What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

I'm looking for books that only take place in one relatively small setting, where the character or characters are trapped there for some reason. Adult or YA.

Examples: The Lifeboat
Under the Dome

Thanks!

Across the Universe

The Diary of a Young Girl
The City of Ember
The One and Only Ivan
Room

One more:
Gone

Murder on the Leviathan

The Collector

In This House of Brede

High-Rise

And Then There Were None

The Inverted World

We

On the Beach

The Book of Strange New Things

Polar Star (second in a series)

Shutter Island

The Sundial (I think - my memory is hazy.)

Robinson Crusoe

The Metamorphosis

Lord of the Flies

Apartment in Athens

The Handmaid's Tale

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Never Let Me Go

The Trial

Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold Falling Free

It takes place on a space station.

Thanks!

The Bunker Diaryby Kevin Brooks. it's positively claustrophobic.

Another Lois McMaster Bujold novel that takes place (well, almost all of it) on a space station is Diplomatic Immunity. I strongly recommend reading Falling Free first, and if possible the other books in her Vorkosigan series. Diplomatic Immunity

Twelve Angry Men is the first thing that came to mind, though I don't know if it's ever been printed except as a script.

Andria wrote: "Bunker Diaries by Kevin Brooks. it's positively claustrophobic."


Andria, I read the synopsis and several reviews of The Bunker Diary and was unable to glean any information about what was going on in this book.
Could you post a few spoilers telling me where this person is imprisoned? Or was he kidnapped?
I think I want to read this one but I need a little more info.

Laurie - I don't remember a lot of details, and I'm not sure if any of what I remember is spoilery or not but I'll hide it anyway (view spoiler)[ the main character is kidnapped and imprisoned in underground bunker. Other kidnapped teens also imprisoned there. They don't know who kidnapped them or why. They try to communicate with kidnapper and survive. (hide spoiler)] It's a grim, gritty read. People seem to either love or hate it.

OMG - I was afraid of something like that. Thanks for the info, I do want to read this one, should be very gripping.

incarceron by Catherine fisher.

Gone by Michael Grant

island of the Blue Dolphins

The woman in the wall

Green Angel

Sorry they aren't linked, I'm on my phone

Runway Zero Eight


Room


Murder on the Orient Express

Peter wrote: "Twelve Angry Men is the first thing that came to mind, though I don't know if it's ever been printed except as a script."

This is also what came to my mind. This is one of my favorite movies ever!

Thank you so much, everybody! These are great.

The Terranauts

Thanks, that sounds great!

Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea- Trapped on a small life raft
Trapped Handful of teens snowed in at high school
No Safety in Numbers People trapped in a shopping mall
The Long Winter Pioneer family snowed in
The Loners Kids trapped in a school
Captive: My Time as a Prisoner of the Taliban
Staying Alive Couple on a life raft
Monument 14 Kids trapped in a superstore

Thanks!

Gerald's Game
Misery
The Compound
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

You have gotten so many great suggestions already, but this list might also contain some books of interest:

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...

The Siege of Krishnapur

The Wall

Wool Omnibus - Underground bunker
Bird Box - In a house
The Unit - In an elderly home
Pod - YA, in an underground parking lot

The Hole

On a spring day in England, six teenagers venture to a neglected part of their school where there is a door to a small windowless cellar. Behind the door, the old stairs have rotted away. A boy unfurls a rope ladder and five descend into The Hole. The sixth closes the door, locks it from the outside, and walks calmly away. The plan is simple: They will spend three days locked in The Hole and emerge to become part of the greatest prank the school has ever seen. But something goes terribly wrong. No one is coming back to let them out . . . ever.

The Girl in the Box
The Cellar, although this isn't set only in the enclosed setting.

Breathe

Juno Of Taris

The Forest of Hands and Teeth (its an isolated village).

The Giver is also about an isolated society.

Ten
Clue
Class Trip
Crash Course
Ten Dead Comedians
He's Waiting For You

Blackout

Leave the World Behind

The Chalet
The Retreat
The Invitation
The Guest List
Halloween Party
The Hunting Party
The Perfect Guests
They All Fall Down
An Unwanted Guest
This Lie Will Kill You
The Haunting of Hill House
The Decagon House Murders

Fleep: One guy trapped in a phone booth

In the Hall with the Knife

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

The Haven

The Island

10 Little Insects

Thin Wood Walls by David Patneaude takes place in a Japanese internment camp.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey takes place in a mental hospital.

Airman
Link for Incarceron (suggested previously in this thread).
House of Dark Shadows (not quite trapped, per se, but the entire series takes place in primarily the one location)
Artemis Fowl (not the entire book, but a good portion of it)

Nightmare Inn

Five Survive

Pines (trapped in a small town)
The Regression Strain (takes place on a cruise ship)
Obscura (takes place in space)

Station Eternity and its sequels (Set on a space station)

Six Wakes (Set on a space ship)

The Darwin Elevator and the other books in The Dire Earth series. The remnants of the human race are crammed into Darwin, Australia around the space elevator, and in the space station at the top of the elevator.