Survival Book Summaries

The Lost Ways Summary
The Lost Ways
by Claude Davis 2021 430 pages
4.30
100+ ratings
Survival
Self Help
The River Summary
The River
by Gary Paulsen 1991 132 pages
3.83
30k+ ratings
Young Adult
Adventure
Survival
Peak Summary
Peak
by Roland Smith 2007 246 pages
3.97
21k+ ratings
Young Adult
Realistic Fiction
Survival
Into Thin Air Summary
Into Thin Air
A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
by Jon Krakauer 1997 368 pages
4.25
500k+ ratings
Adventure
Memoir
Travel
Bushcraft 101 Summary
Bushcraft 101
A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival
by Dave Canterbury 2014 256 pages
4.11
3k+ ratings
Survival
Outdoors
Reference
Fortune Falls Summary
Fortune Falls
by Lou Vane 2021 372 pages
4.16
1k+ ratings
Dystopia
Fantasy
Young Adult
The Rule of Three Summary
The Rule of Three
by Eric Walters 2014 405 pages
4.00
7k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Tom Brown's Science and Art of Tracking Summary
Tom Brown's Science and Art of Tracking
Nature's Path to Spiritual Discovery
by Tom Brown Jr. 1999 240 pages
4.09
100+ ratings
Nature
Outdoors
Survival
100 Deadly Skills Summary
100 Deadly Skills
The SEAL Operative's Guide to Eluding Pursuers, Evading Capture, and Surviving Any Dangerous Situation
by Clint Emerson 2015 272 pages
3.79
2k+ ratings
Survival
Self Help
Military Fiction
Spy Secrets That Can Save Your Life Summary
Spy Secrets That Can Save Your Life
A Former CIA Officer Reveals Safety and Survival Techniques to Keep You and Your Family Protected
by Jason Hanson 2015 272 pages
3.64
2k+ ratings
Survival
Self Help
Reference
Deep Survival Summary
Deep Survival
Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
by Laurence Gonzales 1998 295 pages
3.94
13k+ ratings
Psychology
Survival
Adventure
When Violence Is the Answer Summary
When Violence Is the Answer
Learning How to Do What It Takes When Your Life Is at Stake
by Tim Larkin 2017 304 pages
4.28
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Martial Arts
Survival
Life As We Knew It Summary
Life As We Knew It
by Susan Beth Pfeffer 2006 337 pages
3.89
100k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Emergency Summary
Emergency
This Book Will Save Your Life
by Neil Strauss 2009 432 pages
3.81
5k+ ratings
Survival
Self Help
Travel
Endurance Summary
Endurance
Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
by Alfred Lansing 1959 282 pages
4.45
100k+ ratings
History
Adventure
Biography
Woodsong Summary
Woodsong
by Gary Paulsen 1990 144 pages
3.93
3k+ ratings
Young Adult
Adventure
Animals
Facing Violence Summary
Facing Violence
Preparing for the Unexpected
by Rory Miller 2011 242 pages
4.26
1k+ ratings
Martial Arts
Psychology
Self Help
Hatchet Summary
Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen 1987 208 pages
3.79
400k+ ratings
Young Adult
Classics
Adventure
The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide Summary
The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide
Emergency Preparedness for ANY Disaster
by Joseph Alton 2015 402 pages
4.13
100+ ratings
Survival
Medicine
Health
Crossing the Wire Summary
Crossing the Wire
by Will Hobbs 2006 216 pages
3.83
2k+ ratings
Young Adult
Adventure
Realistic Fiction
Miracle in the Andes Summary
Miracle in the Andes
by Nando Parrado 2006 304 pages
4.36
24k+ ratings
Survival
Memoir
Adventure
Surviving Survival Summary
Surviving Survival
The Art and Science of Resilience
by Laurence Gonzales 2012 272 pages
4.23
500+ ratings
Psychology
Survival
Self Help
Arrest-Proof Yourself Summary
Arrest-Proof Yourself
An Ex-Cop Reveals How Easy It Is for Anyone to Get Arrested, How Even a Single Arrest Could Ruin Your Life, and What to Do If the Police Get in Your Face
by Dale C. Carson 2007 288 pages
3.77
100+ ratings
Self Help
Law
Survival
Left for Dead Summary
Left for Dead
My Journey Home from Everest
by Beck Weathers 2000 352 pages
3.61
7k+ ratings
Adventure
Mountaineering
Memoir
No Safety in Numbers Summary
No Safety in Numbers
by Dayna Lorentz 2012 263 pages
3.54
7k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Meditations on Violence Summary
Meditations on Violence
A Comparison of Martial Arts Training & Real World Violence
by Rory Miller 2008 202 pages
4.33
1k+ ratings
Martial Arts
Psychology
Philosophy
The Climb Summary
The Climb
Tragic Ambitions on Everest
by Anatoli Boukreev 1997 297 pages
3.99
17k+ ratings
Mountaineering
Adventure
Memoir
We Are Not From Here Summary
We Are Not From Here
by Jenny Torres Sanchez 2020 344 pages
4.48
7k+ ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Realistic Fiction
The Indifferent Stars Above Summary
The Indifferent Stars Above
The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride
by Daniel James Brown 2009 288 pages
4.25
32k+ ratings
History
Historical
Biography
Just in Case Summary
Just in Case
How to be Self-Sufficient when the Unexpected Happens
by Kathy Harrison 2008 240 pages
3.85
100+ ratings
Survival
Reference
How To
Everyday Survival Summary
Everyday Survival
Why Smart People Do Stupid Things
by Laurence Gonzales 2008 290 pages
3.60
500+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Survival
How to Survive Off the Grid Summary
How to Survive Off the Grid
From Backyard Homesteads to Bunkers (and Everything in Between)
by Tim MacWelch 2016 434 pages
3.98
100+ ratings
Survival
Reference
Self Help
A Night to Remember Summary
A Night to Remember
by Walter Lord 1955 182 pages
4.09
26k+ ratings
History
Classics
Historical
How to Drag a Body and Other Safety Tips You Hope to Never Need Summary
How to Drag a Body and Other Safety Tips You Hope to Never Need
Survival Tricks for Hacking, Hurricanes, and Hazards Life Might Throw at You
by Judith Matloff 2020 304 pages
3.49
100+ ratings
Self Help
Travel
Survival
Castaway Summary
Castaway
by Lucy Irvine 1983 288 pages
3.76
500+ ratings
Travel
Biography
Memoir
Back to Basics Summary
Back to Basics
A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills
by Abigail R. Gehring 2007
4.19
2k+ ratings
Gardening
Survival
How To
Scaling Force Summary
Scaling Force
Dynamic Decision Making Under Threat of Violence
by Rory Miller 2012 342 pages
4.40
100+ ratings
Martial Arts
Self Help
Survival
Gardening When It Counts Summary
Gardening When It Counts
Growing Food in Hard Times
by Steve Solomon 2006 360 pages
4.04
500+ ratings
Gardening
Food
Agriculture
Urban Preppers with Kids, Pets &Parents Summary
Urban Preppers with Kids, Pets &Parents
by James G. Mushen 2012 478 pages
3.42
100+ ratings
Self Help
Reference
Survival
Violence of Mind Summary
Violence of Mind
Training and Preparation for Extreme Violence
by Varg Freeborn 2018 248 pages
4.31
100+ ratings
Psychology
Survival
Self Help
Bushcraft First Aid Summary
Bushcraft First Aid
A Field Guide to Wilderness Emergency Care
by Dave Canterbury 2017 256 pages
4.33
100+ ratings
Survival
Outdoors
Self Help
The Anarchist Cookbook Summary
The Anarchist Cookbook
by William Powell 1971 160 pages
3.50
2k+ ratings
Politics
Banned Books
Reference
Monument 14 Summary
Monument 14
by Emmy Laybourne 2012 304 pages
3.90
24k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
To Build a Fire Summary
To Build a Fire
by Jack London 1902 32 pages
3.98
25k+ ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Adventure
Long Walk Summary
Long Walk
The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
by Slavomir Rawicz 1956 256 pages
4.24
21k+ ratings
History
Adventure
Biography
Commune Summary
Commune
Book One
by Joshua Gayou 2017 272 pages
4.17
2k+ ratings
Post Apocalyptic
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Sheep No More Summary
Sheep No More
The Art of Awareness and Attack Survival
by Jonathan T. Gilliam 2017 224 pages
3.95
100+ ratings
Survival
Politics
Self Help
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