Shipwreck

Shipwreck is part of Survivalist and/or Disaster fiction. It can be set partially or completely at sea under the Maritime genre. Sometimes the time spent at sea is brief, where Shipwreck instead focuses on the time trapped on an island or land waiting for rescue and survival.

When fighting for survival after becoming stranded on a deserted island or similar location became popular (starting with Robinson Crusoe), a new genre was spawned: Robinsonade.


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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
Life of Pi
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Robinson Crusoe
A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
A Night to Remember
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny
The Lifeboat
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Lord of the Flies
Jamrach's Menagerie
The Swiss Family Robinson
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. ClarkeDead Silence by S.A. BarnesThe Last Astronaut by David WellingtonSalvation Day by Kali WallaceShip of Fools by Richard Paul Russo
Derelict or Abandoned Spaceships
51 books — 31 voters
The Martian by Andy WeirLord of the Flies by William GoldingAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Books About Being Trapped or Stranded
671 books — 242 voters

Squib by Nina BowdenSchizo by Nic SheffHistory Is All You Left Me by Adam SilveraBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonOn My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
Drownings in Juvenile Fiction
108 books — 7 voters
Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea by Gary KinderRaise the Titanic! by Clive CusslerShadow Divers by Robert KursonPirate Hunters by Robert KursonLost Gold of the Republic by Priit J. Vesilind
Wreck Diving
27 books — 13 voters