The most popular French survival books

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. Only books in French are listed.

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Dans la forêt
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Dans la forêt

Jean Hegland

1996 · 2017 edition

568 pages

Divided (2)
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Divided (2)

Elsie Chapman

2014 · 2025 edition

384 pages

Les Déchus
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Les Déchus

Charlie Higson

2013 · 2015 edition

544 pages

Les Trépassés
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Les Trépassés

Charlie Higson

2010 · 2014 edition

512 pages

102 Minutes
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102 Minutes

Jim Dwyer, Kevin Flynn

2004 · 2006 edition

344 pages

Un train en hiver
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Un train en hiver

Caroline Moorehead

2011 · 2014 edition

441 pages

Pure
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Pure

Julianna Baggott

2012 · 2013 edition

497 pages

Cut the line
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Cut the line

Pascal Ruter

Published 2019

473 pages

Survivants
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Survivants

Lauren Tarshis

2013 · 2016 edition

112 pages

L'île d'Abel
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L'île d'Abel

Estelle Kleinman, Maria Luisa Balseiro William Steig, Steig W Staff

1976 · 2003 edition

177 pages