Best True Survival Stories

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Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration
Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration 3.87 avg rating — 4,931 ratings
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Ordeal by Hunger: The Story of the Donner Party
Ordeal by Hunger: The Story of the Donner Party 4.08 avg rating — 1,906 ratings
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Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe 4.18 avg rating — 18,438 ratings
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No Better Friend
No Better Friend 4.18 avg rating — 2,132 ratings
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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 3.88 avg rating — 21,501 ratings
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Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II
Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II 3.94 avg rating — 2,245 ratings
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Even Silence Has an End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle
Even Silence Has an End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle 3.99 avg rating — 4,982 ratings
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Surviving Tracy
Surviving Tracy 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon
The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon 4.43 avg rating — 13,629 ratings
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The Only Girl in the World
The Only Girl in the World 3.77 avg rating — 9,150 ratings
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Little Daughter: A Memoir of Survival in Burma and the West
Little Daughter: A Memoir of Survival in Burma and the West
by: Zoya Phan
4.03 avg rating — 662 ratings
111.
The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor
The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor 3.85 avg rating — 10,472 ratings
113.
Dark Waters (The Expedition, #1)
Dark Waters (The Expedition, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 405 ratings
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Alone: Orphaned on the Ocean
Alone: Orphaned on the Ocean 3.71 avg rating — 3,634 ratings
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Crystal Clear: The Inspiring Story of How an Olympic Athlete Lost His Legs Due to Crystal Meth and Found a Better Life
Crystal Clear: The Inspiring Story of How an Olympic Athlete Lost His Legs Due to Crystal Meth and Found a Better Life 4.15 avg rating — 111 ratings
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Death on the Ice: The Great Newfoundland Sealing Disaster of 1914
Death on the Ice: The Great Newfoundland Sealing Disaster of 1914 4.08 avg rating — 895 ratings
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A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power
A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power 4.21 avg rating — 6,178 ratings
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Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back
Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back 4.04 avg rating — 334,253 ratings
119.
The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons 3.91 avg rating — 1,998 ratings
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Nine Minutes, Twenty Seconds: A True Story of Tragedy and Triumph
Nine Minutes, Twenty Seconds: A True Story of Tragedy and Triumph 4.07 avg rating — 262 ratings
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Shadow of the Titanic
Shadow of the Titanic
by: Eva Hart
3.96 avg rating — 68 ratings
122.
Fatal Storm: The Inside Story of the Tragic Sydney-Hobart Race
Fatal Storm: The Inside Story of the Tragic Sydney-Hobart Race 4.17 avg rating — 680 ratings
123.
Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom 4.36 avg rating — 92,322 ratings
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Desperate Hours: The Epic Rescue of the Andrea Doria
Desperate Hours: The Epic Rescue of the Andrea Doria 3.75 avg rating — 101 ratings
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Tracks: A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback
Tracks: A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback 3.93 avg rating — 17,208 ratings
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Winter Harvest
Winter Harvest 3.98 avg rating — 90 ratings
127.
Bravo Two Zero
Bravo Two Zero 4.12 avg rating — 15,827 ratings
127.
I Let You Go
I Let You Go 4.04 avg rating — 152,060 ratings
129.
Fatal Forecast: An Incredible True Tale of Disaster and Survival at Sea
Fatal Forecast: An Incredible True Tale of Disaster and Survival at Sea 4.21 avg rating — 1,193 ratings
129.
This Is Paradise!: My North Korean Childhood
This Is Paradise!: My North Korean Childhood
by: Hyok Kang
3.84 avg rating — 1,490 ratings
129.
Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure
Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure 4.03 avg rating — 2,280 ratings
132.
Karluk : The Great Untold Story of Arctic Exploration
Karluk : The Great Untold Story of Arctic Exploration 4.01 avg rating — 185 ratings
132.
The One That Got Away: My SAS Mission Behind Enemy Lines
The One That Got Away: My SAS Mission Behind Enemy Lines 4.12 avg rating — 4,497 ratings
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The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag
The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag 4.11 avg rating — 11,222 ratings
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The Shack
The Shack 3.84 avg rating — 682,800 ratings
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Saved!: The Story of the Andrea Doria, the Greatest Sea Rescue in History
Saved!: The Story of the Andrea Doria, the Greatest Sea Rescue in History 3.98 avg rating — 149 ratings
137.
Panic Rising: True-Life Survivor Tales from the Great Outdoors
Panic Rising: True-Life Survivor Tales from the Great Outdoors 3.92 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Extreme Encounters: How It Feels to Be Drowned in Quicksand, Shredded by Piranhas, Swept Up in a Tornado, and Dozens of Other Unpleasant Experiences...
Extreme Encounters: How It Feels to Be Drowned in Quicksand, Shredded by Piranhas, Swept Up in a Tornado, and Dozens of Other Unpleasant Experiences... 3.46 avg rating — 141 ratings
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Selkirk's Island: The True and Strange Adventures of the Real Robinson Crusoe
Selkirk's Island: The True and Strange Adventures of the Real Robinson Crusoe 3.51 avg rating — 454 ratings
140.
Time Bandit: Two Brothers, the Bering Sea, and One of the World's Deadliest Jobs
Time Bandit: Two Brothers, the Bering Sea, and One of the World's Deadliest Jobs 3.79 avg rating — 954 ratings
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The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit 3.90 avg rating — 82,159 ratings
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Final Voyage: A Story of Arctic Disaster and One Fateful Whaling Season
Final Voyage: A Story of Arctic Disaster and One Fateful Whaling Season 3.43 avg rating — 145 ratings
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The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche
The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche 3.99 avg rating — 2,290 ratings
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The Ship and the Storm: Hurricane Mitch and the Loss of the Fantome
The Ship and the Storm: Hurricane Mitch and the Loss of the Fantome 3.92 avg rating — 371 ratings
145.
Red Sky in Mourning: A True Story of Love, Loss, and Survival at Sea
Red Sky in Mourning: A True Story of Love, Loss, and Survival at Sea 3.75 avg rating — 5,905 ratings
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So Close to Home: A True Story of an American Family's Fight for Survival During World War II
So Close to Home: A True Story of an American Family's Fight for Survival During World War II 3.92 avg rating — 393 ratings
147.
The Ice Road: An Epic Journey from the Stalinist Labor Camps to Freedom
The Ice Road: An Epic Journey from the Stalinist Labor Camps to Freedom 4.33 avg rating — 106 ratings
147.
Breaking Free: True Stories of Girls Who Escaped Modern Slavery
Breaking Free: True Stories of Girls Who Escaped Modern Slavery
by: Abby Sher
3.88 avg rating — 342 ratings
149.
Intended for Evil: A Survivor's Story of Love, Faith, and Courage in the Cambodian Killing Fields
Intended for Evil: A Survivor's Story of Love, Faith, and Courage in the Cambodian Killing Fields 4.35 avg rating — 130 ratings
149.
I Just Kept Walking (20 Years Homeless)
I Just Kept Walking (20 Years Homeless) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
151.
When Winter Comes
When Winter Comes 3.88 avg rating — 2,216 ratings
152.
Margeurite de la Roque: A Story of Survival
Margeurite de la Roque: A Story of Survival 4.43 avg rating — 30 ratings
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The Ice Master
The Ice Master 4.12 avg rating — 3,032 ratings
154.
Something in the Woods is Taking People
Something in the Woods is Taking People 3.55 avg rating — 420 ratings
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A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy
A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy 4.17 avg rating — 10,147 ratings
156.
Mysterious Things in the Woods
Mysterious Things in the Woods 3.52 avg rating — 165 ratings
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3,096 Days
3,096 Days 3.96 avg rating — 15,219 ratings
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Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s
Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s 4.19 avg rating — 77,379 ratings
159.
The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex
The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex 3.90 avg rating — 1,431 ratings
160.
Alone: The Search for Brett Archibald
Alone: The Search for Brett Archibald 4.10 avg rating — 1,665 ratings
161.
Flash: The Homeless Donkey Who Taught Me about Life, Faith, and Second Chances
Flash: The Homeless Donkey Who Taught Me about Life, Faith, and Second Chances 4.08 avg rating — 2,060 ratings
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Lily Renee, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer
Lily Renee, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer 3.72 avg rating — 800 ratings
163.
Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy
Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy 4.03 avg rating — 872 ratings
164.
The Englishman's Daughter: A True Story of Love and Betrayal in World War I
The Englishman's Daughter: A True Story of Love and Betrayal in World War I 3.86 avg rating — 1,141 ratings
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Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1) 4.39 avg rating — 365,581 ratings
166.
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (Maus, #2)
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (Maus, #2) 4.42 avg rating — 156,030 ratings
167.
The Climb Up to Hell
The Climb Up to Hell 4.05 avg rating — 549 ratings
168.
Journey into the Whirlwind
Journey into the Whirlwind 4.33 avg rating — 3,854 ratings
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Adrift: A True Story of Tragedy on the Icy Atlantic and the One Who Lived to Tell about It
Adrift: A True Story of Tragedy on the Icy Atlantic and the One Who Lived to Tell about It 3.96 avg rating — 609 ratings
170.
In the Land of White Death: An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic
In the Land of White Death: An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic 4.04 avg rating — 2,837 ratings
170.
The Revenant
The Revenant 3.96 avg rating — 53,468 ratings
172.
Two Years Before the Mast
Two Years Before the Mast 4.02 avg rating — 14,409 ratings
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The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour 4.35 avg rating — 11,393 ratings
174.
Six Days on a Raft
Six Days on a Raft 4.22 avg rating — 85 ratings
174.
Facing the Frozen Ocean: One Man's Dream to Lead a Team Across the Treacherous North Atlantic
Facing the Frozen Ocean: One Man's Dream to Lead a Team Across the Treacherous North Atlantic 4.14 avg rating — 623 ratings
174.
The Last of the Gentlemen Adventurers : Coming of Age in the Arctic
The Last of the Gentlemen Adventurers : Coming of Age in the Arctic 4.22 avg rating — 457 ratings
174.
Ridgerunner: Elusive Loner of the Wilderness
Ridgerunner: Elusive Loner of the Wilderness 3.88 avg rating — 83 ratings
174.
30,000 Leagues Undersea: True Tales of a Submariner and Deep Submergence Pilot
30,000 Leagues Undersea: True Tales of a Submariner and Deep Submergence Pilot 4.33 avg rating — 67 ratings
174.
The Pursuit Of My Truth
The Pursuit Of My Truth 4.38 avg rating — 29 ratings
174.
The Lure of the Labrador Wild
The Lure of the Labrador Wild 4.09 avg rating — 454 ratings
174.
You All Killed My Mother
You All Killed My Mother 3.76 avg rating — 21 ratings
174.
The Spirit of Villarosa: A Father's Extraordinary Adventures; A Son's Challenge
The Spirit of Villarosa: A Father's Extraordinary Adventures; A Son's Challenge 4.19 avg rating — 31 ratings
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To the Survivors: One Man's Journey as a Rape Crisis Counselor with True Stories of Sexual Violence
To the Survivors: One Man's Journey as a Rape Crisis Counselor with True Stories of Sexual Violence 4.03 avg rating — 184 ratings
174.
My Journey to Paradise
My Journey to Paradise 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings
174.
Switzerland to Alaska: Just to Die
Switzerland to Alaska: Just to Die really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
174.
No Summit out of Sight: The True Story of the Youngest Person to Climb the Seven Summits
No Summit out of Sight: The True Story of the Youngest Person to Climb the Seven Summits 4.07 avg rating — 2,914 ratings
174.
Full Circle
Full Circle 4.15 avg rating — 52 ratings
174.
A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS, and Dangerous Days at Sea
A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS, and Dangerous Days at Sea 3.95 avg rating — 4,493 ratings
174.
Where Wildfires Glow
Where Wildfires Glow 4.65 avg rating — 31 ratings
174.
Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero
Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero 4.04 avg rating — 11,969 ratings
174.
Nobody's Home
Nobody's Home 3.78 avg rating — 82 ratings
174.
Gianna: Aborted...and Lived to Tell About It (Living Books)
Gianna: Aborted...and Lived to Tell About It (Living Books) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 756 ratings
174.
Strangers In The Storm: Love And Survival On Mount Rainier
Strangers In The Storm: Love And Survival On Mount Rainier 3.89 avg rating — 104 ratings
174.
The Twenty-Ninth Day: Surviving a Grizzly Attack in the Canadian Tundra
The Twenty-Ninth Day: Surviving a Grizzly Attack in the Canadian Tundra 4.06 avg rating — 5,628 ratings
174.
Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition
Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition 4.47 avg rating — 3,524 ratings
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Rescued from the Ashes: The Diary of Leokadia Schmidt, Survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto
Rescued from the Ashes: The Diary of Leokadia Schmidt, Survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto 4.37 avg rating — 1,462 ratings
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A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown
A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown 4.01 avg rating — 5,116 ratings
174.
The Raft: The Courageous Struggle of Three Naval Airmen Against the Sea
The Raft: The Courageous Struggle of Three Naval Airmen Against the Sea 4.09 avg rating — 669 ratings
174.
Eris Rising: A Memoir of Finding the Warrior Within
Eris Rising: A Memoir of Finding the Warrior Within 4.13 avg rating — 31 ratings
174.
Early Thursday: A War, A Hurricane, A Miracle!
Early Thursday: A War, A Hurricane, A Miracle! 4.62 avg rating — 42 ratings
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