Survivalist

A Listmania! list by Paul Bennion
 
The Day of the Triffids
1.  The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
The list author says:
  "This is the original survival classic, read this book and you’ll see it in lots of recent efforts, read it again 28 Days Later and ignore the sequel."
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Seven Years in Tibet (Flamingo Modern Classics)
2.  Seven Years in Tibet (Flamingo Modern Classics) by Heinrich Harrer
The list author says:
  "Trekking holiday in Tibet from the man who climbed the White Spider without crampons."
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Touching The Void
3.  Touching The Void by Joe Simpson
The list author says:
  "Cut loose and left for dead, could you drag your broken leg over rocks for 6 miles while on the Atkins diet (without the protein)? Watch out for the latrines…ooohhh yuch."
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Hannibal (Wordsworth Military Library)
4.  Hannibal (Wordsworth Military Library) by Ernle Bradford
The list author says:
  "Fancy a 15 year trip to Italy? Send him some support you idiots!"
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Food for Free
5.  Food for Free by Richard Mabey
The list author says:
  "Makes trips in the countryside more interesting when you can eat the scenery."
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Military Memoirs: The Recollections of Rifleman Harris
6.  Military Memoirs: The Recollections of Rifleman Harris by Christopher Hibbert
The list author says:
  "“The rifles, as usual, were pretty busy. The French, came steadily down upon us, and we pelted away upon them like a shower of leaden ball.” Hard to believe anybody survived let alone wrote about it."
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The Old Man and the Sea
7.  The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
The list author says:
  "Hemmingway’s flat style and the story of an old struggle.Nobel Prize winner 1954."
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Penguin Modern Classics)
8.  One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Penguin Modern Classics) by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
The list author says:
  "Horror, concrete and survival in a Siberian work camp."
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The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
9.  The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom by Slavomir Rawicz
The list author says:
  "Some didn't even live to see the Gulag, but Slavomir escapes and makes it to India, only 4000miles away. A true story. Even the bit about the yeti."
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Fight Club
10.  Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
The list author says:
  "Modern guide for everyday living. Read it."
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