120 Recommended Books for Your EOTW/Survival Library
Ever since I started prepping, I have always realized the importance of books; both in a pre and post 
survival situation. Whether you're learning now or gathering books that you may need in the future,  this list 
is to help you fill your library with the right kind of books.

1. Country Wisdom & Know-How 
2. Tom Browns Guide to Edible & Medicinal Plants 
3. Gardening When It Counts 
4. Crisis Preparedness Handbook: A Complete Guide to Home Storage & Physical Survival 
5. Woodcraft & Camping by George "Nessmuk" Sears
6. Camping & Woodcraft by Horace Kephart
7. The Way of the Woods by Edward Breck
8. Camp Craft by Warren Miller
9. Camp Life in the Woods & the Tricks of Trapping & Trap Making by William H. Gibson
10. Woodsmanship by Bernard Mason
11. The Sportsman's Workshop by Warren H. Miller
12. Bushcraft, Scouting & Woodlore Notes by Dr. R.W. Oelslager
13. SAS Survival Handbook 
14. The Outdoor Survival Handbook: A Guide To The Resources & Material Available In The Wild & How To Use Them For Food, Shelter, Warmth, & Navigation
15. Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills, Third Edition
16. Back to Basics: Traditional Kitchen Wisdom: Techniques & Recipes for Living A Simpler, More Sustainable Life (Back to Basics (Reader's Digest)) by Andrea Chesman
17. Primitive Technology: A Book of Earth Skills 
18. The Zombie Survival Guide : Complete Protection from the Living Dead
19. The Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life
20. Emergency Food Storage & Survival Handbook : Everything You Need to Know to Keep Your Family Safe in a Crisis
21. SAS Survival Handbook, Revised Edition: For Any Climate, in Any Situation 
22. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
23. The Modern Survival Manual: Surviving the Economic Collapse
24. When All Hell Breaks Loose : Stuff You Need To Survive When Disaster Strikes
25. Lord of the Flies (Perigee)
26. Robinson Crusoe (Enriched Classics (Pocket))
27. Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
28. When Technology Fails (Revised & Expanded): A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability, & Surviving the Long Emergency
29. What to Do When the Power Fails: Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-191 (Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin, a-191)
30. Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life
31. Primitive Skills and Crafts: An Outdoorsman's Guide to Shelters, Tools, Weapons, Tracking, Survival, & More
32. Just in Case: How to be Self-Sufficient when the Unexpected Happens
    
33. US Army Survival Manual : FM 21-76
34. Identifying & Harvesting Edible & Medicinal Plants in Wild (& Not So Wild) Places 
35. 98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive
36. Emergency Disaster Survival Guidebook
37. Storey's Basic Country Skills: A Practical Guide to Self-Reliance
38. The Self-Sufficiency Specialist: The Essential Guide to Designing and Planning for Off-Grid Self-Reliance (Specialist Series)
39. The Urban Homestead: Your Guide to Self-sufficient Living in the Heart of the City (Process Self-reliance Series)
40. Country Wisdom & Know-How 
41. Natural Healing Wisdom & Know How: Useful Practices, Recipes, and Formulas for a Lifetime of Health
42. The Self-Sufficiency Handbook 
43. Living off the Grid: A Simple Guide to Creating and Maintaining a Self-reliant Supply of Energy, Water, Shelter and More
44. Toolbox for Sustainable City Living: A do-it-Ourselves Guide
45. When There Is No Doctor: Preventive and Emergency Healthcare in Uncertain Times (Process Self-reliance Series)
46. Makeshift Workshop Skills 
47. Where There Is No Dentist 
48. Depression 2.0: Creative Strategies for Tough Economic Times (Process Self-reliance Series)
49. The Big Book of Self-Reliant Living, 2nd: Advice and Information on Just About Everything You Need to Know to Live on Planet Earth (Big Book of Self-Reliant Living: Advice & Information on Just)
50. The Self-sufficient Life and How to Live It by John Seymour
51. The Backyard Homestead: Produce all the food you need on just a quarter acre!
52. Fresh Food from Small Spaces: The Square-Inch Gardener's Guide to Year-Round Growing, Fermenting, and Sprouting
53. Made from Scratch: Discovering the Pleasures of a Handmade Life
54. The Encyclopedia of Country Living 
55. Country Wisdom Almanac: 373 Tips, Crafts, Home Improvements, Recipes, and Homemade Remedies
56. Caveman Chemistry: 28 Projects, from the Creation of Fire to the Production of Plastics
57. Long-Term Survival in the Coming Dark Age: Preparing to Live After Society Crumbles
58. Possum Living: How to Live Well Without a Job and with (Almost) No Money
59. Deliberate Life: The Ultimate Homesteading Guide
60. Independence Days: A Guide to Sustainable Food Storage & Preservation
61. Thriving During Challenging Times: The Energy, Food and Financial Independence Handbook
62. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Self-Sufficient Living 
63. Total Resistance
64. Living Well on Practically Nothing : Revised and Updated Edition
65. Compact Cabins: Simple Living in 1000 Square Feet or Less; 62 Plans for Camps, Cottages, Lake Houses, and Other Getaways
66. Homegrown Whole Grains: Grow, Harvest, and Cook Wheat, Barley, Oats, Rice, Corn and More
67. The Freedom Outlaw's Handbook: 179 Things to Do `Til the Revolution
68. Tappan on Survival 
69. Cookin' with Home Storage 
70. Aboman's Guide to Survival & Self-Reliance: Practical Skills for Interesting Times
71. Deerskins Into Buckskins : How To Tan With Natural Materials, a Field Guide for Hunters and Gatherers
72. Basic Butchering of Livestock & Game
73. Build a Smokehouse : Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-81 (A Storey country wisdom bulletin)
74. Emergency Preparedness The Right Way 
75. PREPAREDNESS NOW!: An Emergency Survival Guide for Civilians and Their Families
76. Organize for Disaster : Prepare Your Family and Your Home for Any Natural Or Unnatural Disaster
77. Survival: How a Culture of Preparedness Can Save You and Your Family from Disasters
78. The Secure Home 
79. Strategic Relocation 
80. How to Survive Anything, Anywhere: A Handbook of Survival Skills for Every Scenario and Environment
81. The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes – and Why
82. The Survivor Personality : Why Some People Are Stronger, Smarter, and More Skillful at Handling Life's Difficulties…and How You Can Be, Too
83. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Disaster Preparedness 
84. The Ultimate Suburban Survivalist Guide : The Smartest Money Moves to Prepare for Any Crisis
85. The Edge of Disaster : Rebuilding a Resilient Nation
86. Tom Brown's Guide to City and Suburban Survival  (Field Guide)
87. Guide to Wild Foods and Useful Plants 
88. Catastrophe: Risk and Response
89. Build the Perfect Survival Kit 
90. The Ultimate Storm Survival Handbook 
91. How To Bury Your Goods: The Complete Manual of Long Term Underground Storage
92. Wilderness Evasion : A Guide To Hiding Out and Eluding Pursuit in Remote Areas
93. Trapper's Bible: Traps, Snares & Pathguards
94. Survival Retreat: A Total Plan For Retreat Defense
95. The SAS Guide to Tracking , New and Revised
96. Finding Your Way Without Map or Compass 
97. The SAS & Special Forces Guide to Escape and Evasion 
98. Tracking–Signs of Man, Signs of Hope: A Systematic Approach to the Art and Science of Tracking Humans
99. The Modern Survival Retreat 
100. Tom Brown's Science and Art of Tracking 
101. Tactical Tracking Operations 
102. The Way of the Scout: A Native American Path to Finding Spiritual Meaning in a Physical World
103. A Guide to Canning, Freezing, Curing & Smoking Meat, Fish & Game 
104. A Year's Supply In "Seven Days" 
105. Emergency Preparedness Made Easy 
106. Cook This, Not That! : Kitchen Survival Guide
107. Not Without Hope 
108. A Canticle for Leibowitz 
109. Earth Abides 
110. The Road 
111. Alas Babylon 
112. Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse: A Novel of the Turbulent Near Future
113. Making The Best Of Basics 
114. The Ultimate Guide to US Army Survival Skills, Tactics & Techniques
115. Camping & Wilderness Survival 
116. US Armed Forces Survival Guide 
117. Home Disaster Preparedness 
118. Emergency Preparedness for Facilities : A Guide to Safety Planning and Business Continuity
119. Beginners Guide to Family Preparedness 
120. Preparedness Principles : The Complete Personal Preparedness Resource Guide for Any Emergency Situation

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