Books with a story of survival?

[gordy]

Hello.

I need some help and would be grateful if you could possibly help me. I'm looking for books with a story of a man (or more) who has to survive in a jungle/island, but an island/jungle with un-natural things happening (not ghosts). Here is a perfect example of a book i'm looking for Click me to read book summary .

Side note - This book was only published in Australia and I would have to import it to the UK, to which I do not like doing.

Any books just like that would be brilliant.

Thanks you very much.

Regards, Gordy

 

[mehastings]

It's been a long time, but I think Congo by Michael Crichton is along those lines.

 

[sirmyk]

I was thinking of Congo, too. Also, the short story "Survivor Type" by Stephen King, about a medical doctor stranded on an island... to stay alive he slowly devours himself. Hehe! And we can't forget The Island of Dr. Moreau, by H.G. Wells. A classic. The Beach, by Alex Garland is also nice. Lord of the Flies by William Golding is one of my favorites. Is that enough?

 

[Libre]

Island by Richard Laymon is a rip-snorting good one.
I'm reading The Island of Dr. Moreau right now, as sirmyk suggested. If that doesn't fill the bill...

 

[ions]

Hawaii by James A. Michener. Not quite the field you're looking for but definately a great novel about man and an island.
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
The Island by Peter Benchley. From the brief scan I made of the link this book looks to be the closest to what you're looking for. Still just a guess.

 

[Kookamoor]

I read a few pages of the autobiography of the fellow who was trapped in the rock crevass and had to cut his arm off. I don't know the title, though, sorry.

In the fiction vein, what about Lord of the Flies?

 

[Stewart]

This book was only published in Australia and I would have to import it to the UK, to which I do not like doing.

You could just wait until March when it will be published in the UK.

 

[mehastings]

I read a few pages of the autobiography of the fellow who was trapped in the rock crevass and had to cut his arm off. I don't know the title, though, sorry.

It's Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston.