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Any Books like The Martian by Andy Weir (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by dexahtm@lemm.ee to c/books@lemmy.ml

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I really enjoyed that book and the whole "alone in space" vibe it gives off. Are there any more like it?

EDIT: Jeez i can't reply to you all. I wish there was a way to compile all your suggestions into a Goodreads list, these all sound awesome!

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[–] laylawashere44@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think Andy Weir basically revived the Victorian adventure story genre. Robinson Crusoe is the most famous book in that genre.

But The Wager by David Granny a nonfiction book about a real life wreck and how the navy sailors survived off the coast of Patagonia.

In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick is also non-fiction in the same vibe about a group of sailors lost in the Pacific after a whale sinks their ship.

The Terror by David Simmons is also another lost at sea book but fiction with a supernatural element set in the arctic based on a true story.

Alone: A Classic Polar Adventure by Robert Evelyn Bird is a first hand account of his failed attempt to survive alone over winter in Antarctica. It's absolutely harrowing.

[–] DisietSma@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

+1 The Terror