Recommended Reading

Below are Preparedness or Survival books that I have read or am planning to read shortly.  

Top 10 Reference books that I think you should add to your preparedness library.

 
1 - The Encyclopedia of Country Living 

2 - Making the Best of the Basics: Family Preparedness Handbook - James Talmage Stevens 

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4 - Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving - This is the Home Canning bible.  If you plan to preserve food at all, this is a must have.

5 - Ball Blue Book Guide to Preserving - I think you can find this at Walmart for about $5.00!

6 - When there is No Doctor

7 - When there is No Dentist

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9 - The FoxFire Series - Not a fun book to read, but good information for TEOTWAWKI.  Great information about how things used to be done back in the day.

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Top 10 Books that I have read and enjoyed.  Some are fiction, some are financial, and some are based on true stories.

1 - One Second After - William R. Forstchen - Fiction based on real-world scenario. I loved it start to finish.

2 - The Survivors Club - Ben Sherwood - A great book that talks a lot about the Psychology of Surviving. I really enjoyed learning the stories and trying to understand which people survive and thrive and which people simply don't.

3 - The Millionaire Next Door - This is not so much a financial book as it is a book that makes you sit back and think about how you spend your money...I highly recommend it.

4 - The Total Money Makeover - Dave Ramsey - Dave is a guy who tells it like it is.  There is no dancing around...He is very good at explaining financial concepts and really helps you to figure out how to be fiscally responsible.

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6 - Patriots - It's fiction.  It kind of goes too far extreme for me, but it has some very good parts in it about preparation and what things may like like after an event.

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Top 10 Books that I still need to read.

1 - Just in Case: How to be Self-Sufficient When the Unexpected Happens

2 - When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability, and Surviving the Long Emergency

3 - Handbook to Practical Disaster Preparedness for the Family

4 - Little House on the Prairie - Don't laugh...I am guessing there is a lot of great info in these books. I read these books when I was a kid, but I think it's time to read them again.  

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10 - The Day after the Dollar Crashes - This book was just released on Amazon.  I have ordered it and hope to have a review shortly.