Big Books of 2026

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Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderRobinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeHatchet by Gary PaulsenElderberries by Alicia BayerBy the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Best How To Survive Books
84 books — 41 voters
Adapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyThe Prepper's Pocket Guide by Bernie CarrSurvival Mom by Lisa BedfordGhosts of Tom Joad by Peter Van BurenOf the Mahabharata Catastrophes by Vegas Luna
Preparedness
27 books — 34 voters

Hatchet by Gary PaulsenThis Side of a Wilderness by Daniel J. RiceLines, Tines & Southern Pines by Corey W. JenkinsWild by Cheryl StrayedA Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Best Books For The Outdoorsman
66 books — 27 voters
Storey's Guide to Growing Organic Orchard Fruits by Danny L. BarneyCountry Wisdom & Know-How by M. John StoreyPrescription for Herbal Healing by Phyllis A. BalchWhen All Hell Breaks Loose by Cody LundinReader's Digest Back to Basics by Reader's Digest Association
Homesteading, Prepping, Food Storage, and Survival
111 books — 22 voters

Duct Tape 911 by James HubbardEasy Food Dehydrating and Safe Food Storage by Susan GastSurviving The Cuts, And Other Disasters by Korban BlakeThe New Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency by John SeymourThe Ultimate Situational Survival Guide by Robert Richardson
Best Prepper-Homesteading Books
18 books — 9 voters
Of the Mahabharata Catastrophes by Vegas LunaThe Small-Scale Poultry Flock by Harvey UsseryHydroponic Hot House by Jim DeKorneThe Complete Guide to Small-Scale Farming by Melissa NelsonThe Complete Medicinal Herbal by Mark Blumenthal
Emergency Planning For Any Catastrophe
111 books — 9 voters

Frontier Justice by Arthur T. BradleyThirst by Kelsy KinderThe Jakarta Pandemic by Steven KonkolyOne Second After by William R. ForstchenCracked Earth by Deborah D. Moore
Post-Apocalyptic & Prepper Fiction
21 books — 8 voters
Let's Call It a Doomsday by Katie HenryLast Girls by Demetra BrodskyIt's the End of the World as I Know It by Matthew LandisPrepped by Bethany MangleThe World Ends in April by Stacy McAnulty
Doomsday Prepping in YA Fiction
22 books — 5 voters

Survival Mom by Lisa BedfordEmergency Evacuations by Lisa BedfordHappy, Healthy, and Prepared by Lisa BedfordJust in Case by Kathy HarrisonCountdown to Preparedness by Jim Cobb
Preparedness for Ordinary People
11 books — 4 voters
The Lever of Riches by Joel MokyrThe Nature of Technology by W. Brian ArthurWhere Good Ideas Come From by Steven JohnsonA History of Mechanical Inventions by Abbott Payson UsherThe Collapse of Complex Societies by Joseph A. Tainter
The Knowledge--Further Reading
101 books — 4 voters

Where There Is No Doctor by David WernerSurvival Guns by Mel TappanTotal Resistance by Hans von DachU.S. Army Ranger Handbook by U.S. Department of DefenseFM 5-34/MCRP 3-17A Engineer Field Data by U.S. Department of the Army
The SurvivalBlog Bookshelf
100 books — 3 voters
Time Enough for Love by Robert A. HeinleinDies the Fire by S.M. StirlingThe Protector's War by S.M. StirlingA Meeting at Corvallis by S.M. StirlingWastelands by John Joseph Adams
SurvivalBlog Supplementary Reading List
57 books — 2 voters

UK Dark by Chris Harris
UK Prepping
1 book — 1 voter

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