I need a good survival book recomendation!
Often they’re post apocalyptic type thing, I love those. But any survive/journey/ build or defend a community type thing is great!
I just listened to Parable of the Sower, and while it’s not my favorite writing style I loved the story!
by Dancingthewire
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The Dog Stars
Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel
*Lost in the Barrens* by Farley Mowat is about two teen boys during the 1930’s who get lost in Northern Canada after trying to bring food to a starving community.
Are you interested in non fiction?
Love this genre also and will follow for more recs.
Fiction:
The Stand by Stephen King
World War Z by Max Brooks
One Second After by William R. Forstchen
Non-fiction:
Endurance by Alfred Lansing
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Touching the Void by Joe Simpson
Similar realm:
Lights Out by Ted Koppel
Nuclear War by Annie Jacobsen
The Long Walk. Michener’s The Journey. Papillon. River of Doubt. Skeletons on the Zaharah. One Day in the Life Of Ivan Denisovich. In the Heart of the Sea. Girl With All the Gifts. Clavell’s King Rat. I love survival stories. I read The Long Walk on Sunday afternoon, but its not the best one I’ve read! I’ll try to remember more.
# The Worst Journey in the World
# [Apsley Cherry-Garrard](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/27180.Apsley_Cherry_Garrard)
A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by Charlie Fletcher
The Last Dog on Earth by Adrian J Walker.
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch
Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
It’s a children’s book but Hatchet is such a classic