I’ve always loved survivor style books. Books I’ve read (many times!) and loved are:
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Island Of The Blue Dolphin by Scott O’Dell
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Clan Of The Cave Bear series by Jean M. Auel
and more that I can’t recall right off the bat. Do you have any suggestions that are in that same theme?
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Have you read anything by Jon Krakauer? Start with **Into the Wild** or **Into Thin Air**
Depending on how grim you want to go, there are some riveting true survival stories. **Alive** by Piers Paul Read is about a Uruguayan football team whose plane crashed in the Andes, and **The Indifferent Stars Above** by Daniel James Brown is about the Donner Party. They’re both incredibly gripping. Spoilers, there’s cannibalism.
I find that stories of the sea scratch a similar itch to survival stories. Recommendations would be **The Perfect Storm** by Sebastian Junger, **The Wager** by David Grann, and **Madhouse at the End of the Earth** by Julian Sancton.
Just realized that all these recommendations are major bummers, so if you’re in the mood for a happier book, they may not be for you