I've recently gotten hooked on watching Man Vs Wild
, which has started me on wanting to re-read some of the old Children's/Teen classic books I know of for survival in the wild stories - namely the Hatchet series by Gary Paulsen and My Side of the Mountain (and sequels)
. Aside from those books, does anyone know of any other good novels on the subject? And they don't have to be childrens/teen books. Those are just the ones I already know of and have access to of sorts. A couple of nice solid novels would be good - or a biography or two.
What would you recommend?
5 comments:
I can recommend two non-fiction books which I thought were fantastic and actually read like fiction:
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand http://manoflabook.com/wp/?p=1178
Lost in Shangri-La by Mitchell Zuckoff http://manoflabook.com/wp/?p=1917
I can only come up with nonfiction books. I second the recommendation of Unbroken. I would also recommend Miracle in the Andes by Nando Parrado, Touching the Void by Joe Simpson, Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, and Skeletons on the Zahara by Dean King. I can't think of any fiction other than what you've listed, but I loved Hatchet!
Thanks for the recommendations. Lost In Shangri-la is a book I'd really like to read one of these days.
Thanks for commenting, both of you.
I've always enjoyed Dies the Fire by S.M. Stirling. it's the first in a series, but you can just read the first one as a stand alone. When an EMP effects the entire Earth, everyone has to suddenly figure out how to live without electricity, and air traffic control towers, and cars, and such. Good book.
Redhead, I love those books too. I last left off reading the Change series somewhere in Sword of the Lady. Thanks for the reminder though.
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