50+ Survival Books For Your Collection

ooks can be a motivating factor in your preparedness. Here are the books I recommend for every bookshelf, along with Amazon (Audible if available) links so you can learn more about them. 

Top Survival and Preparedness Novels

1. Last Light by Terri Blackstock (Audible)
2. Lights Out by David Crawford
3. One Second After by William Forstchen (Audible)
4. Patriots by James Wesley Rawles (Audible)
5. Stacey’s Quest by AK Steele
6. The Fourth Turning by William Stauss and Neil Howe (Audible)
7. The Cleansing of America by Cleon Skousen
8. EMP by Jonathan Hollerman (Audible)
9. Seven Days by Sterling Nixon (Audible)
10. The Harbinger by Jonathan Cahn (Audible)
11. The Mystery of the Shemitah by Jonathan Cahn (Audible)
12. Deep Survival by Laurence Gonzalez (Audible)
13. The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker (Audible)
14. The Survivors Club by Ben Sherwood (Audible)
15. The Unthinkable by Amanda Ripley (Audible)

Wilderness and Outdoor Survival

1. Bug Out: The Complete Plan for Escaping a Catastrophic Disaster Before it’s too Late by Scott B. Williams (Audible)
2. Survive! Essential Skills and Tactics to Get You Out of Anywhere – Alive by Les Stroud
3. Will to Live by Les Stroud

Food Storage and Preservation

1. Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving by Judi Kingry
2. Cookin with Home Storage by Peggy Layton & Vicki Tate
3. Dinner is in the Jar by Kathy Clark
4. Food Storage 101. Where do I begin? by Peggy Layton
5. Cooking with Food Storage Made Easy by Debbie G. Harman
6. Mary Bell’s Complete Dehydrator Cookbook by Mary Bell
7. Food Storage for the Clueless by Clark L. Kidd
8. The Ultimate Food Storage Cookbook by Arlene Mickelsen
9. Gardening for Prepper’s by Robert Paine (Audible)

Religious – Dreams, Visions, and Stories of the Last Days 

*This section is full of peoples personal dreams and visions. Use the stories to learn how to prepare better, but only take the stories with a grain of salt, as these stories are personal and are not meant as a prophecy to the masses.  

1. Visions of glory by John Pontius (Audible)
2. There is no Death by Sarah Menet
3. A Change is Coming by Hector Sosa Jr.
4. Dreams and Visions (V1) by Roger K. Young
5. As A Thief in the Night: 20th Anniversary Edition by Roger K. Young
6. Tent Cities in the Last Days by Roger K. Young (Free Download)
7. Wrath & Righteousness by Christopher Stewart (Audible)
8. They Saw Our Day by Lance Richardson (Audible)

TEOTWAWKI Survival

1. The Grid Down Prepper by Robert Paine (Audible)
2. Build a Brilliant Bug-out Bag by Zac Lasson (Audible)
3. The Backyard Homestead by Carleen Madigan
4. Build the Perfect Bug out Bag by Creek Stewart
5. Crisis Preparedness Handbook by Jack A. Spigarelli
6. Dirt-Cheap Survival Retreat by M.D. Creekmore
7. The Doom and Bloom Survival Medicine Handbook by Joseph and Amy Alton
8. The Encyclopedia of Country Living by Carla Emery
9. Gardening When it Counts by Steve Solomon
10. How to Survive the End of the World as we know it by James Wesley Rawles
11. LDS Preparedness Manual by Christopher M. Parrett
12. The Modern Survival Manual by Fernando Aguirre
13. The Prepper’s Pocket Guide by Bernie Carr
14. Prescription for Herbal Healing by Phyllis A. Balch
15. When there is no Doctor by David Werner
16. Where there is no Dentist by Murray Dickson