Prepper type novels

[Riverrat68]

Which prepper novels do you read...

I like William W. Johnstone, Firebase Freedom, Phoenix Rising, etc...very prophetic, considering things that are happening now, considering Johnstone died in '04.

 

[Silent Earth]

BOOK READING LIST

Book list factual and fictional. One set for reference and planning, the other set for mental preparation of how to handle likely scenarios.

Aftermath, Charles Sheffield (Very Good)
After Doomsday, Poul Anderson
Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand (Hard to grasp)
Alas Babylon, Pat Frank (Truly a superb classic)
Amerikan sunset, Jennifer Ladewig (Drivel)
A Wrinkle in the skin, John Christopher (A character essay )
Black Sun, Robert Leininger Very good
Blood Crazy, Simon Clark
Crabs, Guy Smith
Comet, (The) Robert Charles Very Good
Damnation Alley, Roger Zelazny Better than the movie
Day after Tomorrow, (The) Whitley Strieber

Day by Day Armageddon J L Bourne (SUPERB BOOK)
Day of the Triffids, John Wyndham
Death of Grass, John Christopher
Deathlands, Jack Adrian
Deluge, Fowler Wright

Deluge, Richard Doyle
Drought ,(The) JG Ballard thought provoking
Drowned world, (The) JG Ballard interesting
Down to a sunless sea, (either version) David Graham (Truly great, another classic)
Earth Abides, George R Stewart 2nd only to Alas Babylon
Earth Winter, Richard Moran
Eternity Road, Jack McDevitt Interesting future shock
Empire of Ice, Richard Moran

Empty World John Christopher
Famine, Graham Masterson

Flood, Richard Doyle
Freeman, (The) Jerry Ahern
Heavy Weather, Bruce Sterling
Ice, Arnold Federbush depressing
Icefire, Judith & Garfield Reeth Stevens entertaining
Ice Quake, John R Spencer
Kraken Wakes, (The) John Wyndham
Last Ranger, (The) Craig Sargeant ( Rambo wannabe crap)

Living is Forever J Edwin Carter
Lucifer's Hammer, Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle. (Becoming a classic)

Long voyage back, Luke Rhineheart( In the top ten of all time )
Long Loud Silence, ( The) Wilson Tucker
Last ship, (The) William Brinkley
Malevil, Robert Merle
Moonfall, Jack Mc Devitt
Night of the Triffids, Simon Clark (Good follow on from Day of the Triffids)
New Madrid Run, (The) Micheal Reisig
On the beach, Neville Shute
Out of the Ashes, ( Ashes series) William W Johnstone
Plague 99, Jean Ure

Plague of the dead (The Morningstar Saga) Z A Recht
Patriots, James Wesley Rawles ( A Brilliant piece of work)
Postman, (The) David Brin

Resurrection Day Brendan Dubois
Rift, (The) Walter J Williams
Savage Dawn, Robert Cole
Shiva Descending, Gregory Benford
Some will not die, Algis Budrys
Stand, (The) Stephen King

Survivors Terry Nation ( British Classic)
Survivalist, (The) series Jerry Ahern
Third Pandemic, (The) Pierre Ouellette
This is the way the world ends, James Morrow

Thunder & Ashes (Morningstar Saga) Z A Recht
Virus, Japanese Author ( lost from my collection)
When the City stopped, Joan Phipson
Wild Shore ( The) Kim Stanley Robinson Deep stuff

World in Winter ( The) John Christopher
Year of the quiet sun, Wilson Tucker Suprisingly Good
48, James Herbert
8.4, Peter Hernon good read
28 Days Later, Alex Garland
299 Days the Preparation, Glen Tate ( My book of the year for 2014)

All good reading stuff for making your mind more accessible to the possibilities and permutations

Most of these books are very thought provoking and make you think about some issues you otherwise mare have overlooked.

My Favourites are ALAS BABYLON and Patriots, and Day By Day Armageddon

 

[Riverrat68]

I received my Johnstone novels yesterday. I look forward to reading more of his insightfulness.

 

[Quietsurvivalist]

Johnstone used to chat on AOL chat in some of the writers chat rooms and I got to IM with him after a few public chats. He was surprised at my views being I was on the bad guys ( in his books) side and I told him more of us thought the way he did than not.

I think I opened his eyes to the difference between both sides on paper was much less in reality

 

[Brent S]

BOOK READING LIST

Book list factual and fictional. One set for reference and planning, the other set for mental preparation of how to handle likely scenarios.

Aftermath, Charles Sheffield (Very Good)
After Doomsday, Poul Anderson
Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand (Hard to grasp)
Alas Babylon, Pat Frank (Truly a superb classic)
Amerikan sunset, Jennifer Ladewig (Drivel)
A Wrinkle in the skin, John Christopher (A character essay )
Black Sun, Robert Leininger Very good
Blood Crazy, Simon Clark
Crabs, Guy Smith
Comet, (The) Robert Charles Very Good
Damnation Alley, Roger Zelazny Better than the movie
Day after Tomorrow, (The) Whitley Strieber

Day by Day Armageddon J L Bourne (SUPERB BOOK)
Day of the Triffids, John Wyndham
Death of Grass, John Christopher
Deathlands, Jack Adrian
Deluge, Fowler Wright

Deluge, Richard Doyle
Drought ,(The) JG Ballard thought provoking
Drowned world, (The) JG Ballard interesting
Down to a sunless sea, (either version) David Graham (Truly great, another classic)
Earth Abides, George R Stewart 2nd only to Alas Babylon
Earth Winter, Richard Moran
Eternity Road, Jack McDevitt Interesting future shock
Empire of Ice, Richard Moran

Empty World John Christopher
Famine, Graham Masterson

Flood, Richard Doyle
Freeman, (The) Jerry Ahern
Heavy Weather, Bruce Sterling
Ice, Arnold Federbush depressing
Icefire, Judith & Garfield Reeth Stevens entertaining
Ice Quake, John R Spencer
Kraken Wakes, (The) John Wyndham
Last Ranger, (The) Craig Sargeant ( Rambo wannabe crap)

Living is Forever J Edwin Carter
Lucifer's Hammer, Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle. (Becoming a classic)

Long voyage back, Luke Rhineheart( In the top ten of all time )
Long Loud Silence, ( The) Wilson Tucker
Last ship, (The) William Brinkley
Malevil, Robert Merle
Moonfall, Jack Mc Devitt
Night of the Triffids, Simon Clark (Good follow on from Day of the Triffids)
New Madrid Run, (The) Micheal Reisig
On the beach, Neville Shute
Out of the Ashes, ( Ashes series) William W Johnstone
Plague 99, Jean Ure

Plague of the dead (The Morningstar Saga) Z A Recht
Patriots, James Wesley Rawles ( A Brilliant piece of work)
Postman, (The) David Brin

Resurrection Day Brendan Dubois
Rift, (The) Walter J Williams
Savage Dawn, Robert Cole
Shiva Descending, Gregory Benford
Some will not die, Algis Budrys
Stand, (The) Stephen King

Survivors Terry Nation ( British Classic)
Survivalist, (The) series Jerry Ahern
Third Pandemic, (The) Pierre Ouellette
This is the way the world ends, James Morrow

Thunder & Ashes (Morningstar Saga) Z A Recht
Virus, Japanese Author ( lost from my collection)
When the City stopped, Joan Phipson
Wild Shore ( The) Kim Stanley Robinson Deep stuff

World in Winter ( The) John Christopher
Year of the quiet sun, Wilson Tucker Suprisingly Good
48, James Herbert
8.4, Peter Hernon good read
28 Days Later, Alex Garland
299 Days the Preparation, Glen Tate ( My book of the year for 2014)

All good reading stuff for making your mind more accessible to the possibilities and permutations

Most of these books are very thought provoking and make you think about some issues you otherwise mare have overlooked.

My Favourites are ALAS BABYLON and Patriots, and Day By Day Armageddon

Wow, that list could keep me entertained for a couple years! I'll take you up on Patriots and day by day if I can find them.

 

[Silent Earth]

Patriots is a tad Gung Ho bible thumping but very good none the less, one of the best thought out but the follow on books are just an excuse to ram the bible down your throat. Day by Day Armageddon series is consistently very well written, if you like DBDA you will also love The Morningstar Saga trilogy by ZA Recht

 

[Brent S]

Patriots is a tad Gung Ho bible thumping but very good none the less, one of the best thought out but the follow on books are just an excuse to ram the bible down your throat. Day by Day Armageddon series is consistently very well written, if you like DBDA you will also love The Morningstar Saga trilogy by ZA Recht

Well that sucks, I just ordered patriots from Amazon last night! Oh well, I'm not religious but will give it a go.

 

[Silent Earth]

Well that sucks, I just ordered patriots from Amazon last night! Oh well, I'm not religious but will give it a go.

Patriots is actually superb and thought provoking and its impossible to put down, the bible thumping is very very slight in the Patriots, but the follow ons are dreadfully religious.

 

[Brent S]

Patriots is actually superb and thought provoking and its impossible to put down, the bible thumping is very very slight in the Patriots, but the follow ons are dreadfully religious.

I'm looking fowards to reading it. I used to read constantly, but with the new business free time has been at a minimum. The good news is the business is doing really well so far.

 

[Silent Earth]

I'm looking fowards to reading it. I used to read constantly, but with the new business free time has been at a minimum. The good news is the business is doing really well so far.

May your profits be plentiful and your customers numerous.

 

[Brent S]

May your profits be plentiful and your customers numerous.

Thanks, I just hope we continue as well as we have so far. I realize there are no gurantees in life, but am glad I am working for myself again, as I did most of mylife. The whole 40 hour work week thing takes to much of your time!

 

[eireguy]

I like the "home" series by A.American . Seems to be the most realistic of the ones i have read .

 

[Brent S]

I like the "home" series by A.American . Seems to be the most realistic of the ones i have read .

I'm enjoying reading again so much that I'll add that to my list soon! Funny how you can forget how enjoyable something like reading can be. I guess I just got caught up in life a little too much.

 

[Brent S]

Patriots is actually superb and thought provoking and its impossible to put down, the bible thumping is very very slight in the Patriots, but the follow ons are dreadfully religious.

I'm about half way thru patriots now, and your right, it's a really good read. I have only picked it up twice so far, and lost a few hours of sleep, but really worth it.

 

[Silent Earth]

I'm about half way thru patriots now, and your right, it's a really good read. I have only picked it up twice so far, and lost a few hours of sleep, but really worth it.

Follow it with Alas Babylon, Earth Abides and One Second After

 

[Brent S]

Follow it with Alas Babylon, Earth Abides and One Second After

Alas Babylon was the first prepping type book I read as a teenager, but will probably be re read before long. One second after seems familiar, but can't remember if I read it. I literally read thousands of books when I was younger. Either way, I really have forgotten how enjoyable reading is. Beats the depressing news on tv!

 

[Silent Earth]

My top ten
1 Alas Babylon
2 Earth abides
3 One Second After
4 Day by day Armageddon
5 Patriots
6 Down to a Sunless Sea
7 Long Voyage Back
8 Lucifer's Hammer
9 299 days The Preparation
10 Day of the Triffids

 

[Brent S]

My top ten
1 Alas Babylon
2 Earth abides
3 One Second After
4 Day by day Armageddon
5 Patriots
6 Down to a Sunless Sea
7 Long Voyage Back
8 Lucifer's Hammer
9 299 days The Preparation
10 Day of the Triffids

I appreciate the list. I read lucifers hammer as a teenager and loved it. Alas Babylon was a good teenager read too. I'm almost done with patriots, and it's An enjoyable read. Did you list these in order of your favorites? I'll get another one from the list shortly.

 

[Silent Earth]

Dreadfully hard to choose a favourite TBH , But those ten are probably as near as I will get to favourites, there are so many good novels out there.

Aftermath, Charles Sheffield (Very Good)
After Doomsday, Poul Anderson
Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand (Hard to grasp)
Alas Babylon, Pat Frank (Truly a superb classic)
Amerikan sunset, Jennifer Ladewig (Drivel)
A Wrinkle in the skin, John Christopher (A character essay )
Black Sun, Robert Leininger Very good
Blood Crazy, Simon Clark
Crabs, Guy Smith
Comet, (The) Robert Charles Very Good
Damnation Alley, Roger Zelazny Better than the movie
Day after Tomorrow, (The) Whitley Strieber

Day by Day Armageddon J L Bourne (SUPERB BOOK)
Day of the Triffids, John Wyndham
Death of Grass, John Christopher
Deathlands, Jack Adrian
Deluge, Fowler Wright

Deluge, Richard Doyle
Drought ,(The) JG Ballard thought provoking
Drowned world, (The) JG Ballard interesting
Down to a sunless sea, (either version) David Graham (Truly great, another classic)
Earth Abides, George R Stewart 2nd only to Alas Babylon
Earth Winter, Richard Moran
Eternity Road, Jack McDevitt Interesting future shock
Empire of Ice, Richard Moran

Empty World John Christopher
Famine, Graham Masterson

Flood, Richard Doyle
Freeman, (The) Jerry Ahern
Heavy Weather, Bruce Sterling
Ice, Arnold Federbush depressing
Icefire, Judith & Garfield Reeth Stevens entertaining
Ice Quake, John R Spencer
Kraken Wakes, (The) John Wyndham
Last Ranger, (The) Craig Sargeant ( Rambo wannabe crap)
Last Light Alex Scarrow

Living is Forever J Edwin Carter
Lucifer's Hammer, Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle. (Becoming a classic)

Long voyage back, Luke Rhineheart( In the top ten of all time )
Long Loud Silence, ( The) Wilson Tucker
Last ship, (The) William Brinkley
Malevil, Robert Merle
Moonfall, Jack Mc Devitt
Night of the Triffids, Simon Clark (Good follow on from Day of the Triffids)
New Madrid Run, (The) Micheal Reisig
On the beach, Neville Shute
One Second After William Forstchen
One Year After William Forstchen
Out of the Ashes, ( Ashes series) William W Johnstone
Plague 99, Jean Ure

Plague of the dead (The Morningstar Saga) Z A Recht
Patriots, James Wesley Rawles ( A Brilliant piece of work)
Postman, (The) David Brin

Resurrection Day Brendan Dubois
Rift, (The) Walter J Williams
Savage Dawn, Robert Cole
Shiva Descending, Gregory Benford
Some will not die, Algis Budrys
Stand, (The) Stephen King

Survivors Terry Nation ( British Classic)
Survivors J W Rawles ( Rubbish bible thumping exercise)
Survivalist, (The) series Jerry Ahern
Third Pandemic, (The) Pierre Ouellette
This is the way the world ends, James Morrow

Thunder & Ashes (Morningstar Saga) Z A Recht
Virus, Japanese Author ( lost from my collection)
When the City stopped, Joan Phipson
Wild Shore ( The) Kim Stanley Robinson Deep stuff

World in Winter ( The) John Christopher
Year of the quiet sun, Wilson Tucker Suprisingly Good
48, James Herbert
8.4, Peter Hernon good read
28 Days Later, Alex Garland
299 Days the Preparation, Glen Tate ( My book of the year for 2014)

All good reading stuff for making your mind more accessible to the possibilities and permutations

Most of these books are very thought provoking and make you think about some issues you otherwise mare have overlooked.

 

[Brent S]

Dreadfully hard to choose a favourite TBH , But those ten are probably as near as I will get to favourites, there are so many good novels out there.

Aftermath, Charles Sheffield (Very Good)
After Doomsday, Poul Anderson
Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand (Hard to grasp)
Alas Babylon, Pat Frank (Truly a superb classic)
Amerikan sunset, Jennifer Ladewig (Drivel)
A Wrinkle in the skin, John Christopher (A character essay )
Black Sun, Robert Leininger Very good
Blood Crazy, Simon Clark
Crabs, Guy Smith
Comet, (The) Robert Charles Very Good
Damnation Alley, Roger Zelazny Better than the movie
Day after Tomorrow, (The) Whitley Strieber

Day by Day Armageddon J L Bourne (SUPERB BOOK)
Day of the Triffids, John Wyndham
Death of Grass, John Christopher
Deathlands, Jack Adrian
Deluge, Fowler Wright

Deluge, Richard Doyle
Drought ,(The) JG Ballard thought provoking
Drowned world, (The) JG Ballard interesting
Down to a sunless sea, (either version) David Graham (Truly great, another classic)
Earth Abides, George R Stewart 2nd only to Alas Babylon
Earth Winter, Richard Moran
Eternity Road, Jack McDevitt Interesting future shock
Empire of Ice, Richard Moran

Empty World John Christopher
Famine, Graham Masterson

Flood, Richard Doyle
Freeman, (The) Jerry Ahern
Heavy Weather, Bruce Sterling
Ice, Arnold Federbush depressing
Icefire, Judith & Garfield Reeth Stevens entertaining
Ice Quake, John R Spencer
Kraken Wakes, (The) John Wyndham
Last Ranger, (The) Craig Sargeant ( Rambo wannabe crap)
Last Light Alex Scarrow

Living is Forever J Edwin Carter
Lucifer's Hammer, Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle. (Becoming a classic)

Long voyage back, Luke Rhineheart( In the top ten of all time )
Long Loud Silence, ( The) Wilson Tucker
Last ship, (The) William Brinkley
Malevil, Robert Merle
Moonfall, Jack Mc Devitt
Night of the Triffids, Simon Clark (Good follow on from Day of the Triffids)
New Madrid Run, (The) Micheal Reisig
On the beach, Neville Shute
One Second After William Forstchen
One Year After William Forstchen
Out of the Ashes, ( Ashes series) William W Johnstone
Plague 99, Jean Ure

Plague of the dead (The Morningstar Saga) Z A Recht
Patriots, James Wesley Rawles ( A Brilliant piece of work)
Postman, (The) David Brin

Resurrection Day Brendan Dubois
Rift, (The) Walter J Williams
Savage Dawn, Robert Cole
Shiva Descending, Gregory Benford
Some will not die, Algis Budrys
Stand, (The) Stephen King

Survivors Terry Nation ( British Classic)
Survivors J W Rawles ( Rubbish bible thumping exercise)
Survivalist, (The) series Jerry Ahern
Third Pandemic, (The) Pierre Ouellette
This is the way the world ends, James Morrow

Thunder & Ashes (Morningstar Saga) Z A Recht
Virus, Japanese Author ( lost from my collection)
When the City stopped, Joan Phipson
Wild Shore ( The) Kim Stanley Robinson Deep stuff

World in Winter ( The) John Christopher
Year of the quiet sun, Wilson Tucker Suprisingly Good
48, James Herbert
8.4, Peter Hernon good read
28 Days Later, Alex Garland
299 Days the Preparation, Glen Tate ( My book of the year for 2014)

All good reading stuff for making your mind more accessible to the possibilities and permutations

Most of these books are very thought provoking and make you think about some issues you otherwise mare have overlooked.

Wow, if I take the time to read all those I won't have time to accomplish anything else! I did finish the patriots and agree it was worth reading. I'll probably try one second after next.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Right now I'm reading the Prepper series by Karl A.D. Brown. I've already read part 1 and 2 but its been a couple of years. He came out with part 3 so I wanted to reread 1&2 to refresh my memory.

 

[Billy Roper]

Up until a few weeks ago my "Hasten The Day" trilogy of novels about the coming civil war and breakup of America remained my best sellers, but with the police shootings and growing divisions in the nation, my nonfiction book "The Balk" on Civil War II has eclipsed them.

 

[Silent Earth]

Up until a few weeks ago my "Hasten The Day" trilogy of novels about the coming civil war and breakup of America remained my best sellers, but with the police shootings and growing divisions in the nation, my nonfiction book "The Balk" on Civil War II has eclipsed them.

Well the Texans and Californians have already noted the UKs seceding from the EU and are openly muttering about leaving the USof A to create a Mk2 Confederacy.

 

[Billy Roper]

I wouldn't think the disparate cultures and political climates in Texas and California would meld well, unless both succumb to the invasion La Reconquistadores and become de jure regions of Aztlan. But I was speaking of the police shootings, massacres of cops, and the growing talk of civil war I'm hearing every day.