Best Survival Stories

1.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,594,400 ratings
2.
Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)
Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 439,417 ratings
3.
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) 4.35 avg rating — 4,011,653 ratings
4.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,399 ratings
5.
Life of Pi
Life of Pi 3.94 avg rating — 1,726,594 ratings
6.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,023 ratings
7.
Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,191 ratings
8.
The Martian
The Martian
by: Andy Weir
4.42 avg rating — 1,238,747 ratings
9.
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Island of the Blue Dolphins 3.88 avg rating — 345,760 ratings
10.
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster 4.26 avg rating — 550,960 ratings
11.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,146 ratings
12.
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 3,593,522 ratings
13.
My Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #1)
My Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 83,252 ratings
14.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,674 ratings
15.
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe 3.68 avg rating — 324,968 ratings
16.
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption 4.39 avg rating — 989,184 ratings
17.
Schindler’s List
Schindler’s List 4.34 avg rating — 164,324 ratings
18.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,009 ratings
19.
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
Divergent (Divergent, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 4,286,877 ratings
20.
The Stand
The Stand 4.35 avg rating — 814,318 ratings
21.
Holes (Holes, #1)
Holes (Holes, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 1,332,982 ratings
22.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,318,906 ratings
23.
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage 4.46 avg rating — 155,685 ratings
24.
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by: Homer
3.82 avg rating — 1,156,623 ratings
25.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea 3.81 avg rating — 1,265,637 ratings
26.
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors 4.14 avg rating — 80,872 ratings
27.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,571 ratings
28.
Sophie’s Choice
Sophie’s Choice 4.17 avg rating — 93,607 ratings
29.
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,733,081 ratings
30.
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 650,949 ratings
31.
The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 1,637,996 ratings
32.
Into the Wild
Into the Wild 4.02 avg rating — 1,165,604 ratings
33.
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 499,173 ratings
34.
The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle 4.32 avg rating — 1,325,615 ratings
35.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,182 ratings
36.
The Swiss Family Robinson
The Swiss Family Robinson 3.91 avg rating — 108,846 ratings
37.
The Host (The Host, #1)
The Host (The Host, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 1,039,919 ratings
38.
Charlotte’s Web
Charlotte’s Web 4.21 avg rating — 1,994,064 ratings
39.
Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1)
Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 132,389 ratings
40.
Black Beauty
Black Beauty really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 293,941 ratings
41.
Johnny Got His Gun
Johnny Got His Gun 4.21 avg rating — 47,420 ratings
42.
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again 4.29 avg rating — 4,345,817 ratings
43.
Battle Royale
Battle Royale 4.26 avg rating — 83,105 ratings
44.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating — 1,681,646 ratings
45.
Number the Stars
Number the Stars 4.19 avg rating — 608,410 ratings
46.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,782 ratings
47.
The Complete Maus
The Complete Maus 4.58 avg rating — 245,654 ratings
48.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 3,059,068 ratings
49.
Gone (Gone, #1)
Gone (Gone, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 208,390 ratings
50.
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex 4.16 avg rating — 115,973 ratings
51.
Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #3)
Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #3) 4.21 avg rating — 299,212 ratings
52.
The Heart of Aleppo: A Story of the Syrian Civil War
The Heart of Aleppo: A Story of the Syrian Civil War 4.40 avg rating — 7,745 ratings
53.
Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1)
Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 60,965 ratings
54.
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival 4.23 avg rating — 63,067 ratings
55.
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War 4.02 avg rating — 556,619 ratings
56.
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 559,221 ratings
57.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 3.98 avg rating — 122,129 ratings
58.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family 4.45 avg rating — 163,546 ratings
59.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,625 ratings
60.
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom 4.47 avg rating — 348,508 ratings
61.
A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember 4.09 avg rating — 27,689 ratings
62.
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 4.16 avg rating — 192,412 ratings
63.
Unwind (Unwind, #1)
Unwind (Unwind, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 244,633 ratings
64.
To Build a Fire
To Build a Fire 3.98 avg rating — 25,825 ratings
65.
On the Island (On the Island, #1)
On the Island (On the Island, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 86,484 ratings
66.
Walden: Or, Life in the Woods
Walden: Or, Life in the Woods 3.78 avg rating — 200,845 ratings
67.
The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1)
The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 295,211 ratings
68.
The River (Brian's Saga, #2)
The River (Brian's Saga, #2) 3.82 avg rating — 31,648 ratings
69.
Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea
Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea 4.14 avg rating — 20,353 ratings
70.
A Beautiful Mind
A Beautiful Mind 4.13 avg rating — 134,372 ratings
71.
The Graveyard Book
The Graveyard Book 4.16 avg rating — 560,857 ratings
72.
Last of the Breed
Last of the Breed 4.27 avg rating — 14,718 ratings
73.
The Dark Heart of Every Wild Thing
The Dark Heart of Every Wild Thing 4.33 avg rating — 302 ratings
74.
The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom 4.24 avg rating — 21,393 ratings
75.
Miracle in the Andes
Miracle in the Andes 4.36 avg rating — 25,681 ratings
76.
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 4.33 avg rating — 33,404 ratings
77.
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild 3.91 avg rating — 461,043 ratings
78.
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
Outlander (Outlander, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 1,131,982 ratings
79.
The Long Walk
The Long Walk 4.06 avg rating — 224,336 ratings
80.
Survival in Auschwitz
Survival in Auschwitz 4.34 avg rating — 83,590 ratings
81.
Hunger (Gone, #2)
Hunger (Gone, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 90,382 ratings
82.
The Plague
The Plague 4.02 avg rating — 300,316 ratings
83.
Brian's Return (Brian's Saga, #4)
Brian's Return (Brian's Saga, #4) 3.97 avg rating — 18,745 ratings
84.
Brian's Winter (Brian's Saga, #3)
Brian's Winter (Brian's Saga, #3) 4.05 avg rating — 34,234 ratings
85.
The Forest of Hands and Teeth (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, #1)
The Forest of Hands and Teeth (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, #1) 3.60 avg rating — 87,058 ratings
86.
Bladestay
Bladestay 4.04 avg rating — 417 ratings
87.
The Passage (The Passage, #1)
The Passage (The Passage, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 220,291 ratings
87.
One Second After (After, #1)
One Second After (After, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 73,536 ratings
89.
The Chrysalids
The Chrysalids 3.93 avg rating — 60,778 ratings
89.
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 455,044 ratings
91.
The Running Man
The Running Man 3.90 avg rating — 149,572 ratings
92.
I Am Legend and Other Stories
I Am Legend and Other Stories really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 135,097 ratings
93.
It
It 4.24 avg rating — 1,227,413 ratings
94.
The Terror
The Terror 4.09 avg rating — 70,633 ratings
95.
Blindness
Blindness 4.18 avg rating — 324,653 ratings
96.
Stolen (Stolen, #1)
Stolen (Stolen, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 86,145 ratings
97.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,943 ratings
98.
Follow the River
Follow the River 4.23 avg rating — 22,886 ratings
99.
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3) 4.58 avg rating — 1,004,485 ratings
100.
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,937 ratings
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