The most popular survival books of 2025

Survival stories strip everything back to staying alive. A plane goes down, a boat sinks, the snow closes in or society falls apart, and someone has to find water, shelter and the will to go on. Novels and true accounts here are impossible to put down. This list shows the ones first published in 2025.

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Beano
Cover of Beano

Beano

Craig Graham, Mike Stirling, Beano

Published 2025

192 pages

Away
Cover of Away

Away

Megan E. Freeman

Published 2025

480 pages

Feel
Cover of Feel

Feel

S. M. Wells

Published 2025

382 pages