Best & Most Useful Survival Books
Whether you’re a wilderness explorer or you want to learn essential survival skills to prepare for the worst, find the best selection of survival books at Barnes & Noble. Being cautiously prepared whether you’re getting your hiking boots ready to explore the rainforest in Brazil, visiting the Machu Picchu trail, climbing Mt. Everest or you simply want to keep your loved ones safe from unexpected events, is not a laughing matter. Although we’re not expecting a zombie apocalypse, today’s world is known for unpredictable events like tornados and hurricanes appearing in unusual places and complex military conflicts that are growing more common.
Survival Guides & Handbooks
Browse indispensable survival guides written by experts such as Prepared: A Manual for Surviving Worst-Case Scenarios , in which Mike Glover, a former army and special forces agent, arms us with much needed insights on how to prepare for natural disasters, grid failures and global pandemics, or pick up the SAS Survival Handbook , which covers everything from food to self-defense for when you're in survival mode.
How to Survive Books
How to survive books are valuable resources for anyone who wants to be equipped with basic survival skills taught at most boy scout camps such as starting a fire, purifying water, and using maps and compasses. Whether you’re looking for books like The Pocked First-Aid Field Guide filled with doctor advice on CPR, allergic reactions, choking and even on handling broken bones or you’re searching for books like The Survivors Club , which explains the ins and outs of survival based on scientific research, we’ve got you covered. While the end of the world in the near future seems unlikely, The Ultimate Prepper’s Survival Guide will set you on a path toward preparedness with practical, easy-to-follow instructions about what to do if worse comes to worst.
Survival Books for Outdoor Explorers & Urban Dwellers
Discover a large variety of the best wilderness survival books that cover important topics like building different types of shelter, foraging, fishing and hunting for food in the wild. But a large chunk of our population lives in cities and suburbs, that’s why Tom Brown's Field Guide to City and Suburban Survival shares how to protect yourself and your family in almost any type of emergency including earthquakes, floods, blizzards, electrical failures and even urban crime. So whether you’re shopping for books on Outdoor Survival Skills and Primitive Technology or you’re looking for the best books for survivalists of unexpected disasters and unpredictable weather, find them here.
What is the best survivalist book?
Our list of bestselling survival books includes Bushcraft 101: A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival , written by survivalist expert Dave Canterbury, it describes the most important survival skills that will prepare you for any situation while teaching you how to reconnect with nature.
What is the best off-grid survival book?
The Essential Skills of Wilderness Survival guide is equipped with the tools you need to survive in remote areas. It provides instructions on how to use natural resources to build shelter, how to purify water without specialized equipment, how to start campfires without matches or lighters, how to find food and most importantly how to create your own survival kit.
10 of the Best Survival Books That Prepare You for the Unexpected
Bushcraft 101: A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival by Dave Canterbury
The Lost Art of Reading Nature's Signs by Tristan Gooley
Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why by Laurence Gonzales
100 Deadly Skills: Survival Edition by Clint Emerson
The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival by Steven Rinella
The Ultimate Prepper's Survival Guide by James Wesley Rawles
The Prepper's Medical Handbook by William Forgey M.D.
The Survival Handbook by Colin Towell
Dr. Disaster's Guide To Surviving Everything by John Torres
Extreme Survival by Anthonio Akkermans