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
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
A Night to Remember
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
Catamaran Crossing by Douglas Carl FrickeThe End of Calico Jack by Eddie       JonesHard Aground . . . Again by Eddie       JonesHard Aground with Eddie Jones by Eddie       JonesDead Calm, Bone Dry by Eddie       Jones
Island and Boating Non-Fiction
24 books — 21 voters
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieDeath on the Nile by Agatha ChristieEvil Under the Sun by Agatha ChristieGRINGOS AND FLAMINGOS  by Scott  L. Nelson
Vacations from Hell
155 books — 78 voters

The Great Penguin Rescue by Dyan deNapoliOut of the Channel by John KeebleThe Exxon Valdez Oil Spill by Peter BenoitAtomic Days by Joshua FrankunspOILed by Susan Cerulean
Oil Spills
51 books — 4 voters

Don Darkes
“ So how long do I have to pack? ”
― Don Darkes, 6692 Pisces the Sailfish

Dylan Thomas
“ The only sea I saw Was the seesaw sea With you riding on it. Lie down, lie easy. Let me shipwreck in your thighs. ”
― Dylan Thomas, Under Milk Wood

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