165 members
622 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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13
The Day of the Triffids
by John Wyndham
7,222 members
199 reviews
4
4 Members
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14
The Windup Girl
by Paolo Bacigalupi
6,024 members
291 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
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15
The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
61,596 members
3,443 reviews
½ 4.3
4 Members
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16
Night
by Elie Wiesel
26,553 members
565 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
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17
Island of the Blue Dolphins
by Scott O'Dell
17,437 members
298 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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18
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
by Max Brooks
15,089 members
697 reviews
4
3 Members
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19
Blindness
by José Saramago
12,633 members
379 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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20
My Side of the Mountain
by Jean Craighead George
11,221 members
139 reviews
4
3 Members
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21
Year of Wonders
by Geraldine Brooks
8,580 members
403 reviews
4
3 Members
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22
Parable of the Sower
by Octavia E. Butler
7,447 members
217 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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23
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men against the Sea
by Sebastian Junger
5,959 members
92 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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24
The Twelve
by Justin Cronin
3,432 members
160 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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sturlington: Survival in post-apocalyptic world overrun by vampires.
25
Parable of the Talents
by Octavia E. Butler
3,327 members
90 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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26
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
by Piers Paul Read
2,294 members
63 reviews
4
3 Members
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27
The Plague Dogs
by Richard Adams
2,139 members
39 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
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28
Eifelheim
by Michael Flynn
1,083 members
65 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
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29
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy
33,339 members
1,387 reviews
4.1
2 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington
30
Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe
23,851 members
313 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
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31
Oryx and Crake
by Margaret Atwood
16,674 members
523 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
32
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
by Neil Gaiman
14,084 members
935 reviews
4.1
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
33
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
by Jon Krakauer
13,663 members
308 reviews
4.2
2 Members
dara85, ahef1963
34
A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller Jr.
11,340 members
303 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
35
Dreamcatcher
by Stephen King
9,361 members
86 reviews
½ 3.3
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
36
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
by Stephen King
8,925 members
146 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
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Explanations
sturlington: Lost in the woods.
37
Survivor
by Chuck Palahniuk
8,564 members
94 reviews
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
38
Julie of the Wolves
by Jean Craighead George
7,239 members
119 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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39
Wool
by Hugh Howey
6,181 members
356 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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40
The Girl with All the Gifts
by M. R. Carey
5,001 members
384 reviews
4
2 Members
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41
Between Shades of Gray
by Ruta Sepetys
4,750 members
345 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
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42
The Ruins
by Scott Smith
3,460 members
192 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington
43
Deliverance
by James Dickey
2,500 members
58 reviews
3.9
2 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington
44
Lilith's Brood
by Octavia E. Butler
2,488 members
55 reviews
4.2
2 Members
sturlington, Dilara86
45
The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia
by Esther Hautzig
1,911 members
30 reviews
4
2 Members
dara85, inge87
46
102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers
by Jim Dwyer
1,321 members
50 reviews
4.1
2 Members
dara85, mpenetos
47
World Made By Hand
by James Howard Kunstler
955 members
56 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington
48
The Reapers Are the Angels: A Novel
by Alden Bell
928 members
113 reviews
3.9
2 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington
49
Walkabout
by James Vance Marshall
755 members
13 reviews
½ 3.3
2 Members
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50
The End We Start From
by Megan Hunter
408 members
43 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
51
Thin Air
by Michelle Paver
288 members
21 reviews
3.9
2 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington
52
Lost Canyon
by Nina Revoyr
97 members
17 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
DeltaQueen50, sturlington
53
Dune
by Frank Herbert
40,166 members
652 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
sturlington
54
Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card
39,942 members
1,031 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
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55
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
by Laura Hillenbrand
11,693 members
581 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
dara85
56
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
by Lisa See
11,096 members
437 reviews
4
Member
sturlington
57
The Swiss Family Robinson
by Johann David Wyss
8,409 members
87 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
58
The Year of the Flood
by Margaret Atwood
7,068 members
363 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
59
The Island of Dr. Moreau
by H. G. Wells
7,006 members
168 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
sturlington
60
Nation
by Terry Pratchett
5,038 members
243 reviews
4.1
Member
ahef1963
61
Alas, Babylon
by Pat Frank
4,802 members
143 reviews
4
Member
sturlington
62
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
by Alfred Lansing
4,787 members
123 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
inge87
63
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
by Erik Larson
4,781 members
270 reviews
4.1
Member
dara85
64
Gateway
by Frederik Pohl
4,489 members
98 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
65
The Postman
by David Brin
4,075 members
86 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
66
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
by Erik Larson
3,917 members
134 reviews
4
Member
sturlington
67
MaddAddam
by Margaret Atwood
3,375 members
153 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
68
The Age of Miracles
by Karen Thompson Walker
3,234 members
332 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
69
Bird Box
by Josh Malerman
3,043 members
246 reviews
3.8
Member
sturlington
70
A Night to Remember
by Walter Lord
2,866 members
63 reviews
4.1
Member
dara85
71
Tunnel in the Sky
by Robert A. Heinlein
2,818 members
40 reviews
3.8
Member
timspalding
72
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
by Joe Simpson
2,554 members
70 reviews
4.2
Member
dara85
73
The Brief History of the Dead
by Kevin Brockmeier
2,515 members
173 reviews
½ 3.6
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ManWithAnAgenda
74
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
by Anthony Marra
2,297 members
177 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
DeltaQueen50
75
The Book of Strange New Things
by Michel Faber
2,124 members
132 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
76
Lexicon
by Max Barry
2,059 members
138 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
77
The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust
by Edith Hahn Beer
1,871 members
56 reviews
3.9
Member
dara85
78
Leave the World Behind
by Rumaan Alam
1,856 members
111 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
sturlington
79
Severance
by Ling Ma
1,808 members
90 reviews
3.8
Member
sturlington
80
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
by Kate Wilhelm
1,733 members
65 reviews
3.8
Member
sturlington
81
The Revenant
by Michael Punke
1,644 members
65 reviews
3.8
Member
DeltaQueen50
82
The Cabin at the End of the World
by Paul Tremblay
1,620 members
88 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
sturlington
83
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
by Aron Ralston
1,606 members
45 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
dara85
84
Into the Forest
by Jean Hegland
1,499 members
47 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
85
The Lifeboat
by Charlotte Rogan
1,385 members
113 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
sturlington
86
The North Water
by Ian McGuire
1,312 members
90 reviews
4
Member
DeltaQueen50
87
The Last Town on Earth
by Thomas Mullen
1,247 members
58 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
DeltaQueen50
88
Heart of the Comet
by Gregory Benford
1,176 members
7 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
sturlington
89
The Wild Shore
by Kim Stanley Robinson
1,077 members
22 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
aulsmith
90
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre
by Max Brooks
977 members
47 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
91
The Hunger
by Alma Katsu
950 members
48 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
sturlington
92
Yellow Star
by Jennifer Roy
942 members
46 reviews
4.2
Member
dara85
93
The Children's Hospital
by Chris Adrian
897 members
34 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
sturlington
94
Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home
by Nando Parrado
886 members
43 reviews
4.1
Member
dara85
95
Icerigger
by Alan Dean Foster
872 members
6 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
96
The Shrinking Man
by Richard Matheson
812 members
35 reviews
3.8
Member
sturlington
97
A Children's Bible
by Lydia Millet
799 members
44 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
98
Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole
by Jerri Nielson
773 members
17 reviews
3.8
Member
dara85
99
The Three
by Sarah Lotz
738 members
48 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
sturlington
100
Mistaken Identity: Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope
by Don Van Ryn
687 members
33 reviews
3.9
Member
dara85