5 best-selling survival books like The Day They Were Swept Away: 10 Survivors and Their Unbelievable Stories of Being Shipwrecked, Adrift, and Stranded at Sea by Oliver Cass

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The Day They Were Swept Away: 10 Survivors and Their Unbelievable Stories of Being Shipwrecked, Adrift, and Stranded at Sea

By: Oliver Cass

3.58

Format: 124 pages, Kindle Edition

“I had three cans of water left. My body and mind were shutting down; it was as if I could feel all…

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1. The Sinking of the Bismarck: The Deadly Hunt

By: William L. Shirer

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The Bismarck was the greatest warship ever built. But the Allies had to sink it - or risk losing th… read more

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2. Cold a Long Time

By: John Leake

3.72

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Winner of the 2012 Independent Publisher Award (Bronze Medal, True Crime) In August of 1989, Duncan… read more

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3. Into the Abyss: How a Deadly Plane Crash Changed the Lives of a Pilot, a Politician, a Criminal and a Cop

By: Carol Shaben

4.75

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Only four men survived the plane crash. The pilot. A politician. A cop... and the criminal he was s… read more

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4. Getting Out Alive: The Autumn Veatch Story

By: Tara Ellis , None

4.00

Format: None pages,

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5. Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

By: Marty Ohlhaut

4.41

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

Riveting true story about the power of family and the majesty of the wilderness Marty Ohlhaut lo… read more

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"Had I known just how memorable our trip was about to be, we never would have left the house."

-Marty Ohlhaut, Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

"It was that melancholy time of afternoon, when spirits seem suspended between the day’s activities and the night’s reminiscence."

-Marty Ohlhaut, Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

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6. Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau

By: Susan J. Eischeid

4.21

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The first-ever biography of SS Overseer Maria Mandl, the highest-ranked woman in the Nazi killing m… read more

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7. The Next Patient: The Incredible World of Emergency Medicine

By: J. Thomas Grant

4.54

Format: 363 pages, Paperback

Extraordinary encounters. Life-threatening diseases. Heroic actions. Instantaneous decisions. Unima… read more

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8. Wisdom Spring

By: Andrew Cunningham

4.47

Format: 355 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate Cover Edition for this ASIN B00EP0UQEQ can be found here. Jessica Norton is a woman o… read more

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9. HUEY WAR: VIIETNAM FROM THE BACKSEAT

By: Bruce Nesmith

4.40

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

HUEY WARA UH-1H Huey helicopter is a flimsy machine. It’s the 1960s equivalent of a World War I bip… read more

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10. A Grave Every Mile (Ghosts Along the Oregon Trail Book 1)

By: David Fitz-Gerald

4.30

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

Embark on a harrowing trek across the rugged American frontier in 1850. Your wagon awaits, and the … read more

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11. Breaking Midnight: A True Story

By: Lynn Walker

4.41

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

John Walker was a Miami undercover narcotics agent in the 1970s. Ten years later, he was in prison … read more

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12. Fire in the Hole: Tales of Combat with the 1st Engineer Battalion in Vietnam

By: Mike Guardia

4.22

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

Combat Engineers. The Unsung Heroes of Vietnam.August 25, 1966. Specialist Dan Crowley was among t… read more

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13. Lost on Purpose: Adventures of a 21st Century Mountain Man (Real-Life Adventures of the Texas Yeti Book 1)

By: Patrick Taylor

4.08

Format: 191 pages, Kindle Edition

“Lost on Purpose” is the non-fiction adventure narrative of a former technology executive who took … read more

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14. If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

By: Jean Muenchrath

3.94

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

Her grand adventure turned into a nightmare. After skiing 200 miles along California's John Muir Tr… read more

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"Life is short. Live you dreams now!"

-Jean Muenchrath, If I Live Until Morning: A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation

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15. Kodiak Hero: A True Story of Survival

By: B. Blanc

3.92

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

Based on a story of survival of an Alaskan plane crash which left Donald and Afton Blanc and severa… read more

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16. The Day They Were Swept Away: 10 Survivors and Their Unbelievable Stories of Being Shipwrecked, Adrift, and Stranded at Sea

By: Oliver Cass

3.58

Format: 124 pages, Kindle Edition

“I had three cans of water left. My body and mind were shutting down; it was as if I could feel all… read more

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17. 8 Miraculous Months in the Malayan Jungle: A WWII Pilot's True Story of Faith, Courage, and Survival

By: Donald J. "DJ" Humphrey II

4.46

Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition

A Grueling Survival Story About a WWII Hero’s Fight for Freedom On January 11, 1945, Major Donald … read more

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18. The Day They Fell From The Sky: 10 Lone Survivors and Their Harrowing and Incredible True Stories of Plane-Crash Survival

By: Oliver Martin Cass

3.93

Format: 134 pages, Kindle Edition

Resilience is humanity’s greatest strength against the harsh realities of the world. these tales ma… read more

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19. Getting Out Alive: The Noah Messenger Story (True Stories of Survival Book 3)

By: Tara Ellis

4.15

Format: 48 pages, Kindle Edition

A true story...A lethal fall from a remote cliff shattered the spine of eighteen-year-old Noah Mess… read more

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20. Rescue Below Zero (Search and Rescue)

By: Ian Mackersey

4.14

Format: 175 pages, Kindle Edition

The gripping true account of eighteen heroic men trapped in the heart of the freezing Arctic.Ideal … read more

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21. Infantry Life: Vietnam's Central Highlands, 1966 - 1967

By: Dennis M Witt

4.31

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

Firefights, mortar attacks, and friendly fire were all part of the experiences of an infantryman in… read more

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22. Three Years A Traveler: One woman, One dog, Seven Rvs, and the path less traveled to heal the heart

By: Leslie White

4.31

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

Leslie White knew she wanted more out of life- She found it in an unlikely place.Devastated from th… read more

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23. Snarling Wolf (Ghosts Along the Oregon Trail Book 4)

By: David Fitz-Gerald

4.57

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

Dive back into the gripping, frontier chaos. Snarling Wolf is the fourth adventurous installment in… read more

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24. Wing Leader: The Incredible Story of the Top-Scoring RAF Fighter Ace of WWII

By: J.E. Johnson

4.48

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

Johnnie Johnson joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1939 as a week-end flier, and finis… read more

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25. Lost!: A Harrowing True Story of Disaster at Sea

By: Thomas Thompson

4.13

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

In July 1973, Bob Tininenko; his wife, Linda; and his brother in-law, Jim Fisher, set sail from Tac… read more

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26. Granite City: The Life of a Bandit

By: Norman Spells

3.88

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

Told with raw emotion, this is the true story of one man’s journey through the formative years of t… read more

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27. Dark Secret: The Complete Story: The True Account of What Happened to Little Alex Suleski

By: Nyssa Rebecca Corbin

4.31

Format: 668 pages, Kindle Edition

When a young girl goes missing in Kentucky, thousands join the search for her. From military statio… read more

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28. Tears in the Wind: Triumph and Tragedy on America’s Highest Peak

By: Larry Semento

3.93

Format: 219 pages, Kindle Edition

                 An Extraordinary True Adventure Story “This is an incredible account of what it t… read more

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Cover of Land With No Sun: A Year in Vietnam with the 173rd Airborne by Ted G. Arthurs

29. Land With No Sun: A Year in Vietnam with the 173rd Airborne

By: Ted G. Arthurs

4.34

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

A no-holds-barred, straight-in-your-face account of combat in VietnamYou know it's going to be hot … read more

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30. Crushed, An Amazing True Story of Determination and Survival

By: Kathryn Mann

3.91

Format: 60 pages, Kindle Edition

The accident left sixty-six year old Bob Peterson fighting for his life on an isolated farm lane. … read more

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31. Better Lucky Than Good : From Outlaw Biker to Airline Pilot, And Beyond (From Outlaw Biker to Airline Pilot and Beyond Book 1)

By: Dale Arenson

4.63

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

Jump inside the cockpit of an airplane and take an exhilarating trip across the United States. With… read more

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14 best-selling nonfiction books like Crushed, An Amazing True Story of Determination and Survival by Kathryn Mann

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Fatal Descent: Andreas Lubitz and the Crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 (Kindle Single)

Jeff Wise

3.79

Transform Your Habits

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Howard Shulman

4.45

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Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

Marty Ohlhaut

4.41

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