The Book Lover Survival Tag

In honor of Book Lover’s Day, I decided to do a tag I’ve seen floating around the book community, the Book Lover Survival Tag. This tag was created by Penguin Teen for A Map For Wrecked Girls by Jessica Taylor. Basically, the story is about two sisters, Emma and Henri, who “wash up on shore, stranded.”

Remember that fictitious island people keep getting stranded on, just coincidentally never at the same time? The tag itself is basically what five to eight books would you bring with you to a deserted island and why. Because obviously you’ll need some literary content to occupy your time when you aren’t working on survival, trying to hold on to your sanity, and finding the corpses and destroyed belongings of all the other hapless stranded survivors before you.

1.     The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King

We all know I was going to pick a Stephen King book. I had to, and what better than the one where Roland works to survive on his own beach? It seems fitting.

2.     Eragon by Christopher Paolini

I chose this one more for nostalgia than anything else. Eragon was one of the first books I read as I was becoming a reader. It would feel weird to leave it behind. Sure, looking back, it isn’t the best book from an objective standpoint, or maybe even a good one, but I still have a soft spot for it.

3.     Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

            A thriller for island survival of course.

4.     The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

Another point for nostalgia, except with this one, I stand by it being a good book.

5.     Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

I’m pulling a lot from the fantasy genre. I think it would be appropriate to pick something    from the paranormal section. Vampire Academy is one of the more enjoyable paranormal books I’ve read from a purely entertainment standpoint.

6.     Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by K.K. Rowling

Yes, of course I’m bringing a Harry Potter book with me. The third one is among my favorites, and it has the added bonus of the time turner. When stranded on an island, I figure time will be one of those things that becomes a little less real and concrete, or at least feel like it.

7.     A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin

Even on a deserted island, I want to torture myself. Maybe by the time I waste away, G.R.R.M. will come out with the next book.

What books would you bring to your own deserted island?