Survive this!

Fictional stories of survival for adults. Survival stories are often characterized by life-threatening situations where readers can experience peril, suspense, and anxiety from a place of safety. Common themes include being trapped, a race against time, and problem-solving. The high stakes involved are frequently matched by high emotions.

Updated October 31, 2023
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Aurora : A Novel
Koepp, David
Paper Book
SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM NETFLIX AND ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING DIRECTOR KATHRYN BIGELOW "Fantastic story, a real page-turner. Impossible to put down." - Stephen King From the author of Cold Storage comes a riveting, eerily plausible thriller, told with the menace and flair...
The Barrens : a novel of love and death in the Canadian Arctic
—Johnson, Kurt
Paper Book
Winner of the Minnesota Book Award and a 2022 Great Group Reads Selection "The Barrens grabbed me from the opening pages and never let go."--Michael Punke, author of The Revenant Two young women attending college decide to have a summer...
The bear
—Cameron, Claire, 1973- author.
Paper Book
A powerful suspense novel narrated by a young girl who must fend for herself and her little brother after a brutal bear attack. While camping with her family on a remote island, five-year-old Anna awakes in the night to the sound of her mother screaming. A rogue black bear,...
The Martian : a novel
Weir, Andy
CD
Featured title on PBS's The Great American Read in 2018 Twentieth Century Fox's motion picture based on The Martian won 2 Golden Globe awards--Best Director (Ridley Scott) and Best Actor (Matt Damon). Winner of the 2015 Audie Award for Best Science Fiction Six...
The mountain story
Lansens, Lori
Paper Book
Four lost hikers are about to discover they're capable of something extraordinary. Nola has gone up the mountain to commemorate her wedding anniversary, the first since her beloved husband passed. Blonde, stick-thin Bridget is training for a triathalon. Vonn is working out her teenage...
Whalefall : a novel
Kraus, Daniel
Paper Book
A USA TODAY BESTSELLER Named a Best Book of 2023 by Book Riot, Shelf Awareness, and NPR The Martian meets 127 Hours in this "astoundingly great" (Gillian Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author) and scientifically...

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