Hi,
First time posting here. For some odd reason, I really enjoy reading books about isolation. My favorite is “The Wall” by Marlen Hausofer.
The premise is: a middle aged woman vacationing in the Austrian Alps, wakes up one morning to find that she is separated from the rest of the world by an invisible wall, and has only the company of a dog, cat, and a cow. She has to learn to cope and survive, and deal with her loneliness.
The novel is, for the most part, uneventful. There are no zombies, vampires, marauders, weapons, war. Just a singular woman and her animals, and day to day living.
I’ve read many “end of the world” type of books, as well as survival fiction. I think my interest was first piqued when I was young, reading books such as “Robinson Crusoe”, and “My Side of the Mountain”. “The Wall” was the first book I read as an adult that got me longing for more in the same vein.
Ideally, I’d like to find something very similar. Very little violence, preferably one person just trying to survive. Contemplative. Low testosterone.
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Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
by EdSpecialist21
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Spaceman of Bohemia – Jaroslav Kalfar
The Bear by Andrew Krivak
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (a kids’ book but it holds up)
One Man’s Wilderness by Sam Keith and Dick Proeneke (non-fiction based on Proeneke’s journals)
The Great Alone by Kristen Hannah
Island of The Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell, especially if you liked My Side of the Mountain. It’s a children’s book but still compelling about a very resourceful native girl accidentally left behind by her tribe who survives and thrives on her own.
A Boy and his dog at the End of the World is exactly west you are seeking.
Also Hollow Kingdom.