16 Top nonfiction books like The Greatest Survival Stories of All Time: True Tales of People Cheating Death When Trapped in a Cave, Adrift at Sea, Lost in the Forest, Stranded on a Mountaintop, and More by Cara Tabachnick

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The Greatest Survival Stories of All Time: True Tales of People Cheating Death When Trapped in a Cave, Adrift at Sea, Lost in the Forest, Stranded on a Mountaintop, and More

By: Cara Tabachnick

3.52

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

This collection of survival stories recounts the harrowing true experiences of people across the gl…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Greatest Survival Stories of All Time: True Tales of People Cheating Death When Trapped in a Cave, Adrift at Sea, Lost in the Forest, Stranded on a Mountaintop, and More by Cara Tabachnick , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World by Joan Druett

1. Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World

By: Joan Druett

4.05

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

 Hundreds of miles from civilization, two ships wreck on opposite ends of the same deserted island … read more

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2. Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail

By: Ben Montgomery

4.42

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the 2014 National Outdoor Book Awards for History/Biography Emma Gatewood told her family… read more

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3. The River (Brian's Saga, #2)

By: Gary Paulsen

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"We want you to do it again." These words, spoken to Brian Robeson, will change his life. Two years… read more

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4. The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom

By: Slavomir Rawicz

2.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The harrowing true tale of seven escaped Soviet prisoners who desperately marched out of Siberia th… read more

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5. Brian's Winter (Brian's Saga, #3)

By: Gary Paulsen

4.14

Format: None pages,

He would have to find some way to protect himself, some weapon. The fire worked well when it was bu… read more

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6. In the Still of the Night: The Strange Death of Ronda Reynolds and Her Mother's Unceasing Quest for the Truth

By: Blair Brown , Ann Rule

3.98

Format: 304 pages, Audio CD

Ann Rule has followed a lovely young woman who had realized her childhood dream of being a police o… read more

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7. Blind Rage: A True Story of Sin, Sex, and Murder in a Small Arkansas Town

By: Anita Paddock

4.07

Format: 71 pages,

A true story of sin, sex, and murder in a small Arkansas town. When Ruie Ann Park--a pillar of the … read more

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8. Life and Limb

By: None

3.75

Format: 352 pages, paperback

'Like Joe Simpson, Andrew has discovered a latent talent for writing that only a mountaineering epi… read more

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9. Tracks: A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback (Vintage Departures)

By: Robyn Davidson

3.87

Format: 334 pages,

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Robyn Davidson's opens the memoir of her perilous journey across 1,700 m… read more

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10. Hidden Mountains: Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong

By: Michael Wejchert

3.99

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The story of a climbing adventure gone wrong in a remote Alaskan mountain range, the impossible res… read more

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11. Catch Your Breath: The Secret Life of a Sleepless Anaesthetist

By: Ed Patrick

4.26

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

'Brilliantly funny.' - Matt Lucas'You have to read this book.' - Tim Harford'It's funny, touching a… read more

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Cover of Extreme Punishment: The Chilling True Story of Acclaimed Law Professor Dan Markel’s Murder by Steven B. Epstein

12. Extreme Punishment: The Chilling True Story of Acclaimed Law Professor Dan Markel’s Murder

By: Steven B. Epstein

4.18

Format: 608 pages, Kindle Edition

At just 41 years of age, Florida State law professor Dan Markel was among the most well-known and a… read more

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Cover of Murder in the Family: Inside story of the Jersey murders by Jeremy Josephs

13. Murder in the Family: Inside story of the Jersey murders

By: Jeremy Josephs

3.93

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

As this true crime tale of murder shows, even the most successful families can hide terrible secret… read more

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Cover of Blackout (Berlin Wartime Thriller #1) by Simon Scarrow

14. Blackout (Berlin Wartime Thriller #1)

By: Simon Scarrow

4.20

Format: 451 pages, Kindle Edition

Berlin, December 1939 As Germany goes to war, the Nazis tighten their terrifying grip. Paranoia … read more

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15. The Twenty-Ninth Day

By: Alex Messenger

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A six-hundred-mile canoe trip in the Canadian wilderness is a seventeen-year-old’s dream adventure,… read more

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16. Force of Nature: Three Women Tackle The John Muir Trail

By: Joan M. Griffin

4.44

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

"Lace up your hiking boots! Let Griffin guide you over granite mountains, through thunderstorms, an… read more

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17. Bad Karma: The True Story of a Mexico Trip from Hell

By: Paul Wilson

3.98

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

In the summer of 1978, twenty-one-year-old Paul Wilson jumps at the chance to join two local icons … read more

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18. After All...

By: Maria Trautman

4.20

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

She grew up thinking she deserved neglect. Can a young girl escape a loveless home to seize elusive… read more

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19. The Call of the Last Frontier: The True Story of a Woman's Twenty-Year Alaska Adventure

By: Melissa L. Cook

4.43

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

"I went to Alaska searching for a job and found an adventure!" —Melissa L. Cook It’s all here—livi… read more

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

20. 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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Cover of Rescue Below Zero (Search and Rescue) by Ian Mackersey

21. 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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22. The Greatest Survival Stories of All Time: True Tales of People Cheating Death When Trapped in a Cave, Adrift at Sea, Lost in the Forest, Stranded on a Mountaintop, and More

By: Cara Tabachnick

3.52

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

This collection of survival stories recounts the harrowing true experiences of people across the gl… read more

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Cover of Colony Two Mars (Colony Mars #2) by Gerald M. Kilby

23. Colony Two Mars (Colony Mars #2)

By: Gerald M. Kilby

4.02

Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition

An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here. The sole survivor of the ill-fated… read more

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24. 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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Cover of Stikine Wild - The Wilderness Years: Raising a Family in the Canadian Wilderness by Stefan Jacob

25. Stikine Wild - The Wilderness Years: Raising a Family in the Canadian Wilderness

By: Stefan Jacob

4.22

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

THE PLACE AT THE END OF ALL ROADSThe place at the end of all roads was called Glenora, beside the S… read more

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Cover of Fat Mom on a Mountain: Fifty Weeks that Restored My Life by Kriste O'Brien

26. Fat Mom on a Mountain: Fifty Weeks that Restored My Life

By: Kriste O'Brien

4.29

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

Kriste was overweight and turning fifty. Her approaching birthday milestone was a harsh reminder th… read more

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27. Into Trouble

By: Paul Francis Gorman

4.10

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

2022 Readers' Favorite award winner 2022 Best Book Awards Finalist "A well-written account abou… read more

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Cover of Wagons West (Cowan Family Saga, #1) by Russell J. Atwater

28. Wagons West (Cowan Family Saga, #1)

By: Russell J. Atwater

4.07

Format: 170 pages, Kindle Edition

He was a greenhorn but didn’t know it. When Bruce Cowan takes his family and flees Boston to hom… read more

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29. A Drop in the Ocean

By: Jasna Tuta

4.32

Format: 143 pages, Kindle Edition

Tales of great heroism and daring at sea are all well and good. But this isn’t one of them. Totally… read more

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Cover of The Lucky One (From Outlaw Biker to Airline Pilot and Beyond Book 2) by Dale Arenson

30. The Lucky One (From Outlaw Biker to Airline Pilot and Beyond Book 2)

By: Dale Arenson

4.65

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

Still fresh on his path to reinventing himself as a pilot and inspired by his encounters with world… read more

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31. Narrow Escapes and Wilderness Adventures

By: Ben East

4.00

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

Twenty-One True Action Stories. read more

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10 must-read adventure books like The Greatest Survival Stories of All Time: True Tales of People Cheating Death When Trapped in a Cave, Adrift at Sea, Lost in the Forest, Stranded on a Mountaintop, and More by Cara Tabachnick

Transform Your Habits

Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World

Joan Druett

4.05

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Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail

Ben Montgomery

4.42

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Hidden Mountains: Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong

Michael Wejchert

3.99

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The Twenty-Ninth Day

Alex Messenger

4.07

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Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

Marty Ohlhaut

4.41

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Ethan Gallogly

4.31

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Joan M. Griffin

4.44

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David Smart

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