Robinson Crusoe

It's a book about being shipwrecked on a tropical island, and it's a book for being shipwrecked on a tropical island. A brand new Curious Library edition of the first novel written in English, engineered to be useful if the worst happens.

The hardcover is high visibility caution orange, for flagging down a passing ship or an airborne rescue party. A ferrocerium firestarter is stored inside. The last ten pages are blank and marked "kindling" at the top, so you never have to tear up the story to get a fire going. Experts rank fire second only to shelter: it sterilizes water, cooks food, keeps you warm and signals rescuers. The other 114,000 words are Defoe, which at average adult reading speed and no breaks works out to seven hours and eighteen minutes. You'll have the time.