The best books about survival: 25 true life stories
The best books about survival: 25 true life stories
Our selection of the best books on survival includes amazing reports on perseverance to stories and daring escapes and everything in between
Books about survival show what people are capable of when they reach their limits. Whether it is the treacherous slopes of a mountain in hurricane winds, the hustle and bustle in the middle of the ocean or a hellish trek through the dry desert, the challenges described therein illustrate the true strength of the human mind.
To help you choose your next reading, we have put together our favorite books about survival, filled with stories from the real life that will captivate readers for the coming years.
- Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyagevon Alfred Lansing stranded on the Antarctic continent, Shackleton and his team fight in one of the most amazing achievements of research and human courage that have ever been recorded.
- Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disastervon Jon Krakauerdie True History of a 24-hour period on the Everest, which started with a storm and ended with the highest death rate in a season in the history of the summit.
- unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption von Laura Hillbrandlouis Zamperini was one of three survivors of a plane crash that drove on a raft for 47 days before being taken out of the ocean and brought to a Japanese prisoner of war.
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Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Seavon Steven Callaandiese story tells first-hand the first man in history to survive alone at sea for a month and fought for his life in a rubber boat after his scoop was over six days away.
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Into the Wildvon Jon Krakauer in 1992, Chris McCandless traveled deep into the wilderness of Alaska after shaking off the pressure of modern city life. Four months later, his emaciated body was found.
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Touching the void: The True Story of One Man’s Miraculous Survivalvon Joe Simpson a classic story about endurance when climbing mountaineering and one of the best books about survival that have ever been written. Joe Simpson and his climbing partner Simon Yates had just reached the tip of a 21,000 foot cake in the Andes when the catastrophe arrived.
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LOST MOON: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell The NASA sends three astronauts to America's fifth mission to the moon. But only 55 hours after the flight the disaster strikes.
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick An epic story about one of the most notorious naval disaster of the 19th century and historical history behind Moby Dick.
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Between a rock and a hard Placevon Aron Ralston After his arm was jammed by a boulder for five days, Aron Ralston finally comes to the agony that his only hope is to amputate his own arm.
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alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors by Piers Paul Read in 1972 crashed a Fairchild aircraft into the Andes. The survivors were hopelessly lost in one of the most remote places on earth.
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skeletons on the Zahara: A true survival story of Dean King twelve American seafarers who suffered from the coast of Africa's shipwreck in 1815 to be captured, sold to slavery and to be exposed to a two -month hellish journey through the bone -dry heart of the USA.
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PAPILLON by Henri Charrière convicted of a murder he has not committed, papillons escape into freedom remains one of the most incredible achievements of human cunning, willpower and endurance that have ever been undertaken.
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The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedomvon Slavomir Rawicz Slavomir Rawicz fled with six companions from a Siberian Gulag, crossed the Trans -Siberian railway and made their way south to get to Tibet and to freedom.
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in Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the Uss Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors by Doug Stanton The bestseller report on America's worst ship accident and the heroism of the men, who survived despite all adversities.
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438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Seavon Jonathan Franklinder Wonderful report about the man, who survived longer and driving at sea than any other story in the recorded story, as he was told the journalist Jonathan Franklin in dozens of exclusive interviews.
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The Children’s Blizzard by David Laskin Northern European immigrants was promised that the prairie "land, freedom and hope" is offered. The catastrophic snowstorm of 1888 revealed that her free home was not a paradise, but a rougher, an unforgettable place.
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Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the edge of the Worldvon Joan Druett Auckland Island is a godly placed place in the middle of the South Pole Army. In the case of all year round ice rain and howling winds, a shipwreck means safe death there.
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Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Homevon Nando Parrado, Vince Rause Thirty years after the crash in the Andes, Nando shares his report on the catastrophe with remarkable openness and emotion.
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Four Against The Wildernessvon Elmo Word mandy Moving True History of a Father and his three children in teenage age who suffer from the coast of Alaska on an island of shipwreck.
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escape from warehouse 14: The remarkable odyssey of a man of North Korea in freedom in Westen von Blaine Hardender, celebrated journalist Blaine Harden tells the story of Shin Dong-Hyuk, the only known prisoner who successfully flee from a "Total-Control Zone" class.
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KON-ITIKIBY THOR Heyerdahlda's adventure by Thor Heyerdahl and his companions on their raft about the Pacific, as a heroic deed of endurance and courage, entered the legend. This is this story in Heyerdahl's own words.
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Jungle: A Harrowing True of Survival in the Amazonby Yossi Ghinsbergwas as a dream adventure for four backpackers starts, quickly becomes a struggle for survival while they dissolve under the constraints of the jungle.
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LOST in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War Iivon Mitchoff's history of an exceptional rescue mission in World War II, in which a plane crash in South Pacific has forgotten a trio of US military personnel.
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Survive the Savage Sea from Dougal Robertson 1972 was attacked by the 43-foot protector Lucette of Killerwalen and sank in 60 seconds. Dougal Robertson and his family were miles away from all shipping routes in an inflatable inflatable boat with just a 9-foot fiberglass boat.
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north to the night: a spiritual odyssey in the arcticvon Alvah Simonalvah Simon and his wife set off with their sailboat to explore the world. Unexpected events would keep Simon trapped on his boat alone, frozen in ice 100 miles from the next settlement.
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