I only enjoy non fiction books. Here's some that I read and loved: Death's Acre, Ghost Boy, Aquanaut (Thai dive rescue), Down the rabbit hole, and Working Stiff. I just noticed in other forums, a lot of recommendations are Holocaust survivor stories or war survival stories, neither really interest me enough to read 300+ pages on though.
I've found that I really only can tolerate a book that's no more than 400 pages, then it becomes drawn out to me. I always see people recommend Radium Girls, and it's saved in my Amazon cart…but it looks so long and that steers me away from it.
I just completed Death's Acre. I just ordered The Indifferent Stars Above. And I have Into Thin Air saved in my cart for a 6 hour flight in March.
Any good recommendations on true books along the lines of autopsy, some true crime, uncontacated tribes, jungle and wilderness situations…those all peak my interest. Thank you all in advance, I realize I'm a picky reader!
by WaltzSufficient5758
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# Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls: True Stories of Castaways and Other Survivors
# [Edward E. Leslie](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/345592.Edward_E_Leslie). It’s a well written chronological list of circumstances where people and groups are forced into survival situations due to shipwrecks -for most of the book- and later through exploring too far into the wilderness and finally through plane crash survival in wastelands. He did a great job researching this stuff and each account is harrowing and shocking and most of these you have never heard of before.