A few top survivalist thrillers

Chevy Stevens grew up on a ranch on Vancouver Island and she still lives on the island with her husband and daughter. For most of her adult life she worked in sales, first as a rep for a giftware company and then as a Realtor. While holding an open house one afternoon, she had a terrifying idea that became the inspiration for Still Missing. Stevens eventually sold her house and left real estate so she could finish the book. Still Missing went on to become a New York Times bestseller and winner of the International Thriller Writers Award for Best First Novel.

Her books, including Those Girls, which Stephen King called “incredibly scary,” have been published in more than thirty countries and optioned for film.

[My Book, The Movie: Still Missing; The Page 69 Test: That Night; My Book, The Movie: That Night; The Page 69 Test: Never Let You Go; My Book, The Movie: Never Let You Go]

Stevens's new novel is Dark Roads.

At CrimeReads the author tagged a few titles in which the characters must channel their fear into a life-or-death battle against nature. One entry on the list:

Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, which has been in print since the eighties, still appeals to young readers, thanks to its gripping story of a teenage boy who finds himself alone in the Canadian wilderness, and forced to survive with nothing but his hatchet after his plane crash lands.

Read about the other entries on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue