Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Bluesky Threads I really enjoyed ‘the Wall’ by Marlen Haushofer (sci-fi, woman surviving by herself + animals) and ’Summerbook’ by Tove Jansson about a grandmother and her granddaughter living on an island in Scandinavia. by Individual-Bison793
failed_bildungsroman on May 19, 2026 2:05 pm Stolen by Ann-Helén Laestadius, She doesn’t technically live alone but it’s Scandinavian and about a woman in nature.
TheHellscapeChoseMe on May 19, 2026 2:09 pm In a round about way Circe by M.Miller is about a woman living alone on an island 😂✨🔮🪄🧞♂️
berwigthefirst on May 19, 2026 2:36 pm La Belle Famille by A.M. Vergara November Grass by Judy Van see Veer
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
Isola
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Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Stolen by Ann-Helén Laestadius,
She doesn’t technically live alone but it’s Scandinavian and about a woman in nature.
Weyward somewhat fits the brief.
In a round about way Circe by M.Miller is about a woman living alone on an island 😂✨🔮🪄🧞♂️
The valley of the horses (second book in Earth’s Children series)
La Belle Famille by A.M. Vergara
November Grass by Judy Van see Veer
Las bestias olvidadas de Eld de Patricia A McKillip