Anyone who is serious about family preparedness recognizes the importance of having hard copy (EMP-proof) references on hand. In addition to the binders of reference articles, recipes, and technical manuals that I often mention in SurvivalBlog, I strongly recommend that you buy some particularly useful published reference books. These books include:
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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, 2011
- Physicians Drug Handbook
- Physicians’ Desk Reference 2015 (PDR, 69th 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 (Sadly, no longer being updated)
- 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