This list was emailed to me from my good friend Shar. I was asked to share it so others could add to their lists and collections. These are her ratings and so far she has been dead on.
I have only began to scratch the surface on these kind of books and this list will keep me busy for at least two years.
Shar is a active member of MDR so if you have any questions for her leave a comment and I am sure she will respond.
Book List
Rating – One Star (not so good) to Five Stars (Awesome)
FICTION
Patriots By James Wesley, Rawles ****
Survivor By James Wesley, Rawles ***
Lucifers Hammer By Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle *****
One Second After By William Forstchen *****
Anthem By Ayn Rand *****
1984 By George Orwell *****
Atlas Shrugged By Ayn Rand ****
Alas, Babylon By Pat Frank ****
Wolf & Iron By Gordon R Dickson *****
Earth Abides By George R Stewart ****
No Blade of Grass By John Christopher *****
World Made By Hand By James Howard Kunstler ****
On The Beach By Nevil Shute ***
Day of the Triffids By John Wyndham **
The Stand By Stephen King ****
Stacey’s Quest By AK Steele ****
Survivors By Terry Nation ****
Lights Out By David Crawford *****
The Walk By Lee Goldberg ****
Into The Forest By Jean Heglund ***
Life as We Knew It By Susan Beth Pfeffer ****
The Dead and Gone By Susan Beth Pfeffer ****
This World We Live In By Susan Beth Pfeffer ****
Hunger Game Series By Suzanne Collins ****
Catching Fire By Suzanne Collins ****
Mocking Jay By Suzanne Collins ****
The Maze Runner Series By James Dashner ***
The Scorch Trials By James Dashner ***
The Death Cure By James Dashner ***
Left Behind Series By Jerry B Jenkins & Tim LaHaye ****
Left Behind Kids Series By Jerry B Jenkins & Tim LaHaye ***
The Overton Window By Glen Beck ****
Grapes of Wrath By John Steinbeck ***
NON-FICTION - These are the best of my non-fiction/self help books
How to Survive TEOTWAWKI By James Wesley, Rawles
Encyclopedia of Country Living By Carla Emery
Where There is No Doctor By David Wemer
The Complete Medicinal Herbal By Penelope Ody
10 Essential Herbs By Lalitha Thomas
Emergency Food Storage & Survival Handbook By Peggy Layton
The American Red Cross First Aid & Safety Handbook
The Simplicity Primer By Patrice Lewis
Thanks, Bubba, and thank you, Shar. There are a couple on the list I haven't read in the fiction section. Time to light up my Kindle. BTW, Bubba, isn't it fun to share Shar....not even jealous...really.
ReplyDeletethanks to both MDR and Shar! i have read many of the books on the list and must agree with Shar's ratings! the books i haven't read i will run out and find pronto!
ReplyDeletethanks again! your friend,
kymber
Your welcome Stephen and yes it is fun to share Shar. LOL
ReplyDeleteKymber - I have so many to get.
Haven't read a lot of these books but the ones I have I have to agree with her ratings. Especially "The Earth Abides". My all time favorite and I own a hardcover (for myself) and a soft cover for loaning out. The Stand was also good but a very long read with a long slow spot in the middle but slog through it because it is worth it. I read "One Second After" just recently and while it was a good read some of the "Information" about the effects of EMPS I found to be more for effect than accurate so I would be hard pressed to give it a 5 star rating.What was good though was the descriptions of the social breakdown in that situation.
ReplyDeleteYou may want to put "The Postman" on that list too even though it was made into a movie. The movie sucked. Book was good.
For non-fiction reads that are more up to current events I would recommend "Thriving during Challenging Times" by Cam Mather and "Why Your World is about to Get a Whole Lot Smaller" by Jeff Rubin. Not as fun as fiction but lots of information.
Sista - I just recently got into the Fiction side of these kind of books. Most I have read so far do have good prepping info in them if you can pull it out of all the other stuff.
ReplyDeleteI will add to my list the books you suggested, thanks.
Holy crap Batman, when can anyone find time to read all of them?? I would have to read 20 hours a day to read all of them. Well I now know which to get soon...self help!!!
ReplyDeleteThat's what I'm saying Rob. It will take me two years to read all these.
ReplyDeleteSista - I haven't read The Postman because the movie wasn't very good, I will have to check it out now. I would much rather read the book before I see the movie.
ReplyDeleteRob - I read ALOT, I don't watch much TV, I read all types of books, but this list is the books I thought MDR might be interested in. I just finished The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, pretty good book.
Shar
I have read several of these & am also a book nerd. Lately have tried to read a couple of non-disaster related books in between but keep coming back to them nonetheless.
ReplyDeleteFavorites are: Atlas Shrugged (long difficult read to me, but spells out what is happening in the world today, IMO), One Second After, Lights Out, Patriots, etc. Just ordered the Hunger series via kindle. Got to finish Beijing Man this weekend before I start those.
sista - Totally agree w/the Stand (still one of my favorites). Read that along w/a bunch of apartment neighbors in the late 70's/early 80's. Funny, that book is what got me back into pleasure reading (was there fate there somewhere for me, prepping wise anyway?).
Thanks! And Amazon thanks you too. hehehe
ReplyDeleteIf you like 1984 (I didn't much care for it, myself), you should definitely read We by Zamyatin. I'm fairly certain it was written prior to 1984. It was part of a "great books" class I took in college, and has been part of my library ever since.
ReplyDeleteRae - Thanks for book. I will add it to the list.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for sharing your list.
ReplyDeleteV - You bet, if you need anything just let me know.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by.