List "Must have books" for post apocalypse

**Riversticks** · 08-18-2011, 12:03 PM

Some reason I can not stop thinking about this subject, and hoping that some of your answers will satisfy my curiosity so I can move on to other things.

I am looking for must have books/technical manuals/how-to non-fiction type reading material for after the apocalypse. What will be vitally important for survivng in a time where there is no longer someone you can call or go to in case you need something, no internet you can download from.

Not looking for idiotic Zombie killing books, because thats not even going to happen.

Not looking for recreational fiction reading books.

My first thoughts are:

Survival guide

Emergency Medical textbook

**Chr0n0s** · 08-18-2011, 04:48 PM

Fallout 3 is a good start.

**Odie** · 08-18-2011, 05:21 PM

The Republic, The Prince, The Art of War.

ManWithNoName · 08-18-2011, 05:40 PM

If you're really serious about survival download some of
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stuff. His books, from what I've read, seems pretty informed.

I downloaded some of it out of fun. His books range from the interesting:

Do-It-Yourself Medicine: How to Find and Use the Most Effective Antibiotics, Painkillers, Anesthetics and Other Miracle Drugs... Without Costly Doctors' Prescriptions or Hospitals

Long-Term Survival in the Coming Dark Age: Preparing to Live After Society Crumbles" (Foreword only—book authored by James Ballou)

Ragnar's Guide To Interviews, Investigations, And Interrogations: How To Conduct Them, How to Survive Them

To the scary (and banned in most countries which is why you can only download his books and can't find them anywhere):

Ragnar's Guide To Home And Recreational Use Of High Explosives

Breath Of The Dragon: Homebuilt Flamethrowers

**Tauriel** · 08-18-2011, 05:46 PM

National Geographic's Desk Reference to Nature's Medicine: I like this one because it makes note of medicinal plants from across the globe, and provides the reader with the relevant uses, biochemistry, history, and miscellaneous facts on the plants.

The Foxfire Book: This one is specific to North America; written by Georgia high school students on the culture of plain lifestyle in Appalachia. It has many practical instructions/tips on hunting, building a shelter, etc., but also contains some less credible tips on witchcraft, and folk remedies. Just have to pick through for the stuff that makes sense I guess. :P

**Zethariel** · 08-18-2011, 11:58 PM

Kamasutra, extended edition

**SarcasticVlad** · 08-20-2011, 03:30 AM

Post Apocalypse books? You need porn man! So stack up on all those playboys and enjoy, because sooner than you think you'll be surrounded by mutants and corpses. Paper tits will be your best friends for a very long time.

**Les Payne** · 08-20-2011, 09:55 PM

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	The Republic, The Prince, The Art of War.

Yea, I was thinking on these lines. I would add On War by Carl von Clausewitz to that list.

**Tauriel** · 08-21-2011, 07:50 AM

Also, The Outward Bound Wilderness First Aid Handbook by Jeffrey Isaac

**jfc** · 08-21-2011, 04:02 PM

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**mieu** · 08-21-2011, 04:18 PM

Harry Potter

Just kidding, Dianetics.

Would having The Bible just be like one big 'told you so?'

**Autumnleaf** · 08-22-2011, 10:28 AM

Boy Scout Handbook.

**Mogura** · 08-23-2011, 07:02 AM

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by Cody Lundin

You don't have to wait for the end of the world for this book to be useful. It's also good for dealing with local disasters (Katrina, etc.)...

**Heartfire** · 08-23-2011, 03:22 PM

SAS Survival Handbook probably deserves a spot on your bookshelf.

**KorbenDallas** · 08-23-2011, 04:27 PM

A bit OT but if you have glasses then keep the prescription updated and hang onto them for an apocalypse. You might end up like the guy who loses his glasses in them movies and dies, though. So perhaps have an emergency LASIK operation done when you sense impending doom.

...and now back to our regularly scheduled program...

**Americano** · 08-23-2011, 06:36 PM

Check out FerFAL's stuff. He's an Argentine that lived in Buenos Aires during Argentina's economic collapse in 2001. I haven't read his
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, but his
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and his
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are very informative.

**Merle** · 08-24-2011, 07:23 PM

I figure the Encyclopedia of Edible Plants is likely to be useful in some situations, as is
Safe Drinking Water: information and practice when treatment of drinking water supplies is necessary.

**master j** · 08-27-2011, 02:25 PM

Some sort of Apache survival guide. And I believe some fiction is definitely going to be a must-have, that or stories will have to be created again. A world without fiction is a world without imagination.

**eternaltriangle** · 08-29-2011, 11:27 PM

A golden tablet from an angel that instructs multiple women to marry me. And before you ask, no you can't see the tablet. The angel asked for it back, duh.

**Carinthian** · 08-30-2011, 03:11 PM

1001 Things to do When You're Bored.

**Riversticks** · 08-31-2011, 03:50 PM

All excellent suggestions, thank you guys/gals. I did come across a good one also which I just bought and read. James Wesley Rawles, How to survive TEOTWAWKI. Pretty informative and makes you think about how to start to prepare.

**Silwin** · 03-15-2012, 05:25 PM

Where there is no doctor.
We had this book growing up my parents bought it when we moved overseas. I found it a most inteteresting book when I was younger (I started reading/studying it when I was about 9). When I was in college I found someone selling it and bought my own copy which had been revised and has an additional section.

Where there is no dentist.
This wasn't nearly as engaging to me but still the information could be useful.

**Grimace** · 03-16-2012, 09:03 PM

Infinite Jest.

Everything you need to know about pleasure seeking and weak willed but ultimately redeemable humanity.

**PRBori** · 03-16-2012, 10:05 PM

First Aid Guides

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I'm sure there are more, but the above should suffice for now.
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**envirodude** · 03-16-2012, 11:22 PM

Post apocalypse, survival is key. Pretty soon, you're going to want to think about making some stuff work. Unfortunately, a lot of manufacturing is so high tech these days, people have forgotten how to do it low-tech. Metallurgy for instance. So I nominate some low tech guidebooks. Don't know what might be out there, but something with the title "how stuff works" should be available...

08-18-2011, 12:03 PM	#1
Riversticks New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 49	Some reason I can not stop thinking about this subject, and hoping that some of your answers will satisfy my curiosity so I can move on to other things. I am looking for must have books/technical manuals/how-to non-fiction type reading material for after the apocalypse. What will be vitally important for survivng in a time where there is no longer someone you can call or go to in case you need something, no internet you can download from. Not looking for idiotic Zombie killing books, because thats not even going to happen. Not looking for recreational fiction reading books. My first thoughts are: Survival guide Emergency Medical textbook
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Chr0n0s Member [07%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 294	Fallout 3 is a good start.
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Odie Member [12%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 482	The Republic, The Prince, The Art of War.
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ManWithNoName Core Member [209%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 8,377	If you're really serious about survival download some of To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. stuff. His books, from what I've read, seems pretty informed. I downloaded some of it out of fun. His books range from the interesting: Do-It-Yourself Medicine: How to Find and Use the Most Effective Antibiotics, Painkillers, Anesthetics and Other Miracle Drugs... Without Costly Doctors' Prescriptions or Hospitals Long-Term Survival in the Coming Dark Age: Preparing to Live After Society Crumbles" (Foreword only—book authored by James Ballou) Ragnar's Guide To Interviews, Investigations, And Interrogations: How To Conduct Them, How to Survive Them To the scary (and banned in most countries which is why you can only download his books and can't find them anywhere): Ragnar's Guide To Home And Recreational Use Of High Explosives Breath Of The Dragon: Homebuilt Flamethrowers
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08-18-2011, 05:46 PM	#5
Tauriel New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 47	National Geographic's Desk Reference to Nature's Medicine: I like this one because it makes note of medicinal plants from across the globe, and provides the reader with the relevant uses, biochemistry, history, and miscellaneous facts on the plants. The Foxfire Book: This one is specific to North America; written by Georgia high school students on the culture of plain lifestyle in Appalachia. It has many practical instructions/tips on hunting, building a shelter, etc., but also contains some less credible tips on witchcraft, and folk remedies. Just have to pick through for the stuff that makes sense I guess. :P
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SarcasticVlad Veteran Member [66%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 2,657	Post Apocalypse books? You need porn man! So stack up on all those playboys and enjoy, because sooner than you think you'll be surrounded by mutants and corpses. Paper tits will be your best friends for a very long time.
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Tauriel New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 47	Also, The Outward Bound Wilderness First Aid Handbook by Jeffrey Isaac
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KorbenDallas New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 68	A bit OT but if you have glasses then keep the prescription updated and hang onto them for an apocalypse. You might end up like the guy who loses his glasses in them movies and dies, though. So perhaps have an emergency LASIK operation done when you sense impending doom. ...and now back to our regularly scheduled program...
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Americano Member [07%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 301	Check out FerFAL's stuff. He's an Argentine that lived in Buenos Aires during Argentina's economic collapse in 2001. I haven't read his To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. , but his To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. and his To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. are very informative.
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Merle Veteran Member [56%] MBTI: INTP Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,259	I figure the Encyclopedia of Edible Plants is likely to be useful in some situations, as is Safe Drinking Water: information and practice when treatment of drinking water supplies is necessary.
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master j Member [04%] MBTI: intj Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 186	Some sort of Apache survival guide. And I believe some fiction is definitely going to be a must-have, that or stories will have to be created again. A world without fiction is a world without imagination.
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Riversticks New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 49	All excellent suggestions, thank you guys/gals. I did come across a good one also which I just bought and read. James Wesley Rawles, How to survive TEOTWAWKI. Pretty informative and makes you think about how to start to prepare.
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Silwin New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 34	Where there is no doctor. We had this book growing up my parents bought it when we moved overseas. I found it a most inteteresting book when I was younger (I started reading/studying it when I was about 9). When I was in college I found someone selling it and bought my own copy which had been revised and has an additional section. Where there is no dentist. This wasn't nearly as engaging to me but still the information could be useful.
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envirodude Core Member [112%] MBTI: INTx Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 4,517	Post apocalypse, survival is key. Pretty soon, you're going to want to think about making some stuff work. Unfortunately, a lot of manufacturing is so high tech these days, people have forgotten how to do it low-tech. Metallurgy for instance. So I nominate some low tech guidebooks. Don't know what might be out there, but something with the title "how stuff works" should be available...
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