Survival Books-Required Reading-Fiction & Guides - Beginners

**melbo** · 10-01-2010, 08:13 PM

We have a great collection of survival books both fiction and non fiction posted throughout the Reading Room. Here is a list of the best - required reading for those new to survival and freedom:

Please add your favorites to this thread and I'll add them here:

Fiction:
Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse - James Wesley, Rawles
Lights Out - David Crawford
Alas, Babylon - Pat Frank
Lucifer's Hammer - Larry Niven
Enemies Foreign and Domestic - Matthew Bracken
Dies the Fire: A Novel of the Change - S. M. Stirling
Out of the Ashes (Ashes Series #1) - William W. Johnstone
Unintended Consequences - John Ross
One Second After - William Forstchen

Non Fiction:

**Quigley_Sharps** · 10-01-2010, 08:38 PM

Anything by Rawles

hedger · 10-01-2010, 09:08 PM

Melbo,

Thanks for the list; I'll get started.

Hulka73 · 10-01-2010, 09:24 PM

Deep Winter, Shatter, and Remnant by Tom Sherry.

Witch Doctor 01 · 10-14-2010, 12:19 PM

S. M. Stirling:

Dies the Fire - published August 2004 sample chapters
The Protector's War: A Novel of the Change (Change Series) sample chapters
A Meeting at Corvallis
The Sunrise Lands - published September 2007 sample chapters + map
The Scourge of God - published September 2008 sample chapters
The Sword of the Lady - published 25 August 2009 sample chapters
The High King of Montival - published September 2010 sample chapters
Conquistador sample chapters

Robert Heinlien

AZJEFFRO · 12-04-2010, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quigley_Sharps

anything by Rawles

Yep, "How to survive the end of the world as we know it"

**BTPost** · 12-04-2010, 02:05 PM

I read the Ashes Series by Johnstone, years ago, while Traveling in alaska, on summer working trips. I would check the Anchorage Airport Bookstores, for a new book, every time I went thru, on my way to a different part of the state. It got a bit "Old" by the tenth or eleventh book, but was a good treatise on what the author saw as the ultimate SHTF senerio....

tjeffries · 12-12-2010, 10:38 PM

Unintended Consequences will be available from Accurate Press in soft cover when available.

I just ordered a half dozen copies of Amazon.com: Lights Out (9780615427355): David Crawford: Books from Amazon (thanks David).

capt45 · 12-15-2010, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tjeffries

Unintended Consequences will be available from Accurate Press in soft cover when available.

Is there a projected date for its release?

Amazon's got some used copies but the least expensive is about $100. I'd love a copy but can't swing that price!

alanz · 12-16-2010, 10:59 PM

Some fiction off the top of my head...

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert Heinlein
The Traveler - John Twelve Hawkes
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins

Non-fiction:

FM 21-76 US Army Survival Manual
SAS Survival Handbook
Emergency Food Storage & Survival Handbook
Crisis Preparedness Handbook

10-01-2010, 08:38 PM	#2
Quigley_Sharps The Badministrator Founding Member Site Supporter Administrator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Elk Horn Mnts Oregon Posts: 9,330	Anything by Rawles __________________ "The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin."

10-01-2010, 09:08 PM	#3
hedger Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 257	Thanks! Melbo, Thanks for the list; I'll get started.

10-01-2010, 09:24 PM	#4
Hulka73 Active Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Deerfield, NY Posts: 28	Deep Winter, Shatter, and Remnant by Tom Sherry. ButtWhiskers likes this.

10-14-2010, 12:19 PM	#5
Witch Doctor 01 Mojo Maker Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Eastern NC Posts: 1,641	S. M. Stirling: Dies the Fire - published August 2004 sample chapters The Protector's War: A Novel of the Change (Change Series) sample chapters A Meeting at Corvallis The Sunrise Lands - published September 2007 sample chapters + map The Scourge of God - published September 2008 sample chapters The Sword of the Lady - published 25 August 2009 sample chapters The High King of Montival - published September 2010 sample chapters Conquistador sample chapters Robert Heinlien Tunnel in the Sky Farnham's Freehold __________________ In the matter of allies only two things are important. First, can he shoot? Second, will he aim at your enemy?

12-04-2010, 02:05 PM	#7
BTPost Old Fart Senior Member Site Supporter Moderator Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Excursion Inlet, Alaska Posts: 2,714 Blog Entries: 7 Recent Blog:	I read the Ashes Series by Johnstone, years ago, while Traveling in alaska, on summer working trips. I would check the Anchorage Airport Bookstores, for a new book, every time I went thru, on my way to a different part of the state. It got a bit "Old" by the tenth or eleventh book, but was a good treatise on what the author saw as the ultimate SHTF senerio.... __________________ Bruce in alaska (BTPost)

10-01-2010, 08:13 PM	#1
melbo Survivor Founding Member Administrator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Where wind blows Posts: 9,947 Blog Entries: 6 Recent Blog:	Survival Books-Required Reading-Fiction & Guides - Beginners We have a great collection of survival books both fiction and non fiction posted throughout the Reading Room. Here is a list of the best - required reading for those new to survival and freedom: Please add your favorites to this thread and I'll add them here: Fiction: Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse - James Wesley, Rawles Lights Out - David Crawford Alas, Babylon - Pat Frank Lucifer's Hammer - Larry Niven Enemies Foreign and Domestic - Matthew Bracken Dies the Fire: A Novel of the Change - S. M. Stirling Out of the Ashes (Ashes Series #1) - William W. Johnstone Unintended Consequences - John Ross One Second After - William Forstchen Non Fiction: __________________ . You can purchase signed copies of Lights Out here: Lights Out by David Crawford - aka Halffast "Our Bill of Rights curbs all three branches of government. It subjects all departments of government to a rule of law and sets boundaries beyond which no official may go. It emphasizes that in this country man walks with dignity and without fear, that he need not grovel before an all powerful government." Justice William O. Douglas, U.S. Supreme Court. Survivalmonkey on

12-12-2010, 10:38 PM	#8
tjeffries Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Mercer County Ohio Posts: 11	Unintended Consequences will be available from Accurate Press in soft cover when available. I just ordered a half dozen copies of Amazon.com: Lights Out (9780615427355): David Crawford: Books from Amazon (thanks David).

12-16-2010, 10:59 PM	#10
alanz Active Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 36	Some fiction off the top of my head... The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert Heinlein The Traveler - John Twelve Hawkes The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins Non-fiction: FM 21-76 US Army Survival Manual SAS Survival Handbook Emergency Food Storage & Survival Handbook Crisis Preparedness Handbook __________________ The collapse is coming. If you're going to stick it out in the city, then get ready. UrbanSurvivalSite.com

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