The 7 Best Survival Manuals Every Prepper Should Have

If you want your whole family to be prepared for the worst-case disaster scenario, the Family Survival Guide is something you have to check out. The guide comes written by an experienced combat veteran, Mykel Hawke, and his wife, Ruth Hawke. They provide essential information that will help you and your family get through almost any disaster.

I like how it can provide step by step instructions and has easy to follow guidelines for survival. The topics are very relevant for families who want to survive a catastrophe.

Unfortunately, the book misses on other relevant topics for survival like self-defense and combat. It would have been good to expound on this matter since this is important in survival situations.

If you are looking for a survival guide that is pretty comprehensive and discusses a lot of topics, the SAS Survival Handbook is for you. This guide was written by an expert who served in the British Special Air Service (SAS) for twenty-six years. The book contains the training techniques of the British special air services that the author had to go through.

The SAS Survival Handbook contains a lot of information and touches on different topics like understanding necessary survival skills, knowing how to read the weather, and preparing pocket survival kits. It also tackles how to make a shelter, from finding the best location and constructing the appropriate housing. It even talks about proper self-defense, like arming yourself with basic hand-to-hand combat techniques.

I like how it talks about proper self-defense, like arming yourself with basic hand-to-hand combat techniques, and a lot more. It is comprehensive and tackles a lot of topics that are all related to disaster survival.

There are many strategies taught in the book that are irrelevant in our modern-day situation. The book was written decades ago, so it only dwells individually on that timeline.

If you are a prepper or just worried about the emergencies that might happen to you, then Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life is most certainly a book for you. It is very entertaining to read. The book is packed with a lot of insight regarding emergencies and survival situations. 

In this book, the author, Neil Strauss, came to understand that the world is not exactly a safe place. But instead of watching helplessly, he takes action and spends three years traveling through a country that has lost order and safety. He equips himself with the tools necessary to save his loved ones and himself from a very unsure and probably dangerous future.

I like how the book is so intuitive. It is not your usual survival guide. It tells a story rather than teaching you what to do. This is definitely an enjoyable and entertaining read.

This book is more about the author's journey to self-reliance in disaster scenarios. The book is not a step by step guide on how to survive during desperate situations. 

The SHTF Prepping was written by someone who has spent many years traveling places and spent a long time living in an RV. The author's perspective is for the modern doomsday preppers. The book gives insight into survival tips and tricks to prepare yourself for times of crisis.

In this guide, the author talks about a lot of things like the basics of food and water collection. It also talks about the art of off-grid living. The author also provides some tips and tricks on how to prepare your family for survival.

It contains lots of detailed information for preppers. It also discusses a wide range of topics for survival in the woods. I like it because the author is an ordinary guy with no background or survival training. He is very relatable. 

The book contains too many lists and not too many explanations on each of them. Dwells with a lot of topics that lack a comprehensive report. 

If you want a book that talks about stockpiling in a worst-case scenario, then check out the Dirt Cheap Valuable Prepping. The book suggests certain crucial items to store so that you can trade them in catastrophe situations for your survival later on. It recommends that you don't stockpile everything in the grocery store—a top pick on the best survival manual out in the market today.

Dirt Cheap Valuable Prepping recommends that prepping hard does not need to be expensive. It also gives insight that tells you to stockpile what you can and use trading for everything else you will need. It is written by Cal Wilson, a Christian, patriot, gun-owner, and prepper.

I like how the book has excellent suggestions for stockpiling. It talks about detailed guidelines in purchasing items for barter and trade. It is a delightful read.

It is not well versed with the basic combat and self-defense skills for survival. Combat is crucial information to know when trying to survive a catastrophe and dealing with other people. So best you alternate books when reading up about this topic.