Big Books of 2026
Genres

Self Sufficiency


Self Sufficiency Books

The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It: The Complete Back-To-Basics Guide
The Encyclopedia of Country Living
The Backyard Homestead: Produce All the Food You Need on Just a Quarter Acre!
The New Complete Book Of Self Sufficiency
Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills
The Urban Homestead: Your Guide to Self-sufficient Living in the Heart of the City
All New Square Foot Gardening
Homesteading: A Backyard Guide to Growing Your Own Food, Canning, Keeping Chickens, Generating Your Own Energy, Crafting, Herbal Medicine, and More (Back to Basics Guides)
Self Sufficiency for the 21st Century
The Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times
Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture
The Self-Sufficient Gardener: A Complete Guide to Growing and Preserving All Your Own Food (Using the New Deep Bed Method to Grow More Food in Less Space)
Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners
Storey's Basic Country Skills: A Practical Guide to Self-Reliance
Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook
More self sufficiency books...

Lists

The Encyclopedia of Country Living by Carla EmeryThe Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It by John SeymourSeed to Seed by Suzanne AshworthThe Backyard Homestead by Carleen MadiganBall Blue Book Guide to Preserving by Ball Corporation
Homesteading
282 books — 108 voters
Depletion & Abundance by Sharon AstykThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinPermaculture by Bill MollisonGaia's Garden by Toby HemenwayPest Control for Organic Gardening by Amber Richards
Life after the oil crash (nonfiction)
48 books — 39 voters

The Prepared Home Every Day by Melissa GeorgePutting Food By by Ruth HertzbergSeasons at the Farm by Shaye ElliottOff Grid and Free by Ron MelchioreThe Ultimate Situational Survival Guide by Robert Richardson
Best Prepper-Homesteading Books
18 books — 9 voters
Pest Control for Organic Gardening by Amber RichardsMy First Travel Angelic Airline Adventures by Anna OthitisAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverRoots by Diane MorganSaving the Season by Kevin West
Reading Together 2014
23 books — 11 voters

Homemade by Reader's Digest AssociationLiberate Your Behind by Trace WilliamsHomemade Bath Bombs & More by Heidi Melissa KundinButtonwood Cottage by Rue MatthiessenStep-by-Step Projects for Self-Sufficiency by Black & Decker
Best Self-Sufficiency/Money Saving Books
24 books — 4 voters

Quotes Tagged “Self Sufficiency”

Charlotte Brontë
“ I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself. ”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
4943 likes

“ The fear of abandonment forced me to comply as a child, but I’m not forced to comply anymore. The key people in my life did reject me for telling the truth about my abuse, but I’m not alone. Even if the consequence for telling the truth is rejection from everyone I know, that’s not the same death threat that it was when I was a child. I’m a self-sufficient adult and abandonment no longer means the end of my life. ”
― Christina Enevoldsen, The Rescued Soul: The Writing Journey for the Healing of Incest and Family Betrayal
50 likes

More quotes...

Videos Tagged “Self Sufficiency”

Bootstrapper book trailer
Bootstrapper book trailer
The Water Queen
The Water Queen
More videos...

Groups Tagged "Self Sufficiency"

Underground Knowledge — A discussion group This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underrep…more
24,344 members, last active 5 hours ago
Genus Rex Reading Group This is a Reading list for anybody interested in the Genus Rex Program or the ideas discussed by…more
2 members, last active 13 years ago
A group on preparedness for the coming socioeconomic collapse.
4 members, last active 15 years ago
FREEDOM CELLS of GOODREADS ENG. Like-minded individuals who love freedom are welcome to join. We share thoughts on books, w…more
49 members, last active 4 years ago