Novels like Wilderness Survival: I Scraped By for Fifty Years
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- 51 A Dead End on a Deserted Island: No One Touches My Woman 荒岛绝路，谁都不能动我的女人 A sudden maritime disaster strands Li Chuan, a construction worker, on an uninhabited island full of bizarre dangers. When he wakes, he soon encounters several beautiful women, each with a different personality. There’s no food and no rescue in sight, only an endless ocean and a perilous jungle. Starting with building a shelter, Li Chuan leads the women in finding water and food, fighting wild beasts, and weathering natural disasters. They carve out a chance to survive, step by step, and Li Chua 5.2kReads6.4Score39514d adds
- 52 Stranded on a Deserted Island from the Start, Are We the Invaders? 开局流落荒岛，我们才是入侵者？ [This is no ordinary deserted-island survival story. It’s a science-fiction apocalypse tale of dual transmigration and a time loop.] I woke up to find that our company retreat had turned into a deserted-island survival ordeal! The boss still wants to pay us wages on the island? Trying to manipulate me? No chance! We’ll build our own camp, hunt wild boars, and fight the savages. A scheming coworker steals food and frames my best friend? A villain shows up with wanted criminals to seize our camp? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Desert Island Survival: Building a Hidden Paradise 荒岛求生，打造世外桃源 [Survival and building]➕ [Pioneering and hunting]➕ [No System]➕ [Adventure] After a strange shipwreck, the protagonist finds himself facing a vast, uncharted island continent. Meticulous and levelheaded, he leads everyone through countless hardships as they struggle to survive. When they encounter a mysterious man, the pieces gradually fall into place. 5.4kReads6.7Score32314d adds
- 54 A Fugitive Slave’s Life of Farming in the Mountains 逃奴的山林种田日常 Alternate world + no romance + a native of ancient times + no transmigration or rebirth + life in the wilderness + everyday farming Early on, she escapes while being exiled. Later, she gathers herbs, hunts, and farms deep in the mountains. When Qiu Shuang was seven, her own father and stepmother sold her into slavery, intending to send her far away. But luck was on her side. Just after the slave broker brought her to the agency, a wet nurse from the marquis’s household arrived to select young m 451Reads7.6Score11414d adds
- 55 A Chronicle of Life in a Primitive Tribe 原始部落生活记 [Farming + Wild Ideas + Wish Fulfillment + Primitive Daily Life + Romance + Food + Infrastructure Building] A goofy, hilarious woman transmigrates for no apparent reason and wakes up as a primitive human who eats raw meat and drinks blood. She’s already close to tears, and the worst part is that she’s all alone in this miserable primitive forest, with no tribe and no companions. She has no choice but to rely on her own abilities to survive. Unfortunately, our heroine is carefree to a fault and d 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Those Days with the Female CEO in the Primeval Jungle 和女总裁在原始丛林的那些事 After a plane crash, I somehow end up stranded in a tropical rainforest, and there's a female CEO with me... 2.3kReads8.3Score22014d adds
- 57 My Days of Survival on a Deserted Island with a Goddess 我和女神荒岛求生的日子 After an accident, I and several beautiful women were stranded on an isolated island, cut off from the rest of the world. The island was mysterious and unpredictable. But driven by our desire to survive and our longing for civilization, we had no choice but to change ourselves...! 1kReads8.6Score10114d adds
- 58 An Ordinary Father and Daughter Stranded on a Deserted Island 平凡父女的荒岛求生 {Realistic + deserted island + challenges + survival + no System + ordinary people + one heroine} A sudden graduation trip with my daughter turned into a strange dream, inexplicably sweeping the two of us into an unknown and mysterious deserted island. 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Surviving on a Deserted Island 我在荒岛求生 On a deserted island with no laws and no food, everyone's negative emotions are magnified without limit. Can they find a way off the island? The protagonist's future is full of uncertainty, but the journey is thrilling. 78Reads5.5Score2314d adds
- 60 Stranded: Making a Living on a Deserted Island 走投无路之荒岛谋生 This is a very realistic deserted-island survival novel. The protagonist has had a difficult life. He grew up poor and went through a failed business and a broken marriage. Determined to give his parents and children a better life, he takes out a loan and sets off to work as an ocean-going sailor, a dangerous profession. His cargo ship is wrecked at sea, and he is the only survivor. With just a lifeboat and its supplies, he makes fishing tools and gathers fresh water. After ten grueling days at 40Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 61 Notes on Life in the Ancient Jungle 远古丛林生活小记 [No romance + food + farming + animal raising + daily life + wholesome story + slice-of-life, read with caution if that's not your thing] After breaking up with her boyfriend, Lin Qing quickly buys a secondhand courtyard house of her own. But after stocking up on a small supply of daily necessities, she transmigrates into an AI-generated prehistoric jungle. Here, she finds towering mountains, lush vegetation, abundant resources, and a safe cave to call home. If you enjoy a self-sufficient retir 2.7kReads8.4Score27714d adds
- 62 Transmigrating to a Primitive World 穿越原始世界 The story follows an ordinary young man from Northeast China who transmigrates to a primitive world with no pocket dimension, no System, and nothing to wear from the start. Using wilderness survival skills he learned from e-books, he conquers primitive society. He learns to make fire, hunt, craft tools, build shelters, make clothes from animal skins, find a wife, and establish a tribe, struggling all the way from being alone to having a whole community around him. 108Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Survival on a Lonely Island: Together Against All Odds 孤屿求生：绝境同行 Synopsis After a passenger plane crashes, Qin Feng and Lin Yue are stranded on a remote, uninhabited island, trapped in a desperate fight for survival. With no supplies, no rescue, and no way out, they build shelter with their bare hands, hunt for food and find water, and battle natural disasters and ferocious beasts as they struggle on the brink of death. From wary distance to relying on each other for their lives, from despair to holding on to hope, the two stand side by side and break free of 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Stranded on a Desert Island with a Cute Girl, We Start a New Life 和萌妹流落荒岛，开启新生活 A storm leaves me stranded on a deserted island with the adorable young woman from my company. With the survival guides on my phone, I feed her seafood, give her coconut juice to drink, and build us a bamboo hut to live in! We even discover a wild Friday! 135Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Against the Odds in the Apocalypse: Surviving on an Island with a Superstar 末世逆境：和美女大明星孤岛求生 [Urban + Doomsday Survival + High Martial Arts + Survival + Beautiful Celebrity + Wilderness + Deserted Island] A plane crash leaves Ye Tian, a wilderness survival expert, and Lin Feifei, a popular actress, stranded on a deserted island. At first, the pampered Lin Feifei can do nothing but scream and cry, relying entirely on Ye Tian. As time passes, Ye Tian begins teaching her wilderness survival skills, from identifying plants to making fire and hunting. Under Ye Tian's “brutal training,” Lin F 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Surviving in Otherworlds: I Gained the Strongest Talent 全球异界求生：我获得最强天赋 [Survival] [Otherworld] [Shelter Building] [Disasters] [Magic] [Technology] [Civilizations of Other Races] [Talents] [Farming] [Monsters] Eight billion people across the world are transported to another world. How will they face one crisis after another? Hunger, cold, floods, monsters, the world's hidden secrets... Some say this is the end of humanity. Others say it's the beginning of a new civilization. But for now, the most important thing is figuring out how to stay alive! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Deserted Island: The Rest of My Life on a Deserted Island 荒岛之荒岛余生 I went abroad to clear my head, never expecting to get caught in a plane crash. I plunged into the vast ocean and ended up stranded on a deserted island. That's when my island survival days began. 4kReads8.4Score25914d adds
- 68 Tribal Frontier: Pioneering the Wilds 部落之开拓莽荒 In a primeval jungle, a boy called Feng ventures alone into a lawless world. Amid countless dangers, he builds his own power, forms a tribe, and begins his quest for supremacy from nothing. At fifteen, he has no System and no mysterious powers. In a primitive society overrun by beasts, he relies on his own hard work and clever mind to carve out a place for himself. During a aimless journey, he finds a wild man who can become his companion. From then on, his dream of venturing into the wilderness 95Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 69 Desert Island Plane Crash: A Battle-Hardened Mercenary and a Drama Queen Flight Attendant 荒岛坠机：铁血佣兵与戏精空姐 [Multiple heroines] + [Plot] + [Adventure] “You've only just been stranded on a deserted island, and your dark side is already showing?!” [Lots of people would give anything for this chance…] “My dad's a mercenary. If you try anything, I'll have him kill you!” [What a coincidence, your dad and I are in the same line of work…] The mercenary Sang Biao was on his way to South Africa for one last mission when his plane crashed, leaving him stranded on a mysterious island. The women on this isla 847Reads8.2Score10214d adds
- 70 Transmigrated to the Deep Mountains to Farm and Build 穿越深山种田搞基建 [Fictional setting + remote mountains + no space or System + farming + nation-building + food + everyday life + animal husbandry] Wang Xiaonuan transmigrates. And she brings a dog with her. On her way to work, a little yellow dog bumps into her, and she suddenly finds herself deep in the mountains. From the start, she has nothing but a cave. All she has on her is one set of clothes. She must provide for herself and create everything she needs to eat, drink, and get by, all with her own two hands 1.4kReads6.6Score10614d adds
- 71 Stranded on a Deserted Island with Gorgeous, Fearless Teammates 流落荒岛，我的队友又美又飒 Chen Mu, a former special forces instructor, is stranded on a deserted island with all kinds of beautiful women after a plane crash. See how he makes a thriving life for himself on the island. Read the full story for details. 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Desire Demon Island 欲望恶魔岛 A shipwreck leaves Qin Mun'en and a group of survivors stranded on a deserted island. They are cut off from the rest of the world, with scarce resources. Here, the strong prey on the weak, and only the strong survive! To ensure his own survival and that of the beautiful women around him, Qin Mun'en battles heaven and earth, carving out a path through blood and steel! 4.7kReads8.2Score53714d adds
- 73 My Years on the Island 我在海岛那些年 All you get from the start is a life ring. You have to find all your own gear. No romance, no System, just a wilderness novice toughing it out to survive on a deserted island! They say trouble never comes alone, and it’s true. Lin Fan has just been dumped when he gets caught in a shipwreck! Let’s see how Lin Fan, a complete novice at wilderness survival, builds his own island home step by step... 1.5kReads8.1Score10514d adds
- 74 Survival on a Deserted Island: My Followers Are So Cute and Beautiful 荒岛求生：我的跟班好萌好美 [Thrilling Survival] [No System] [Adventure] [Monsters] [Wild Imagination] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Resource Competition] [Infrastructure Building] "No meat to eat? Then we'll go shark fishing." "What? Are you crazy?" 122Reads—Score34114d adds
- 75 Stars Fall Over Jincheng 星落锦城 Beneath the glass dome of the Bureau of Heavenly Mandates, three hundred and sixty scrolls of destiny floated neatly in midair, each tied to the lifeline of a mortal. Lin Xingluo was sprawled over her desk, with the scroll titled “Child of Fortune: Gu Huaizhi” open to page seven before her. Her fingertips were still poised to turn the page, but her eyelids had already closed despite her best efforts. This was her forty-seventh consecutive day of overtime. Mortal destinies were getting more co 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 Wilderness: Farming with a House in Tow 荒野：带着房子去种田 Yu Qing, an ordinary, socially anxious office worker, is sent to another world by a faulty refrigerator while drinking cola. The good news: she brought along the house she was renting, so she now owns a home without having to spend twenty years working for one. Yu Qing's inner monologue: I just wonder what the landlady's going to do now that she's lost a whole house. The bad news: apart from the leaky fridge, there's no electricity in the house that came with her, and there's no running water 93Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 77 A Body Cultivator’s Daily Life in the Wilderness 荒野求生之体修的日常 An unexpected transmigration, a bewildered protagonist, and a bewildered System. One wants to stay alive and live more comfortably; the other wants to avoid having its intelligence erased. They decide to make do for now. Neither expects to keep going further and further down the path of wilderness survival. In Alaska, he borrowed bedding from a black bear and a coat from a brown bear. In the sea, he borrowed a pair of shorts from a shark. On the African savanna, he borrowed a door curtain from a 1.6kReads8.6Score10314d adds
- 78 Apocalypse Theseus 末日忒修斯 When a tsunami swallows skyscrapers and civilization is reduced to islands in an endless sea, what is the one thing you can rely on? In 2024, the apocalypse wasn't a prophecy. It was reality. In an age of mass revelry and entertainment at all costs, no one listened to the warnings from the depths of the ocean. Only Su Mingzhou, an ordinary university student obsessed with the history of seafaring, chose to believe in that one-in-ten-thousand chance. He staked all his hopes on a four-meter woode 92Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 79 Deserted Island: Extreme Survival 荒岛之绝地求生 Stranded on a deserted island, he has to survive with a girl in tow! Starting with just a lighter, Lin Ye begins his fight to survive on the island. Here, humanity's ugliest side is on full display, and danger lurks everywhere. He stumbles into a primitive tribe and battles pirates. No matter how hard things get, he has to face them head-on and stay strong if he wants to survive... 19.3kReads8.7Score1.4k14d adds
- 80 Surviving on a Deserted Island with My Blind Date 和相亲对象荒岛求生 [Deserted Island + Hardcore Survival + Survival + Conquest + Exploration] He attends the wedding of a woman he once went on a blind date with and watches her marry a man she loves. He thinks they’ll never cross paths again, but then he unexpectedly lands on a mysterious deserted island, where their fates become entwined once more. 408Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Surviving in the Jungle, I Rely on Myself for Everything 丛林求生，我靠自己自给自足 After a joke, three sisters are transported to ancient times in a parallel world and forced to take on a survival challenge. Fortunately, they have a survival System to help them. Starting with nothing, they struggle to stay alive before eventually enjoying a comfortable life. With a forest at their backs, they build a rural home, going from a broken tent at the start to a traditional courtyard house, and from wearing grass skirts and bark to raising silkworms and weaving cloth. They gradually t 594Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 82 After Being Stranded on a Deserted Island, We Face the Rest of Our Lives Together 流落荒岛后我们相伴共度余生 Island survival + farming + food + infrastructure + animal husbandry. The story moves at a relatively slow pace and stays close to real life. There is no System or golden finger, no pirates, mysterious forces, or native savages, and no groups scheming and fighting one another or magical secret realms. This is a pure island-farming story about building a home and working toward a better life. 2kReads6.7Score12914d adds
- 83 Desert Island Survival: Guardian of the Treasure 荒岛求生之宝藏守护 Back from a battlefield filled with gunfire and smoke, former top mercenary Chen Mo hopes to settle into a quiet life as head of security at Xinghai Tech. But fate thrusts him into a new storm: he is ordered to protect the cool and commanding CEO Su Mujin on a voyage to Country A. As their plane crosses the legendary, mysterious Bermuda Triangle, disaster strikes without warning. The plane crashes, and Chen Mo and Su Mujin are lucky to survive, washing ashore on an isolated island full of danger 5.8kReads8.5Score70614d adds
- 84 Stranded on Golden Island, I Crowned Myself Emperor 流落黄金岛我称帝 [Island Survival + Unconventional Transmigration + Multiple Heroines + Conquest + No System + No Golden Finger] Lin Chonglou was a young man from the mountains, and from childhood, everyone knew he was destined for greatness. Later, he led several people with similar fates to Golden Island, where they farmed, hunted, and struggled to survive. Then they rescued the descendants of the Tang and Song dynasties and steadily built up their strength. In the end, they launched a war and conquered the en 114Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Deserted Island Survival 荒岛之孤岛求生 A cruise ship is caught in a hurricane and sucked into a massive whirlpool. When Lin Feng wakes up, he finds himself stranded on a deserted island. As he struggles to survive, he encounters a group of other survivors, and together they embark on an adventure across the island... 10.9kReads8.3Score69214d adds
- 86 Castaway on a Deserted Island 孤岛求生记 A cruise ship carrying more than five hundred people encountered a gigantic whirlpool at sea and sank. A group of people washed up on an island, where danger lurked everywhere. To survive, they... 3.6kReads8.7Score29714d adds
- 87 A Pocket Dimension from the Start, My Best Friend and I Lead the Whole Village to Wealth 开局有空间，我和闺蜜带全村暴富 [Pocket Dimension + Farming + Fleeing Famine + Military Conscription + Best Friends Transmigrate Together + Imperial Examinations] Trust is what matters most between best friends, and Ji Tang believes Shen Qingning can make her rich. The two transmigrate at the same time into the bodies of ordinary people, becoming sworn sisters registered in the same household. They have no choice but to work hard. They want to earn money, get rich, and eat their fill, so they put all their intelligence to use 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Apocalyptic Disasters: A Strongwoman Braves the Famine Road Alone 末世天灾，大力女独自去逃荒 [Pocket dimension + no romance + super strength + infrastructure building + no do-gooder heroine + no team-ups + drought + floods + extreme cold] Gu Qing is a woman from the apocalypse. As soon as she transmigrates, her own mother nearly sells her to a human-meat bun shop. Her awful parents deserve to die, so she strips the house bare and breaks both their legs. Let’s see how they survive the disasters. From here on, one catastrophe after another is about to strike: first drought and plague, the 918Reads6.4Score10014d adds
- 89 Back to Prehistory: The Tribal Beauties All Want Me to Be Chief 回到史前，部落美女全求我当酋长 Also known as Lost in Prehistory: Survival in a Primitive World and The Man at the Top of the Food Chain Crashes 10,000 Years into the Past [Hardcore survival, TV-drama style, epic survival story. No special abilities, so don't read if that's not your thing.] A group of men and women crash in a primitive jungle. When they wake up, they discover they've been sent back 10,000 years into prehistory. Among the survivors are a cool, divorced female pilot; a young, beautiful flight attendant and her b 596Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 90 Transmigrated to the Early Tang, I Want Wealth, Not Romance 穿在初唐，不想恋爱只想发家 (Farming + food + transmigration to the early Tang dynasty + infrastructure + making a fortune) After transmigrating to the world under Li Shimin’s rule, who could resist making a little difference? Knit sweaters and sew padded coats to keep Li Shimin, who already has a heated brick bed, even warmer and help him live a little longer. Reinforce the city walls with cement and add vermicelli to the army’s rations, making the eastern campaign against Goguryeo a little easier. A soap business can 116Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Stranded in Lop Nur 2 罗布泊绝境余生2 Synopsis Drawn by the lure of Gobi jade and meteorites, Qin Feng, Lin Yue, and ten others drive into the “Sea of Death,” Lop Nor. But the merciless no-man’s-land traps them, and the struggle to survive begins. Sandstorms wreck their vehicles and supplies run out. As they face the desperate prospect of having neither food nor water, former companions become one another’s “competitors”: some betray their teammates by hiding water, some seize food just to stay alive, and others choose to sacrifice 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 The Kunlun Ice Vein 昆仑冰脉 Disclaimer This book is a work of fictional literature. All characters, plots, settings, institutions, and other elements are the author’s artistic creations and have no direct connection to real people, events, or organizations. Any similarities or coincidental overlaps in the plot are purely accidental. Do not assume they refer to anyone in particular or read too much into them. The views expressed in this book represent only the author’s personal opinions and do not reflect the position of an 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Stranded 3: The Abyss of Black Rock 绝境余生3黑岩深渊 Synopsis: A strange recording and a fragmentary map reveal the terrifying secrets of the Black Rock Rift. In search of her missing mentor, Lin Yue ventures into an abyss millions of years old and persuades the trauma-ridden Qin Feng to lead the expedition. Sandstorms in the no-man’s-land and strange lights in the rift are only the beginning. Deep underground, the ruins of a prehistoric civilization emerge, marked with blood-red patterns. Mutated creatures hunt them one after another, while geolo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 The Martian Era: Humanity's Interstellar Long March 火星纪元：人类的星际长征 Synopsis: As humanity’s dream of exploring Mars becomes reality, Qin Feng steps forward as a fearless pioneer. He builds a production system run entirely by robots, using cutting-edge technology to blast through ice and release oxygen and water, bringing Mars its first source of life. Following ecological principles, he introduces species in stages, from microorganisms to plants and animals, gradually building a complete ecosystem. After years of hard work, the red desert becomes a green landsca 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 The Phoenix Commands the Dragon's Chart 凤御龙图 Disclaimer This book is a work of fiction. All characters, plots, settings, institutions, and other elements are artistic creations of the author and are not directly connected to any people, events, or organizations in the real world. Any coincidental similarities in plot or content are purely accidental. Please do not assume they refer to real people or read too much into them. The views expressed in this book are solely the author’s personal opinions and do not represent the stance of any org —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 Desert Island Survival: My Sidekick Is Strong and Adorable 荒岛求生，我的跟班又强又萌 After a maritime disaster claims thousands of lives, Li Feng and Lin Ping survive and end up stranded on a deserted island. The island is strange and dangerous. To survive, they... 12.5kReads7.9Score1.1k14d adds
- 97 Stranded on a Deserted Island, I Survive by Scavenging 流落荒岛后靠捡垃圾为生 No romance, female-lead focus, one woman surviving alone on a deserted island After being shipwrecked and accidentally stranded on a deserted island, how do you survive? Will it be a seafood buffet, as most people imagine, or three meals a day that never fill you up? Will you enjoy endless scenic views every day, or face nothing but a monotonous horizon? Will life be as relaxing as you imagined, or will you never have a moment to rest? Maybe you'll only know if you experience it for yourself. 4.2kReads9.0Score39314d adds
- 98 Deserted Island Survival: Building a Utopia from Nothing 荒岛求生，从无到有打造世外桃源 [Realistic Survival] [Farming and Hunting] [No System] After a shipwreck leaves Lin Fan stranded on a deserted island, he finds himself surviving there alongside several beautiful women. Lin Fan leads them in clearing land and farming, builds a shelter, and rises to the peak of life! 5kReads7.2Score38414d adds
- 99 Stranded on a Desert Island, I Don't Want to Live Anymore 流落荒岛，我不想活了 Zhao Yuanzhou, an ordinary sailor, is stranded on a deserted island, where he meets Zhang Beibei, a wealthy heiress. The two fall for each other. After an accident separates him from Zhang Beibei, Zhao Yuanzhou goes from trying to survive to searching for the woman he loves, meeting all kinds of survivors along the way. Some offer help, while others get caught up in Zhao Yuanzhou’s bad luck, setting off one story after another. The mysterious island is also home to wild people, a mysterious ston 78Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Deserted Island Rules: From Human to Beast 荒岛法则：从人变兽 Desert Island Survival / Mystery / Ensemble Cast / Extreme Conditions / Human Nature Recommended for readers who enjoy premises like Lord of the Flies, Lost, and Battle Royale. 58Reads—Score—14d adds
