9 Books to Help You Escape When You Are Trapped in an Airport (or Anywhere)

It was 2:41 P.M. Eight miles from his truck, in a deep and narrow slot canyon, Aron was climbing down off a wedged boulder when the rock suddenly, and terrifyingly, came loose. Before he could get out of the way, the falling stone pinned his right hand and wrist against the canyon wall. One of the most extraordinary survival stories ever told — Aron Ralston's searing account of his six days trapped in one of the most remote spots in America, and how one inspired act of bravery brought him home.

Stuck in O'Hare airport on the way to his daughter's wedding, Ben Ford is reduced to writing a letter to the airline demanding he be refunded and immediately rerouted. What starts as an outraged letter becomes an autobiography that is at turns funny, sad, overwhelming and redemptive. The language is enough to keep you entertained during several holdovers.

Though we think being trapped in a bookstore is kind of the BEST case scenario, perhaps the Waterstones Texan should have read this book to learn how to build a shelter, forage for food, fend off wild animals..... The worst of the worst, all in one place! This deluxe desk reference includes a hardbound volume of the most popular scenarios from all 11 Worst-Case Scenario handbooks. Avoid the perils of mountain lions and blind dates, avalanches and teenage driving lessons, runaway golf carts and Christmas turkeys on firea remedy for every crisis the worst-case experts have anticipated is now only a click away.

Clay lands a job at a mysterious 24 hour bookstore with few customers and almost no book sales. What he discovers about the store and the owner and the world beyond makes this a page turner of a novel.

Henri Charrière was imprisoned for a crime he did not commit and he spent years trying to escape until he was sent to the notorious Devil's Island - a place from which no one ever escaped. The basis for the brilliant film starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman this is a gut-wrenching story and Charrière's flight to freedom remains one of the most incredible feats of human cunning, will, and endurance ever undertaken.

Frank W. Abagnale, alias Frank Williams, Robert Conrad, Frank Adams, and Robert Monjo, was one of the most daring con men, forgers, imposters, and escape artists in history. In his brief but notorious criminal career, Abagnale donned a pilot's uniform and copiloted a Pan Am jet, masqueraded as the supervising resident of a hospital, practiced law without a license, passed himself off as a college sociology professor, and cashed over $2.5 million in forged checks, all before he was twenty-one. The basis for the great Leo DiCaprio film, hopefully he's not flying your plane.

The acclaimed tale of a shipwrecked Englishman who finds himself stranded on an island off the coast of South America, a story of survival, self-reliance, adventure, and faith. TGIF.