Here are the results of our recent poll. Thety 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 [1]
by Pat Frank*
- Lucifer’s Hammer [2]
by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
- One Second After [3] by William R. Forstchen (An EMP [4] scenario.)
- Earth Abides [5]
by George Stewart*
- Dies the Fire [6]
series by S.M. Stirling
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society [7] by Mary Ann Shafer and Annie Barrows
- The Survivalist [8]
series (Most recommended just the first 10 books) by Jerry Ahern
- The Road [9]
by Cormac McCarthy
- Lights Out [10] by David Crawford (a.k.a. HalfFast, (Post-EMP attack shareware serialized e-book, hosted by Frugal Squirrel’s [11])
- The Rackham Files [12] by Dean Ing (includes the the novel previously published as “Pulling Through”)
- Molon Labe! [13]
by Boston T. Party
- Last of the Breed [14]
by Louis L’amour
- The Postman (Bantam Classics) [15]
by David Brin
- Wolf And Iron [16]
by Gordon Dickson
- World Made by Hand [17]
by James Howard Kunstler
- Farnham’s Freehold [18]
by Robert Heinlein*
- Out of the Ashes (Ashes Series #1) [19]
by William Johnstone
- On the Beach [20]
by Nevil Shute
- The Stand [21] by Stephen King
- Unintended Consequences [22]
by John Ross (Warning: Graphic violence and sexually explicit)
- Enemies Foreign and Domestic [23]
by Matthew Bracken
- Things Fall Apart [24] by Fred Heiser (Also available as a PDF e-book.)
- The Rift [25]
by Walter J. Williams
- Malevil [26]
by Robert Merle
- Swan Song [27]
by Robert McCammon
- Tomorrow! [28]
by Philip Wylie
- Deep Winter [29]
and Shatter [30] by Thomas C. Sherry
- Warday: And the Journey Onward [31]
by Whitley Strieber and James Kunetka
- Enemies Foreign and Domestic [32] series by Matt Bracken
- Tunnel in the Sky [33]
by Robert Heinlein*
- A Canticle for Leibowitz [34]
by Walter Miller
- Solar Flare [35] by Larry Burkett
- The New Madrid Run [36]
by Michael Reisig
- The Collapse [37]
by Jeff Stanfield
- Down to a Sunless Sea [38]
by David Graham
- The Folk of the Fringe [39]
by Orson Scott Card
- The Restoration Series [40] by Terri Blackstock
- The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress [41]
by Robert Heinlein*
- Eternity Road [42]
by Jack McDevitt
- The Last Canadian [43]
by William C. Heine
- Survivors [44]
by Terry Nation
- Conquistador: A Novel of Alternate History [45]
by S.M. Stirling
- ED Day-Dead Sydney [46] by Darryl Mason (Post flu pandemic shareware serialized e-book.)
- Fallen Angels [47]
by Niven and Pournelle
- King Rat [48]
by James Clavell
- The Guardians Series [49] by Richard Austin
- There Falls No Shadow [50]
by David Crossley
- Long Voyage Back [51]
by Luke Rhinehart (George Cockcroft)
- I Am Legend [52]
by Richard Matheson
- The Frontiersmen [53]
by Allan Eckert
- Vandenberg [54]
by Oliver Lange (Note: It was later republished under the title: “Defiance: An American Novel”)
- There Will Be Dragons [55]
by John Ringo
- The Hunger Games [56]
by Suzanne Collins
- Not This August [57]
by C.M. Kornbluth
- After War [58]
by Janet Morris
- Neither Predator Nor Prey [59]
by Mark Spungin
- After the Bomb: Week One [60]
by Gloria Miklowitz
- Footfall [61]
by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
- Doomsday Book [62]
by Connie Willis
- A Secret History of Time to Come [63]
Robie MacAuley
- Some Will Not Die [64]
by Algis Budrys (Plague scenario)
- 1632 (The Assiti Shards) [65]
by Eric Flint
- Cold Creek Cash Store [66]
by Russell Hill
- Patriots [67] by James Wesley, Rawles
Thanks for all your input. As I recently mentioned in an interview on the Laura Ingraham show, one of the best ways to inspire preparedness newbies is to put a piece of survival fiction in their hands. It gets them thinking through some potential “what if” situations.