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Books like Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe: what to read next, and why.
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Hatchet
A modern, much shorter survival story about a boy alone in the wilderness, with similar focus on resourcefulness.
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Life of Pi
Another castaway story, but one in which survival turns into something philosophical and strange.
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Lord of the Flies
Asks what happens when people are stranded on an island, with a far bleaker answer.