Novels like Real, Primitive, and Terrifying: The Island
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- 1 A Pastoral Life on a Deserted Island 流落荒岛的田园生活 After an accident, Chen Ye and two female colleagues were swept by the waves onto an uninhabited island. No System, no golden finger, no global livestream, and no scheming. Finding fresh water, building shelter, gathering food, chopping wood, and cultivating land. Starting with nothing, they build a little home of their own on the island, one step at a time. 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Wilderness Survival: I Scraped By for Fifty Years 荒野求生，我苟活五十年 [Wilderness Survival] [No System, No Superpowers, No Female Lead] [Building with Bare Hands] [Farming] [The Myriad Ways] A strange experience made me appreciate the preciousness of life anew, but by the time I looked back, I was already in my twilight years. It seemed to last a long time, yet also felt like it had happened in the blink of an eye. Bloodthirsty beasts of the new age, the mysterious culture of the Yaseda tribe, tribal conflicts fought to preserve civilization... When this world bec 658Reads7.2Score10014d adds
- 3 Survival on a Deserted Island: From the Start, I Found a School Beauty in White Stockings 荒岛求生：开局捡到白丝校花 [No System + Survival + Ruthless and Decisive + No Saintly Heroics + Multiple Heroines + No Cultivation] A shipwreck leaves a group of people stranded on a deserted island. Lin Tian, a former special forces soldier, is betrayed by his colleagues and chooses to live on his own. To his surprise, he finds a beautiful schoolgirl in white stockings from the start. Drawing on years of wilderness survival experience, he builds shelters and makes all kinds of tools, living a comfortable little life. But 533Reads6.5Score10314d adds
- 4 Alone in the Wilderness: I Became the Ultimate Survivalist 荒野独居：我成了生存天花板 [No female lead + no System + livestream + hardcore survival] When he wakes up, Lin Mo finds himself dropped into the frozen wilderness of Siberia, one of a hundred contestants in Ultimate Wilderness. Temperatures of thirty degrees below zero, predators all around, and a livestream with nowhere to hide. While the other contestants shiver in the snow and wind, chewing tree bark to survive, Lin Mo takes a completely different approach: Day one: He builds an invincible shelter using mortise-and-ten 1.7kReads7.8Score14614d adds
- 5 Hunting and Scouting: Starting with Wilderness Survival 狩猎打野：从荒野独居开始 New book: [Resident Evil: Starting by Devouring the T-Virus], now being serialized [Wilderness + Hardcore Survival + Hunting + Building + Castaway Life] [Main story: Wilderness solitude + hunting; side story: Business and making money + traveling the world] Due to financial difficulties, Chen Feng signed up for the amateur division of the survival show "Alone in the Wilderness". Thus began his journey to becoming a wilderness expert on reality television. He hunted bears in Canada's fri 2.2kReads6.6Score17414d adds
- 6 The Train from the Abyss of Time 时间之渊异界列车 A train tears through the boundary between reality and imaginary numbers; Seventy-three cycles uncover a pact of life and death spanning a thousand years. On a summer night in 2014, college student Wang Xiaoyu boards a train back to campus, only to find himself plunged into a nightmare that defies the laws of physics. When the tunnel's dazzling fog swallows the passengers, when photos of his own corpse on the tracks appear in his phone gallery, and when a mysterious passenger who jumped from the 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 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
- 8 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
- 9 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
- 10 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
- 11 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
- 12 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
- 13 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
- 14 Survival at Sea: Farm Dungeons and Save the World 海上求生：猛刷副本，拯救世界 [Survival + Light Infinite-Flow Elements + Dungeons + System + Magic] Also known as: “Surviving at Sea: How Is an Ordinary Person Supposed to Save the World?” When Jiang Yuexin woke up, she discovered that everyone on Earth had been pulled into a brutal survival game. She drew the sea-survival scenario and carefully tried to stay alive, only to discover that this world had more than strange skills. It even had magic, flowing patterns, and professions with their own systems. Dungeons of all kinds —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Me and My Hapless Dog on a Deserted Island 我和我的冤种狗在荒岛 A deserted-island survival story with a focus on building and farming. No flashy gimmicks. If you enjoy realistic survival fiction, feel free to follow along. After a plane crash, TT and I were lucky enough to survive, but we were stranded on a deserted island. With no tools and no outside help, I could only rely on my own hands and professional skills to improve our situation. I carved out a stone shelter, dug channels to bring in water, cleared land for crops, and penned up wild animals, grad 81Reads8.1Score15714d adds
- 16 You Think I'm Just a Porter, But This Is a Desert Island 嫌我是扛包的，可这里是荒岛 A plane crash leaves Chen Yang stranded on a deserted island. He builds a shelter, starts a fire by rubbing sticks together, and fights to survive. Once a man at the very bottom of society, he's now at the top of the food chain on the island. 9Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 17 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
- 18 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
- 19 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
- 20 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
- 21 Piaopiao Yuchengxian's Sixth Book 飘飘欲成仙的第6本书 [No System] [Deserted Island] [Survival] [Conquest] [Adventure] Su Chen woke up on a beach and rescued his beautiful neighbor, Lin Yueyue. What kind of story will unfold between them? The blurb doesn't do it justice, so please read the main story. 930Reads6.6Score11914d adds
- 22 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
- 23 Living Together in the Wilderness 荒野同居 No need to open this. I've dropped it, and the entire text has been replaced. It will be hidden once the requirements are met in a while. Sorry to anyone who opened it by mistake or added it to their bookshelf. I'm still writing the novel, just not posting it here anymore, 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Tales from the Wilderness 荒野那些事 A new story is here! You're welcome to read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! Please come and read my work. This book is about what happened when my Uncle Zhang and my cousin went on a wilderness expedition: the new and unfamiliar things they encountered, and how they dealt with the various problems that came up. This book is entirely fictional, so please read it with that in mind. 97Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Transmigrating to the Three Kingdoms as a Warlord 穿越三国当军阀 Three Kingdoms + war + coups + transmigration + political intrigue + romance!!! I am the leader of the Way of Great Peace, the head of the Yellow Turbans, a trusted confidant of Emperor Ling of Han, the teacher of Emperor Xian of Han, and the boss of the Black Mountain Army. I steer Luoyang’s politics and nearly unify the Central Plains! I used to be a low-ranking clerk in a municipal government office. After working overtime for five days straight, I was struck by five thunderbolts on my way ho 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 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
- 27 Deadly Desert Island: The Goddess Is by My Side When I Wake Up 绝命荒岛：醒来时女神在我身边 A bizarre plane crash leaves Chen Mo, an ordinary office worker, and Su Yuqing, the boss he has secretly loved for years, stranded on a deserted island. There is no wreckage, no other survivors, and they seem to have appeared there out of nowhere. As they face desperate odds, an unknown force begins to awaken inside him. Can he keep the goddess alive and uncover the ultimate truth behind the mysterious crash? 1.1kReads6.9Score10614d adds
- 28 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
- 29 Surviving the Apocalypse: From the Start with One Bowl, Ending with a Nation 末世求生之开局一个碗结局一个国 “Instead of killing one another, we might as well join forces and face death together!” I press my pistol to the back of the goddess Mu Wanqing’s head. She presses hers to the back of Ai Li’s head, and Ai Li presses hers to the back of mine. The three of us pull the triggers! In the year 3500, nuclear war breaks out. Earth is destroyed, and robots rule the world. Humanity is divided into robots, cyborgs, and humans! Humans live in fifteen sanctuaries: the Mariana Trench, ten thousand meters belo 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Tale of Deng Sui, the Eastern Han Dynasty’s First Empress Dowager 东汉第一女太后邓绥传 Female-led story + an Eastern Han version of Empresses in the Palace + a white lotus making a comeback + wealthy family rivalries + palace intrigue + mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflicts + rivalry between women + power games + building a career From the start, she faces Dou Xian, who had a stone monument carved at Mount Yanran, and Empress Dowager Dou, whose power surpasses the emperor’s! She outshines Empress Yin and is nearly driven to suicide! Born into the Deng Yu clan, she must conte 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Global Lord: I Get Stronger by Fishing on a Deserted Island 全民领主：我在荒岛钓鱼就变强 Transmigrated into a world where everyone is a lord? Are you kidding me? I’ve been abandoned alone on a deserted island! Luckily, I have a mysterious fishing rod for company! Dragons and Dark Elves are powerful? To the Dragon Tortoises, they’re nothing but ants! Watch as Mo Feng leads an army of Dragon Tortoises, fishing from his deserted island, until, without even realizing it, he stands at the pinnacle of the world! 2.1kReads8.2Score11714d adds
- 32 A Book by the Top-Ranked Scholar 金榜书生的一本书 After a plane crash, Qin Lie and a group of beautiful women were stranded on a deserted island. The island was riddled with dangers and teeming with deadly threats. To survive, Qin Lie had no choice but to support and care for the others on the island. In the end, they built a paradise far removed from the world. 249Reads6.9Score10414d adds
- 33 The Days of Surviving on a Deserted Island with a Flight Attendant 与空姐荒岛求生的岁月 Beautiful women, flight attendants, deserted islands, chance encounters, human nature, death, and a slow-paced deserted-island survival story. The language isn't overblown. This is the author's reflections on life and an exploration of the unknown, and I hope the story will help me make more friends. 1.9kReads6.5Score14214d adds
- 34 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
- 35 An Axe from the Start, Ruling the Deserted Island as I Please 开局一把斧荒岛任我行 Stranded on a deserted island, Hu Feng has nothing from the start but a fire axe taken from a cruise ship. See how he carves out his own kingdom on this vast, boundless island. 4.2kReads8.4Score36814d adds
- 36 Wilderness Survival: Thirty Years Alone on a Deserted Island 荒野求生：独居荒岛三十载 (Plenty of chapters are available, so feel free to binge. The author specializes in wilderness survival.) [No System, no laid-back lifestyle] [Building and pioneering] [Fishing and foraging along the shore] [Raising livestock and farming] The story of my extraordinary thirty years. As a hopeful young man full of dreams, I set out on a journey, determined to see the world's most beautiful blue glacier. Along the way, I encountered a storm and pirates, but managed to escape by sheer luck. Adrift a 11.7kReads8.4Score1.1k14d adds
- 37 Bloodshed on a Deserted Island 喋血荒岛 This is a deserted island cut off from the rest of the world, where we ended up after a plane crash. At first, everyone still clung to a little humanity and a few basic principles. But as time passed, the chances of a rescue team finding us grew slimmer and slimmer. Then humanity began to crumble! In this place, stripped of the restraints of law and morality, people started going to extremes… Humans who have lost their humanity are far more terrifying than beasts! Here, we must face the merci 11.4kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds
- 38 I Stumbled Into a Deserted Island of Women, and Started With an Egg 误入荒岛女儿国，开局一颗蛋 After a plane crashes into the sea, Chen Feng draws on his survival knowledge and tries to lead everyone to safety. But someone sees him as responsible for the crash. Chen Feng is kicked out of the group and has to survive on his own. Unexpectedly, he is caught by a wild woman, and stumbles into her tribe, only to find that it's made up entirely of women, a veritable kingdom of women. If he wants to survive, he'll have to conquer the wild women… 1.4kReads6.2Score10914d adds
- 39 Surviving the Apocalypse: Stranded on a Deserted Island from the Start 末世求生：开局流落荒岛 [Absolutely no saintly self-sacrifice] After a plane crash, Wang Hao begins a daily survival sign-in on a deserted island! While the other survivors worry about how to start a fire and go hungry, Wang Hao is already enjoying grilled fish and fresh spring water. When a zombie apocalypse sweeps the world, Wang Hao is living in paradise on his island! 1.2kReads7.9Score10014d adds
- 40 Conquer the Deserted Island with Two Systems 荒岛系统争霸，我有双系统 From the start, he was accidentally stranded on a deserted island. But, as it turned out, someone there had obtained a System: a Beast Taming System, a sign-in System, an Evolution System... Lin Ye, however, received no System at all. In the end, he was betrayed and died with hatred in his heart. But who could have guessed that all of this was just one simulation opportunity he had received earlier? ... 24.9kReads6.9Score2.6k14d adds
- 41 Gunshots and Roses: A Survival Guide to a Deserted Island! 枪声与玫瑰，荒岛求生手札！ On a business trip to Australia, a plane crash leaves him stranded on a deserted island. It’s a fight for survival in the most desperate conditions! Wolves, insects, tigers, leopards, crocodiles, venomous bees, poisonous plants, earthquakes, pirates: he faces death again and again, only to survive! At last, he escapes and returns victorious! How will Zhao Yun, the male lead, and Ruowei, the female lead, lead everyone out of their desperate situation? Read the novel to find out! 553Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 42 Stranded on a Deserted Island, I Take Beautiful Women on Adventures to Survive 流落荒岛，我带美女冒险求生 [No System + Deserted Island Survival + Multiple Female Leads + Adventure + Conquest] Surviving on a deserted island with no food or fresh water isn't the scary part. But what if you get sick? Urgent! Stranded on a deserted island and desperately in need of a medical professional. Thinking this, Ye Zhou slowly opened his eyes. Good heavens! There really was a nurse right in front of him. From then on, he began surviving through one adventure after another. Exploring lava caves and golden mansion 2kReads8.7Score29014d adds
- 43 Stranded on a Deserted Island with a Flight Attendant 我和空姐流落荒岛 After a plane crash, he is stranded on a deserted island. The nameless island is full of dangers, but with three flight attendants by his side, he overcomes one challenge after another, determined to do whatever it takes to survive. Here, survival is put to the test, and human nature clashes. Responsibility and resolve, courage and wisdom, are with them every step of the way. [No golden finger, no cultivation fantasy, just life on a tropical island.] 8.1kReads9.0Score87214d adds
- 44 Isle of Time and Space: Searching for Lost Memories 时空孤岛：寻找失去的记忆 Time and space twist, and he loses his memory. Searching for his past is fraught with danger. Surviving on a deserted island, with multiple heroines and no goody-two-shoes nonsense! Witty and humorous, decisive and ruthless, with genuine feelings! A fantastical journey, entirely fictional and just for entertainment! 71Reads—Score514d adds
- 45 My Classmates and I Survive on a Deserted Island 我和同学的荒岛求生 During graduation season, the school organizes a trip out to sea for teachers and students. An accident strikes, and the cruise ship goes down. When Lin Chuan wakes up, he discovers that he and his classmates have been stranded on a deserted island. From then on, Lin Chuan becomes the one his classmates depend on. He silently swears to himself that he will keep them alive. 7.1kReads7.3Score48914d adds
- 46 Ocean Survival: Starting with Daily Treasure Chests! 海洋求生：从每日宝箱开始！ [Slow burn + developing romance + survival and building + multiple heroines] Lin Yan had never dreamed that one day the nation’s goddess, Su Xingyue, would invite him to her home. Even less did he expect that transmigrating into a game would make them teammates. [Ding! Treasure Chest System activated!] [Binding candidate detected: Su Xingyue! Your bound partner can obtain treasure chests for you. Once the cooldown resets, you can open a chest!] “Lin Yan, we’re teammates from now on. I’m counting 36kReads7.2Score3.4k14d adds
- 47 I Own a Super Island 我有一座超级海岛 After a plane crash, Fang Cheng finds himself stranded on a deserted island with his sharp-tongued female boss. Drawing on the survival skills he learned from watching Bear Grylls' Man vs. Wild, he begins a difficult struggle to stay alive on the island. Humanity? Social class? Under the pressure of survival, both are redefined. On this island, I am king! As the two explore the island further, they gradually discover that this deserted island is not as simple as it seems... 879Reads8.2Score11614d adds
- 48 Desert Island Survival: I Build a Civilization from Scratch with the Goddess 荒岛求生：我带女神手搓文明 [Desert Island Survival · Technical Expertise · Minor System · Farming and Construction · Multiple Heroines] A plane crashes, leaving six survivors stranded on an uninhabited desert island. There’s no rescue, only a perilous primeval rainforest. Li Yunfan, a former project manager, is bound to the Survival Encyclopedia System. There’s no spiritual qi revival, just practical skills like making fire with a drill, firing bricks, smelting iron, taming animals, and farming. In this desperate situatio 14.6kReads7.2Score1.5k14d adds
- 49 Wasteland Office Worker: Forced to Build a House on an Alien Planet 24/7 荒野社畜：被迫在异星007造房 Li Zhiyuan is reborn in a parallel world. He is forced to take part in a show called “Survival in the Wilderness,” hosted by an alien civilization. Other contestants: “I'm so hungry. I haven't eaten in three days.” Li Zhiyuan: “What should I eat today? Venison or wolf meat? That's a tough choice.” Other contestants: “Ah, the shelter is leaking again.” Li Zhiyuan: “This wooden house is great, but it could use a little more sunlight.” While the other contestants are still struggling to survive, Li 6.1kReads7.9Score52414d adds
- 50 Stranded on a Desert Island with My Landlady 我和房东阿姨流落荒岛 [Surrounded by women + older women + deserted-island survival + fantasy adventure + no System + resource rivalry + mysterious treasure + romance] A bizarre shipwreck, an ancient pendant, an old book, a giant white serpent, a strange canyon, a group of assassins, and the ruins of an ancient city. Faced with all this, how will they survive, and how will it end? “I’m going to fish for pythons.” “What? Are you crazy?” 3.3kReads7.2Score26714d adds
