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Best Survival Books
101 "Must Have" Survival Guide Books for Preppers

101 Must have books on prepping and survival.
The best survival books. On the topics of homesteading, survival
and preparedness, there are hundreds of good books for preppers
to read that are entertaining, helpful, instructional and also
lifesaving. From first aid to the first line of tactical defense
there's something for "The Survival Mom" and "Doomsday Prepper
"When All Hell Breaks Loose."

There are prepper books about bugging out, bugging in, or getting
a pandemic flu bug. Whether you want to read about beans,
bandages, bullets or bugout bags, all the best books for preppers
are listed here. Prepare now to "Get Out Of Dodge!" Learn "How
To Survive The End of World As We Know It."

101 of the Best Survival Books
Following is the list of "must have" books we compiled for
preppers, homesteaders and survivalists...

#1: 5 Acres & A Dream The Book: The Challenges of
Establishing a Self-Sufficient Homestead by Leigh Tate. A
homesteading book.

#2: 52 Prepper Projects: A Project a Week to Help You
Prepare for the Unpredictable, by David Nash. A prepper project
handbook.

#3: 98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping your Ass Alive by Cody
Lundin,director of the Aboriginal Living Skills School in Prescott,
Arizona

#4: A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue
Park, this is a kid's prepper book.

#5: Backyard Farming on an Acre (More or less) by Angela
England. A homesteading book.

#6: Barnyard in your Backyard by Gail Damerow. A
homesteading book.

#7: Basic Butchering of Livestock & Game by John Mettler. A
homesteading and self-sufficiency book.

#8: Boy Scouts Handbook (The First Edition), 1911. This Boy
Scout Handbook will help you learn how to "be prepared" the
original boy scout way. You'll learn Scoutcraft, which includes first
aid, life saving, tacking signaling, campcraft, woodcraft, chivalry
and atriotism among other subjects. Learn to make as sundaila
nd more. This is a survival book for kids and adults alike.

#9 Build the Perfect Bug Out Bag: Your 72-Hour Disaster Survival
Kit by Creek Stewart.

#10: Bushcraft 101: A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness
Survival by Dave Canterbury. A survival book. This is the #1 Best
Seller in Hiking & Camping Instructional Guides.

#11: Bushcraft: Outdoor Skills and Wilderness Survival, Mors
Kochandaski. A survival book.

#12 Catastrophe, and the End of the World by Michael
Sweeney. A prepper fiction book.

#13: Chicken gardens by Jessi Bloom, and photography by Kate
Baldwin. A homesteading book.
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#14: Cookin' with Beans and Rice by Peggy Layton. A prepper
cookbook.

#15: Cookin' with Home Storage by Peggy Layton and Vicki
Tate. A prepper cookbook.

#16: Cooking With Ancient Grains, by Laura B. McBride. A
prepper cookbook.

#17: Cooking with Sunshine: The Complete Guide to Solar
Cuisine with 150 Easy Sun-Cooked Recipes by Lorraine Anderson
and Rick Palkovic.

#18: Country Living by Carla Emery. A homesteading and self-
sufficiency book.

#19: Countdown to Preparedness: The Prepper's 52 Week
Course to Total Disaster Readiness, by Jim Cobb. A prepper's
book.

#20: Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why by
Laurence Gonzales. A prepper's book.

#21: Dinner Is In The Jar: Quick and Easy Dinner Mixes in Mason
Jars or Mylar Bags by Kathy Clark. A prepper's food storage book.

#22: Doomsday Preppers Complete Survival Manual: Expert
Tips for Surviving Calamity, by National Geographic. A
prepper's handbook.

#23: Disaster Preparedness for EMP Attacks and Solar
Storms. This is an expanded edition by Arthur T. Bradley, and an
excellent prepper's handbook.

#24: Edible Spots and Pots by Stacey Hirvela. A prepper's
homesteading book.

#25: Edible Wild Plants: Wild Foods From Dirt To Plate (The Wild
Food Adventure Series, Book 1) by John Kallas.

#26: Emergency Food Storage & Survival Handbook:
Everything You Need to Know to Keep Your Family Safe in a Crisis
by Peggy Layton. A prepper's food storage book.

#27: Emergency War Surgery: The Survivalist's Medical Desk
Reference Paperback by Army the U.S Department of Defense.

#28: EMP - Protect Family, Homes & Community by Don White
and Jerry Emanuelson. A prepper's survival manual.

#29: EMP Survival: How to Prepare Now and Survive, for
When an Electromagnetic Pulse Destroys Our Power Grid by
Larry Poole.

#30: Food Storage for Self-Sufficiency and Survival The
Essential Guide for Family Preparedness by Angela Paskett. May,
2014.

#31: Free-Range Chicken Gardens: How to Create a Beautiful,
Chicken-Friendly Yard by Jessi Bloom (Author) and Kate Baldwin
(Photographer). This book is thoughtfully designed and written
with incredible photography and ideas that even people who don't
have chickens will flock to this book. A prepper's homesteading
book.

#32: Game Plan: How to Protect Yourself from the Coming
Cyber-Economic Attack by Kevin D. Freeman. A prepper's
survival book.

#33: Guide to Canning, Freezing, Curing and Smoking (Meat,
Fish & Game). This is a prepper's food storage book by Wilbur F.
Eastman.

#34: Hawke's Green Beret Survival Manual by Mykel Hawke. A
bushcraft survival book, pictured at the top of the page

#35: Hawke's Special Forces Survival Handbook, by Mykel
Hawke. Packed with useful tips for Preppers, though it's an
outdoor survival guide, you'll find the survival psychology section
fascinating. Discover shelter and water, food and fire, tools and
medicine, navigation and signaling and getting out alive. A
bushcraft survival book.

#36: Hobby Farming For Dummies, by Theresa A. Husarik

#37: Holding your Ground: Preparing for Defense if all Falls
Apart, by Joe Nobody. Prepping guide.

#38: How to Survive the End of the World As We Know It, by
James Wesley Rawles. A prepper fiction book. This is the book
that defined "TEOTWAWKI."

#39: Keep Your Family Safe in a Crisis by Peggy Layton. A
prepper non-fiction book.

#40: Latter Day Saints Preparedness Manual by Todd Assay
and Christopher Parrett. A prepper's survival book with wisdom
from the Mormpn church.

#41: Landscaping With Fruit: Strawberry ground covers,
blueberry hedges, grape arbors, and 39 other luscious fruits to
make your yard an edible paradise. (A Homeowners Guide) by Lee
Reich

#42: Liberators: A Novel of the Coming Global Collapse, by
James Wesley Rawles. A prepper fiction book.

#43: Little House on the suburbs. Backyard farming and home
skills for self-sufficient living. Homesteading book by Deanna
Caswell, Daisy siskins and Jacqueline Musser.

#44: Meals in a Jar. Quick and Easy, Just-Add-Water, Homemade
Recipes by Julie Languille.

#45: Mini Farming on 1/4 Acre by Brett L. Markham. A
homesteading book.

#46: One Second After by William R. Forstchen. A new York
Times Best Seller. You've been meaning to read One Second
After, and now's the time when the air is crisp. One Second After
by New York Times best selling author William R. Forstchen,
pictured left, brings us a story which can be all too terrifyingly
real. It's a story in which one man struggles to save his family
and his small North Carolina town after America loses a war. In
one second, a war will send America back to the Dark Ages. The
war is based upon a terrorist weapon, an Electro Magnetic Pulse
(EMP). A weapon that may already be in the hands of our
enemies.

#47: Outdoor Life: The Ultimate Survival Manual — 333 Skills
That Will Get You Out Alive, by. A bushcraft survival book.

#48: Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse, by
James Wesley Rawles. A prepper fiction book.

#49: Preparedness Now! An Emergency Survival Guide for
Civilians and Their Families By Aton Edwards, pictured in red,
immediate left. A prepper survival book.

#50: Prepper Pete Prepares, by Kermit Jones Jr. and Christy
Brill. A kid's prepper book.

#51: Prepper Pete's Sun of A Gun, by Kermit Jones Jr. and
Christy Brill. A kid's prepper book.

#52: Prepper's Home Defense, by Jim Cobb. A prepper's guide
to home security and defense. A kid's prepper book. See also Jim
Cobb's other book, including the Preppers Complete book of
Disaster Readiness, life saving skills, supplies, tactics and plans.

#53 Prepper's Food Storage: 101 Easy Steps to Affordably Stock
a Life-Saving Supply of Food Paperback by Julie Languille.

#54: Prepper's Long-Term Survival Guide: Food, Shelter,
Security, Off-the-Grid Power and More Life-Saving Strategies
for Self-Sufficient Living by Jim Cobb. A prepper's urban survival
guide.

#55: Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits &
Vegetables by Mike Bubel and nancy Bubel. A homesteading book.

#56: Seal Survival Guide. A Navy Seals Secrets to Surviving
Any Disaster by Cade Courtley.

#57: SAS Survival Handbook, Third Edition. The Ultimate Guide
to Surviving Anywhere by John "Lofty" Wiseman, this is a
prepper's bushcraft survival book.

#58: Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook, by the U.S.
Department of Defense

#59: Storey's Basic Country Skills: A Practical Guide to Self-
Reliance, by John Storey and Martha Storey.

#60: Survive! Essential Skills and Tactics to Get You Out of
Anywhere - Alive by Les Stroud. A bushcraft survival book.

#61: Survival Mom: How to Prepare your Family for Everyday
Disasters and Worst-case Scenarios. By Lisa Bedford. Visit also
TheSurvivalMom.com. A prepper's urban survival book.

#62: Survive! by Les Stroud. A bushcraft wildnerness survival
manual.

#63: Survival Wisdom & Know How: Everything You Need to
Know to Subsist in the Wilderness by Amy Rost. A bushcraft
survival manual for preppers.

#64: The American Red Cross First Aid and Safety Handbook
Paperback by American Red Cross

#65: The Amish Canning Cookbook: Plain and Simple Living at
Its Homemade Best by Georgia Varozza. A prepper's cookbook.

#66: The Doom and Bloom Survival Medicine Handbook: Keep
your Loved Ones Healthy in Every Disaster, from Wildfires to a
Complete Societal Collapse, by Dr. Joseph Alton and Nurse Amy
Alton. A prepper's survival and first aid medicine handbook.

#67 The Ebola Survival Handbook, An MD Tells You What You
Need to Know Now to Stay Safe by Jospeh Alton, MD

#68: The Forgotten Skills of Self-Sufficiency Used by the
Mormon Pioneers, by Caleb Warnock. A homesteading book.

#69: The Home Survivalist's Handbook: The must have survival
guide for apartment dwellers and suburbanites alike by
Christopher "BigBear" Eastin and Ryan Acker.

#70: The Must Have Survival Guide for Apartment Dwellers
and Suburbanites Alike, by Christopher "Big Bear" Eastin and Ryan
Acker. An urban prepper's survival book.

#71: The Pantry Primer: How to Build a One Year Food Supply in
Three Months. A prepper's food storage book by Daisy Luther.

#72: The Prepper's Blueprint: The Step-By-Step Guide To
Help You Through Any Disaster by Tess Pennington and Daisy
Luther. A preppers survival book.

#73: The Prepper's Complete Book of Disaster Readiness: Life-
Saving Skills, Supplies, Tactics and Plans by Jim Cobb. A prepper's
survival book. See also Jim Cobb's other books, including Home
Defense.

#74: The Prepper's Pantry: Building and Thriving with Food
Storage by Anne Lang. A comprehensive guide to making food
from items in your long term storage pantry. A prepper's food
storage book.

#75: The Prepper's Pocket Guide: 101 Easy Things You Can
Do to Ready Your Home for a Disaster Paperback, by Bernie
Carr. A prepper's survival book.

#76: The Prepper's Workbook: Checklists, Worksheets, and
Home Projects to Protect Your Family from Any Disaster
Paperback by Scott B. Williams and Scott Finazz

#77: The Season of Solar Storms by Ron Foster.

#78: The Secret Survival Garden, a book by Rick Austin,
pictured leftwas featured first on the National Geographic channel
in an episode of Doomsday Castle. Again the book was featured
in episode five, season four of Doomsday Prepper's, Nat Geo's
other documentary about preppers, homesteaders and
survivalists. Read the book and be sure to catch his wife Survi vor
Jane, who is also an author and Internet celebrity. Get a glimpse
of this dynamic prepping duo on the latest episode, which you
find On Demand. A prepper's homesteading book.

#79: The Unofficial Hunger Games Wilderness Survival Guide
by Creek Stewart. A prepper's survival book.

#80: The Ultimate Situational Survival Guide: Self-Reliance
Strategies for a Dangerous World by Robert Richardson. A
prepper's survival book.

#81: The Weekend Homesteader: A Twelve-Month Guide to Self-
Sufficiency by Anna Hess. A prepper's homesteading book.

#82: Tools for Survival: What You Need to Survive When You’re
on Your Own Paperback by James Wesley Rawles

#83: Urban Homestead: Your Guide to Self Sufficient Living in
the Heart of the City, by Kelly Coyne. A homesteading book.

#84: Urban Preppers with Kids, Pets & Parents: Disaster
Survival for the Family by James G. Mushen and Rex Michaels

#85: U.S. Army Survival Manual: FM 21-76 by the United States
Department of Defense. A preppers survival book.

#86: When all Hell Breaks Loose, by Cody Lundin. Cody is often
called on by the media to help provide information reports for
survival. He's also featured on Dual Survival on the Discovery
Channel. A prepper's survival book.

#87: When Disaster Strikes: A Comprehensive Guide for
Emergency Planning and Crisis Survival by Matthew Stein and
James Wesley Rawles. A survival book.

#88: When The Grid Goes Down, Disaster Preparations and
Survival Gear For Making Your Home Self-Reliant by Tony
Nester. A prepper's survival book.

#89: When There Is No Doctor: Preventive and Emergency
Healthcare in Challenging Times (Process Self-reliance Series)
by Gerard S. Doyle, a practicing ER physician on faculty at the
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Dr.
Doyle is also a certified public health-trained disaster planner. His
book, When There Is No Doctor, is smartly designed and full of
medical tips and emergency suggestions.

#90: Without Rule of Law, by Joe Nobody. A Prepper Fiction
book.

Did we promise you a list of 101 Books for
preppers?
New books are always coming out, like Prepper's Armed Defense,
pictured right, by Jim Cobb. The other dozen or so books are the
prepper books found on Kindle. There are so many good books for
preppers, homesteaders and survivalists, and we want to ensure
we include them all. Jim Cobb is a prolific survivalist writer who
has a host of important books on prepping.

Please write us about your favorite book for preppers.

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