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Recommended Books:

Jim's Non-Fiction "musts":

• KJV Version Reference Bible with Apocrypha
• First Aid -- (American Red Cross Handbook) Responding To Emergencies
  
• Strategic Relocation--North American Guide to Safe Places by Joel and Andrew Skousen
• Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook by David Werner
• Where There Is No Dentist by Murray Dickson
• The Encyclopedia of Country Living (Tenth Edition) by Carla Emery (See review, below)
• Making the Best of Basics - Family Preparedness Handbook by James Talmage Stevens
• Ball Blue Book of Preserving
• Cookin' with Home Storage by Vicki Tate
• Nuclear War Survival Skills by Cresson H. Kearney (Available for free download.)
• The Alpha Strategy by John Pugsley. (Out of print, but a PDF is available for free download.)
• Boston's Gun Bible by Boston T. Party (See review, below)
• Survival Guns by Mel Tappan
• Tappan on Survival by Mel Tappan

Jim's "Second Tier" List of Recommended Specialty Books:

• Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables by Mike Bubel
• Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills, Third Edition by Abigail R. Gehring
• Putting Food By (Plume) by Janet Greene
• Stocking Up: The Third Edition of America's Classic Preserving Guide by Carol Hupping
• Emergency Food Storage & Survival Handbook by Peggy Layton
• Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times by Steve Solomon
• The Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times by Carol Deppe
• All New Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew
• Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners by Suzanne Ashworth
• Small-Scale Grain Raising by Gene Logsdon
• How to Find Your Ideal Country Home: A Comprehensive Guide by Gene GeRue
• Possum Living: How to Live Well Without a Job and with (Almost) No Money by Dolly Freed
  
• Starting a New Life in Rural America: 21 Things You Need to Know Before You Make Your Move by Ragnar Benson
• The Fifty Dollar and Up Underground House Book by Mike Oehler
• Emergency War Surgery (NATO Handbook:- Third United States Revision, 2004) by Dr. Martin Fackler, et al.
• PDR for Nonprescription Drugs, Dietary Supplements, and Herbs, 2008 (See review, below)
• Physicians Drug Handbook
• Physicians' Desk Reference 2009 (PDR, 63rd Edition)
• The Merck Veterinary Manual
• Where There Is No Vet by Bill Forse
• The ARRL Operating Manual For Radio Amateurs (ARRL Operating Manual)
• Passport to World Band Radio, 2009 Edition
• Outdoor Survival Skills by Larry Dean Olsen
• Essential Bushcraft by Ray Mears
• SAS Survival Handbook by John "Lofty" Wiseman
• Ultimate Sniper 2006 : An Advanced Training Manual for Military and Police Snipers (2006 Updated Edition) by Maj. John L. Plaster
• Total Resistance by H. von Dach
• The Survivor book series by Kurt Saxon. Many are out of print in hard copy, but they are all available on DVD. Here, I must issue a caveat lector ("reader beware"): Mr. Saxon has some very controversial views that I do not agree with. Among other things he is a eugenicist.

Other Nonfiction Books Recommended by SurvivalBlog Readers:

• Crisis Preparedness Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Home Storage and Physical Survival by Jack A. Spigarelli
• Foxfire Book series (in 11 volumes, but the first five are the best)
• When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability, and Surviving the Long Emergency by Matthew Stein 
• Preserving Food Without Freezing or Canning: Traditional Techniques Using Salt, Oil, Sugar, Alcohol, Vinegar, Drying, Cold Storage, and Lactic Fermentation
• Preparedness Now!: An Emergency Survival Guide (Expanded and Revised Edition) by Aton Edwards
• Five Acres and Independence: A Handbook for Small Farm Management by Maurice G. Kains
• How to Stay Alive in the Woods by Bradford Angier
• The New Organic Grower by Eliot Coleman
• Tom Brown's Field Guide to Wilderness Survival
• Tom Brown's Field Guide to Nature Observation and Tracking
• Tom Brown's Guide to Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants (Field Guide)
• Ditch Medicine: Advanced Field Procedures For Emergencies by Hugh Coffee
• Living Well on Practically Nothing by Ed Romney
• The Secure Home by Joel Skousen
• Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life, by Neil Strauss
• 98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive by Cody Lundin
• When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need To Survive When Disaster Strikesby Cody Lundin
• The Last Hundred Yards: The NCO's Contribution to Warfareby John Poole
• Camping & Wilderness Survival: The Ultimate Outdoors Book by Paul Tawrell
• Engineer Field Data (US Army FM 5-34) --Available online free of charge, with registration, but I recommend getting a hard copy. preferably with the heavy-duty plastic binding.
• Great Livin' in Grubby Times by Don Paul
• Just in Case by Kathy Harrison
• Storey's Basic Country Skills: A Practical Guide to Self-Reliance by John & Martha Storey
• Adventure Medical Kits A Comprehensive Guide to Wilderness & Travel Medicineby Eric A. Weiss, M.D
• Rodale's Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening: The Indispensable Green Resource for Every Gardener  
• Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook (it superceded the very out-of-date ST 31-91B)
• Wilderness Medicine, 5th Edition by Paul S. Auerbach
• Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Longby Elliot Coleman
• Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills, Third Edition by Abigail R. Gehring
• The Weed Cookbook: Naturally Nutritious - Yours Free for the Taking! by Adrienne Crowhurst
• The Modern Survival Retreat by Ragnar Benson
• The Merck Manual - The gold standard of medical reference books!
• Last of the Mountain Men by Harold Peterson
• Primitive Wilderness Living & Survival Skills: Naked into the Wilderness by John McPherson
• LDS Preparedness Manual, edited by Christopher M. Parrett
• The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century by James H. Kunstler
• Principles of Personal Defense - Revised Edition by Jeff Cooper
• Survival Poaching by Ragnar Benson
• The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses by Eliot Coleman

Here are the results of our recent poll. They are listed in no particular order, but each book listed below received at least two votes. Those that are marked with an asterisk are suitable for teenagers.

• Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank*
• Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
• One Second After by William R. Forstchen (An EMP scenario.)
• Earth Abides by George Stewart*
• Dies the Fire series by S.M. Stirling
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shafer and Annie Barrows
  
• The Survivalist series (Most recommended just the first 10 books) by Jerry Ahern
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy
• Lights Out by David Crawford (Post-EMP attack.) Also available as a Kindle e-book.
• The Rackham Files by Dean Ing (includes the the novel previously published as "Pulling Through")
• Molon Labe! by Boston T. Party
• Last of the Breed by Louis L’amour
• The Postman (Bantam Classics) by David Brin
• Wolf And Ironby Gordon Dickson
• World Made by Handby James Howard Kunstler
• Farnham's Freeholdby Robert Heinlein*
• Out of the Ashes (Ashes Series #1) by William Johnstone
• On the Beach by Nevil Shute
• The Stand by Stephen King
• Unintended Consequences by John Ross (Warning: Graphic violence and sexually explicit)
• Enemies Foreign and Domestic by Matthew Bracken
• Things Fall Apart by Fred Heiser (Also available as a PDF e-book.)
• The Rift by Walter J. Williams
• Malevil by Robert Merle
• Swan Song by Robert McCammon
• Tomorrow! by Philip Wylie
• Deep Winter and Shatter by Thomas C. Sherry
• Warday: And the Journey Onward by Whitley Strieber and James Kunetka
• Enemies Foreign and Domestic series by Matt Bracken
• Tunnel in the Sky by Robert Heinlein*
• A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller
• Solar Flare by Larry Burkett
• The New Madrid Run by Michael Reisig
• The Collapse by Jeff Stanfield
• Down to a Sunless Sea by David Graham
• The Folk of the Fringe by Orson Scott Card
• The Restoration Series by Terri Blackstock
• The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein
• Eternity Road by Jack McDevitt
• The Last Canadian by William C. Heine
• Survivors by Terry Nation (Also made into a television series.)
• Conquistador: A Novel of Alternate History by S.M. Stirling
• ED Day-Dead Sydney by Darryl Mason (Post flu pandemic shareware serialized e-book.)
• Fallen Angels by Niven and Pournelle
• King Rat by James Clavell
• The Guardians Series by Richard Austin
• There Falls No Shadow by David Crossley
• Long Voyage Back by Luke Rhinehart (George Cockcroft)
• I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
• The Frontiersmen by Allan Eckert
• Vandenberg by Oliver Lange (Note: It was later republished under the title: "Defiance: An American Novel")
• There Will Be Dragons by John Ringo
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• Not This August by C.M. Kornbluth
• After War by Janet Morris
• Neither Predator Nor Prey by Mark Spungin
• After the Bomb: Week One by Gloria Miklowitz
• Footfall by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
  
• Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
• A Secret History of Time to Come Robie MacAuley
• Some Will Not Die by Algis Budrys (Plague scenario)
• 1632 (The Assiti Shards) by Eric Flint
• Cold Creek Cash Store by Russell Hill
• Patriots by James Wesley, Rawles

Jim's Recommended "Be Ready to Barter" Reference Book List:

• Flayderman's Guide to Antique American Firearms and Their Values
• Blue Book of Gun Values
• The Official Red Book: A Guide Book of United States Coins 2009
  
• 2009 Standard Catalog of World Coins 1901-2000
• 2010 Standard Catalog of World Coins 2001-Date
  
• Antique Trader - Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide
  
• Wristwatch Annual 2009: The Catalog of Producers, Prices, Models, and Specifications
• Jewelry & Gems the Buying Guide: How to Buy Diamonds, Pearls, Colored Gemstones, Gold & Jewelry With Confidence And Knowledge
  

Note: If you enjoy reading my blog, you will also likely enjoy reading :

• "Rawles on Retreats and Relocation" -- a unique nonfiction book with details on selecting and stocking a self-sufficient survival retreat.
• "SurvivalBlog-The Best of the Blog, Volume 1" -- A compendium of some of the best articles and letters from SurvivalBlog
• "How to Survive the End of the World As We Know It".
• The Little Black Book of Violence
• Engineer Field Data (FM 5-34)
• U.S. Army Ranger Handbook

Recommended Books on Current Events and Economics

• The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable  by Nick Taleb
• Government By Emergency by Dr. Gary North
• Crash Proof 2.0: How to Profit From the Economic Collapse by Peter Schiff
• Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes by Michael J. Panzner
• When Giants Fall: An Economic Roadmap for the End of the American Era by Michael J. Panzner
• The Ultimate Depression Survival Guide by Martin Weiss
• Financial Reckoning Day Fallout: Surviving Today's Global Depression by Addison Wiggin and Bill Bonner
• The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century by James H. Kunstler
  

Fiction with Survival and Preparedness Themes (Some of these are out of print but usually available via inter-library loan):

• Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
• Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank (A classic nuke scenario)
• The Rackham Files by Dean Ing (includes the text of "Pulling Through" a more modern nuke scenario + a mini nuke survival manual) Not to be confused with my screenplay--also titled "Pulling Through".
• Some Will Not Die by Algis Budrys (Plague total wipe-out scenario)
• No Blade of Grass by John Christopher (Massive crop disease/social breakdown scenario, from the British perspective.)
• Enemies Foreign and Domestic by Matthew Bracken
• Molon Labe! by Boston T. Party
• Earth Abides by George Stewart
• Vandenberg by Oliver Lange (Invasion scenario. Note: It was later republished under the title: Defiance: An American Novel)
• The Weapon by Michael Z. Williamson (SurvivalBlog's Editor at Large)
• Unintended Consequences by John Ross (This otherwise excellent novel was marred by some vulgarity and gratuitous sex scenes. Beware!)
• Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
• Wolf And Iron by Gordon Dickson
• The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
• Fire and Ice, by Ray Kytle

Note: If you enjoy SurvivalBlog, I believe that you will also enjoy reading my novel "Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse" and it's sequel "Survivors: A Novel of the Coming Collapse" or my screenplay "Pulling Through". The latter is currently available for free download.

Survivalist Fiction Recommended by SurvivalBlog Readers:

• One Second After by William R. Forstchen (An EMP scenario.)
• World Made by Hand by James Howard Kunstler
• Last of the Breed by Louis L’amour
• Survivors  by Terry Nation
• Conquistador: A Novel of Alternate History by S.M. Stirling
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy
• Warday: And the Journey Onward by Whitley Strieber and James Kunetka
• Malevil by Robert Merle
• Farnham's Freehold by Robert Heinlein
• The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein
• Tunnel in the Sky by Robert Heinlein
• King Rat by James Clavell
• Footfall by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
  

The Rawles Kids' Favorite Books for Young Adults:

Nonfiction:

• Boy Scouts Handbook: The First Edition, 1911
• The Dangerous Book for Boys
• The American Boy's Handybook of Camp Lore and Woodcraft
• How to Stay Alive in the Woods

Fiction:

• Hatchet
• My Side of the Mountain
• Robinson Crusoe
• Treasure Island
• Kidnapped
• The Swiss Family Robinson
• The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
• Little House on the Prairie Series
• The Chronicles of Narnia Series
• The Tripods Series
• Johnny Tremain

Fiction for Young Adults Recommended by SurvivalBlog Readers:

• The Tomorrow Series
• Life As We Knew It
• Escape from Warsaw (Original title: The Silver Sword)
• Robinson Crusoe
• The Swiss Family Robinson
• Little House on the Prairie
• A Tale of Two Cities
• Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
• The Chronicles of Narnia
• Captains Courageous

Books Recommended by The Late Memsahib:

• Gardening When It Counts by Steve Solomon
• How to Survive Without a Salary: Learning How to Live the Conserver Lifestyle by Charles Long
• Small-Scale Grain Raising by Gene Lodgson
• The Family Cow by Dirk van Loon
• Raising a Calf for Beef by Phyllis Hobson
• Small-Scale Pig Raising by Dirk van Loon
• Raising Rabbits the Modern Way by Bob Bennett
• Raising Sheep the Modern Way. Updated and Revised Edition by Paula Simmons
• Ducks and Geese in Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide by Rick and Gail Luttmann
  
• The Complete Medicinal Herbal by Penelope Ody

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