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Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.14 — 83,289 ratings — published 1974
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,245,048 ratings — published 2008
The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,371,851 ratings — published 2011
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,016,240 ratings — published 2010
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,963,001 ratings — published 2018
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.14 — 466,977 ratings — published 1995
Speak (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.05 — 643,519 ratings — published 1999
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,399,785 ratings — published 1956
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,610,072 ratings — published 2022
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 5 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,779,358 ratings — published 2018
Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.15 — 4,115 ratings — published 2017
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as survivor)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,784,637 ratings — published 2001
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,316,864 ratings — published 2009
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.26 — 588,597 ratings — published 1997
The Tribe and I Have Spoken: The Definitive (Unofficial) Lore and Legacy from the Game's Smartest Surviving Loser
by (shelved 4 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,545 ratings — published 2026
The Way I Used to Be (The Way I Used to Be, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.14 — 252,567 ratings — published 2016
The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.26 — 3,936,743 ratings — published 2022
Long Shot (Hoops, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.16 — 83,232 ratings — published 2018
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.46 — 178,564 ratings — published 1959
Nothing Left to Lose (Guarded Hearts, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.26 — 16,382 ratings — published 2013
The Boston Rob Rulebook: Strategies for Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as survivor)
avg rating 3.56 — 417 ratings — published 2013
Survivor : The Ultimate Game (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as survivor)
avg rating 3.64 — 288 ratings — published 2000
Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as survivor)
avg rating 3.80 — 464,651 ratings — published 1987
Escape! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as survivor)
avg rating 3.57 — 6,701 ratings — published 2026
A Series of Rooms (Liam & Jonah's Story, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.14 — 3,280 ratings — published 2024
Levity (Dragons of Ardaine, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as survivor)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,310 ratings — published 2023
Until I Saw You (Until I Saw You #1)
by (shelved 3 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.32 — 10,219 ratings — published 2023
The Choice: Embrace the Possible (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.57 — 139,508 ratings — published 2017
Still Beating (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.19 — 268,931 ratings — published 2020
The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.42 — 21,425 ratings — published 2020
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,214,501 ratings — published 2018
Island Captive (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as survivor)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,702 ratings — published 2018
A Life of Shadows (The Redemption Saga, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.16 — 7,283 ratings — published 2018
Rhapsodic (The Bargainer, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as survivor)
avg rating 3.89 — 204,158 ratings — published 2016
Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7)
by (shelved 3 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.71 — 1,235,037 ratings — published 2018
Final Girls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as survivor)
avg rating 3.81 — 281,663 ratings — published 2017
Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass, #6)
by (shelved 3 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,206,007 ratings — published 2017
Barbarian's Prize (Ice Planet Barbarians, #5)
by (shelved 3 times as survivor)
avg rating 3.85 — 56,123 ratings — published 2016
Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5)
by (shelved 3 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.63 — 1,385,496 ratings — published 2016
Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,746,838 ratings — published 2014
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,487,887 ratings — published 2017
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.63 — 3,450,980 ratings — published 2016
Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as survivor)
avg rating 3.87 — 47,308 ratings — published 2011
The Highwayman (Victorian Rebels, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.06 — 22,122 ratings — published 2015
Beyond the Sea (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.09 — 7,676 ratings — published 2016
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.12 — 120,612 ratings — published 1997
Rock Hard (Rock Kiss, #2; Hard Play, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as survivor)
avg rating 3.99 — 18,406 ratings — published 2015
Raze (Scarred Souls, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.08 — 27,273 ratings — published 2014
Station Eleven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as survivor)
avg rating 4.06 — 644,769 ratings — published 2014
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as survivor)
avg rating 3.64 — 183,953 ratings — published 1999
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“Recovery can take place only within then context of relationships; it cannot occur in isolation. In her renewed connection with other people, the survivor re-creates the psychological facilities that were damaged or deformed by the traumatic experience. These faculties include the basic operations of trust, autonomy, initiative, competence, identity, and intimacy.
Just as these capabilities are formed in relationships with other people, they must be reformed in such relationships.
The first principle of recovery is empowerment of the survivor. She must be the author and arbiter of her own recovery. Others may offer advice, support, assistance, affection, and care, but not cure.
Many benevolent and well-intentioned attempts to assist the survivor founder because this basic principle of empowerment is not observed. No intervention that takes power away from the survivor can possibly foster her recovery, no matter how much it appears to be in her immediate best interest.”
― Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
Just as these capabilities are formed in relationships with other people, they must be reformed in such relationships.
The first principle of recovery is empowerment of the survivor. She must be the author and arbiter of her own recovery. Others may offer advice, support, assistance, affection, and care, but not cure.
Many benevolent and well-intentioned attempts to assist the survivor founder because this basic principle of empowerment is not observed. No intervention that takes power away from the survivor can possibly foster her recovery, no matter how much it appears to be in her immediate best interest.”
― Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
“Life is merely a series of moments and is in fact an unflinching serial killer, since it kills steadily each moment one after the other. Memory is the only survivor. (“Just for a moment”)”
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