6 books tagged with survival, sorted by rating.
by Alfred Lansing
by Jon Krakauer
by Andy Weir
by Cormac McCarthy
by William Golding
Alfred Lansing recounts Sir Ernest Shackleton's legendary 1914 Antarctic expedition, where his ship Endurance was crushed by pack ice, stranding his crew on the frozen sea. What followed was one of the greatest survival stories in human history.
Jon Krakauer's firsthand account of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, in which eight climbers were killed during summit attempts. A journalist assigned to report on the commercialization of Everest, Krakauer found himself in the middle of one of the mountain's deadliest seasons.
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission — and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself are finished. Problem is, he doesn't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment.
A father and his young son walk alone through a burned and blasted post-apocalyptic landscape, pushing a shopping cart of scavenged supplies toward the coast. Sparse and devastating, this Pulitzer Prize winner explores love, survival, and what it means to carry the fire of hope.
After a plane crash strands a group of British schoolboys on a deserted island, their attempt at self-governance devolves into savagery and violence. A disturbing allegory about civilization, power, and the darkness lurking within human nature.
After a dust storm forces his crew to evacuate Mars, astronaut Mark Watney is left behind — presumed dead. Stranded with only a handful of supplies, Watney must use his ingenuity and engineering skills to survive on a planet that's trying to kill him in every way imaginable.
