#TopTenTuesday Books I’d Want With Me While Stranded On a Deserted Island

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl.

The rules are simple:

• Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want.
• Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post.
• Add your name to the Linky widget on that day’s post so that everyone can check out other bloggers’ lists.
• Or if you don’t have a blog, just post your answers as a comment.

This week’s topic is Books I’d Want With Me While Stranded On a Deserted Island. I thought I’d try to be of practical help and have a bit of fun at the same time…

Learning from others’ experiences:

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe – the tale of an English sailor marooned on a desert island for nearly three decades
The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss – The sole survivors of a terrible shipwreck, a family are washed ashore in a new world that will test their courage, cleverness, endurance, and faith.
How To Be Alone by Sarah Maitland – “By indulging in the experience of being alone, we can be inspired to find our own rewards and ultimately lead more enriched, fuller lives.”
Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks – Thrown to the waves, and to fate, the bottle could have ended up anywhere.

Useful skills:

Self-Sufficiency: Foraging for Wild Foods by David Squire 
Norwegian Wood: Chopping, Stacking, and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way by Lars Mytting
The BBQ Book by Jamie Oliver

And in homage to BBC Radio 4’s long-running Desert Island Discs programme, the two books always provided to castaways:

The Bible
The Complete Works of Shakespeare

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