 | Survive!: Essential Skills and Tactics to Get You Out of Anywhere - Alive by Les Stroud
Buy new: $13.03 / Used from: $5.07 For a good, general overall outdoor survival book, this one is great. Les Stroud is known as Survivorman to most of us, and he goes into detail (with pictures) of most of what he did in the shows.
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 | US Army Survival Manual: FM 21-76 by Department of Defense
Buy new: $10.95 / Used from: $4.60 Probably the most flimsy book of the collection, but an incredibly useful pocket guide. I keep this in my backpack at all times when I'm out. This covers most scenarios and situations.
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 | How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It: Tactics, Techniques, and Technologies for Uncertain Times by James Wesley Rawles
Buy new: $11.46 / Used from: $9.65 This one is more of a "preparedness" book. This one tells you how to handle it when civilization collapses and what you can do to be ready. Very detailed with exactly which products to buy now and how to stock up on them.
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 | How to Survive Anything, Anywhere: A Handbook of Survival Skills for Every Scenario and Environment by Chris McNab
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $6.70 If you're only going to buy one book for most survival situations, this one will probably do it. While the Army manual covers all outdoor scenarios, this one does the same while going into detail about how much weight to carry and even which sleeping bags and tents to buy. Very helpful!
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 | A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and central North America (Peterson Field Guide) by Lee Allen Peterson
Buy new: $11.77 / Used from: $10.88 Very helpful to carry with you when camping and hiking. Small but full of color pictures of exactly which plants to eat and which to avoid.
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 | A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs: Of Eastern and Central North America (Peterson Field Guide) by Steven Foster
Buy new: $11.23 / Used from: $10.89 Just like the previous book, this one is handy when camping and hiking. Keep it in your pack so you're safe if you get lost and hurt.
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 | When Technology Fails (Revised & Expanded): A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability, and Surviving the Long Emergency by Matthew Stein
Buy new: $22.35 / Used from: $17.43 A very big book (making it impractical to carry around) but full of information about what to do to get ready for the collapse of civilization. Not handy as an outdoor guide, but still a survival manual.
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 | Build the Perfect Survival Kit by John D. McCann
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $5.99 If you're wanting to put together your own survival pack, this book is a great way to know what you need. Scenarios like mountain climbing, hiking, skiing, etc are all covered and prepared for.
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 | How to Survive Anywhere: A Guide for Urban, Suburban, Rural, and Wilderness Environments by Christopher Nyerges
Buy new: $12.87 / Used from: $6.71 Another all-in-one book that's not half bad. A good supplement to the others in this list.
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 | SAS Survival Handbook, Revised Edition: For Any Climate, in Any Situation by John 'Lofty' Wiseman
Buy new: $12.63 / Used from: $9.95 Just like the Army Survival Manual but with more detail. Multiple scenarios covered for wilderness and urban survival.
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