#Survival

history

Into Thin Air

by Jon Krakauer

memoir

Project Hail Mary

by Andy Weir

sci-fi fiction

The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins

The Road

by Cormac McCarthy

Bird Box

by Josh Malerman

Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

The Martian

by Andy Weir

sci-fi

The Maze Runner

by James Dashner

The Troop

by Nick Cutter

Endurance

by Alfred Lansing

Alfred Lansing recounts Sir Ernest Shackleton's legendary 1914 Antarctic expedition, where his ship Endurance was crushed by pack ice, stranding his crew on the frozen sea. What followed was one of the greatest survival stories in human history.

history

Into Thin Air

by Jon Krakauer

Jon Krakauer's firsthand account of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, in which eight climbers were killed during summit attempts. A journalist assigned to report on the commercialization of Everest, Krakauer found himself in the middle of one of the mountain's deadliest seasons.

memoir

Project Hail Mary

by Andy Weir

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission — and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself are finished. Problem is, he doesn't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment.

sci-fi fiction

The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins

In a dystopian future, sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her sister's place in the Hunger Games, a televised fight to the death among twenty-four teenagers from twelve oppressed districts. Survival means outsmarting both the arena and the Capitol's cruel political machinery.

The Road

by Cormac McCarthy

A father and his young son walk alone through a burned and blasted post-apocalyptic landscape, pushing a shopping cart of scavenged supplies toward the coast. Sparse and devastating, this Pulitzer Prize winner explores love, survival, and what it means to carry the fire of hope.

Bird Box

by Josh Malerman

A mother and her two children make a desperate journey downriver blindfolded, because to see the mysterious entities that have driven most of humanity to violent madness means death. Told in dual timelines, this apocalyptic horror novel builds unbearable tension through sensory deprivation.

Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

After a plane crash strands a group of British schoolboys on a deserted island, their attempt at self-governance devolves into savagery and violence. A disturbing allegory about civilization, power, and the darkness lurking within human nature.

The Martian

by Andy Weir

After a dust storm forces his crew to evacuate Mars, astronaut Mark Watney is left behind — presumed dead. Stranded with only a handful of supplies, Watney must use his ingenuity and engineering skills to survive on a planet that's trying to kill him in every way imaginable.

sci-fi

The Maze Runner

by James Dashner

Thomas wakes up in a mysterious elevator with no memory, finding himself in the Glade — a community of boys surrounded by an ever-changing, monster-filled maze. To survive and escape, he must piece together his forgotten past and solve the maze's deadly puzzle.

The Troop

by Nick Cutter

A Boy Scout troop on an isolated island encounters a stranger infected with a bioengineered parasite. As the organism spreads, the boys' civilized veneer crumbles and survival instincts take over. A visceral, Lord-of-the-Flies-meets- body-horror nightmare.