The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHatchet by Gary PaulsenCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsLord of the Flies by William GoldingLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Best Survival Stories
1,153 books — 1,607 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonWatership Down by Richard  AdamsThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Long Journey on Foot
310 books — 178 voters

The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckTobacco Road by Erskine CaldwellOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Hardscrabble Life
408 books — 118 voters
Orfeo by Richard PowersAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrAn Unnecessary Woman by Rabih AlameddineThe Invention of Wings by Sue Monk KiddStation Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
2014 NPR Books Podcast
51 books — 13 voters

Naked by David SedarisThe Boy Kings of Texas by Domingo MartinezSquirrel Seeks Chipmunk by David SedarisSleepwalk With Me and Other Painfully True Stories by Mike BirbigliaThe Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson
This American Life
100 books — 45 voters
Bossypants by Tina FeyThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David  MitchellOpen by Andre AgassiThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeLast Call by Daniel Okrent
From Fresh Air
105 books — 83 voters

Night by Elie WieselHillbilly Elegy by J.D. VanceA Mother's Reckoning by Sue KleboldThe Prince of Tides by Pat ConroyThe Great Santini by Pat Conroy
Fresh Air 2016
131 books — 32 voters
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 by Emil FerrisKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannGlass House by Brian  AlexanderGirls & Sex by Peggy OrensteinAl Franken, Giant of the Senate by Al Franken
Fresh Air 2017
147 books — 40 voters



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