Magnitude
Jennifer A. Nielsen
Published 2026
304 pages
The most popular survival books of 2026
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 2026.
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Anna-Jane and the Endless Summer
Paige Classey
Published 2026
400 pages
Son of the Congo
Athanase Kadita Tshibaka
Published 2026
384 pages
Even if the Light Forgets
Published 2026
298 pages
Immortal Game
Allison Saft
Published 2026
400 pages
How to Lose Yourself Completely
Peter Bognanni
Published 2026
352 pages
To Tell the Whole Truth A Holocaust Testimony from Częstochowa
Alfred Kromolowski
Published 2026
448 pages
The Other Side of Perfect A True Story of Love, Lies, and Learning to Forgive
Venus Morris Griffin
Published 2026
256 pages
What We Did to Survive
Megan Lally
Published 2026
288 pages
Wilderness Hacks
Joslin Brorsen
Published 2026
336 pages
The Sun Will Shine Again Book 1
George Mueck
Published 2026
300 pages
The Waxways Paperback Collection (Boxed Set) A Door in the Dark; A Whisper in the Walls; A Burning in the Bones
Scott Reintgen
Published 2026
1392 pages
Becoming the Man My Father Saw
Eaton, Alonzo, Jr.
Published 2026
105 pages
WITHERING GRASS
Mike Kunkel
Published 2026
450 pages
The Water Takes
Sarah Walker
Published 2026
292 pages
Hostage A Memoir of Terrorism, Trauma, and Resilience
Mimi Nichter
Published 2026
240 pages
Captive Scorpion The Story of PoW Trooper Mick Holland of the Long Range Desert Group and His Nine Escape Attempts
Brendan O'Carroll
Published 2026
256 pages
BEANO The Day We Got Lost in Time
Beano, Craig Graham, Mike Stirling
Published 2026
224 pages
Wolf Girl #3
Anh Do
Published 2026
208 pages
The Miracle of Auschwitz
Michael Calvin
Published 2026
272 pages
Evenfall - the Tempest Stone The Second Thrilling Adventure in the Bestselling Series, the Epic Action Continues! the Perfect Read for Children Aged 9-12
Alexander Armstrong
Published 2026
384 pages
Miracle The Boys Who Escaped the Gas Chamber in Auschwitz
Michael Calvin, Naftali Schiff
Published 2026
272 pages
On Thin Ice A Journey in Siberia, and Prison in Putin's Russia
Charlie Walker
Published 2026
304 pages
Evenfall_evenfall2 Exaiie PB
Alexander Armstrong
Published 2026