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Old 10-13-2018, 11:05 PM
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Just finished Wool. Pretty good. Not SHTF but a dystopian novel. It kept me interested. Recommended.


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Read the other two books in the series. Really great.
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I'm on book 10 of the "Going Home" series by A. American.. I've really enjoyed it so far and it's not all depressing and "doom and gloom".
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Book 9 of the Going Home series: Conflicted Home, released on Amazon:

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/099...KIKX0DER&psc=1
Book 10 is out now..

I should note that the original story line (arch) is wrapped up at the end of book 8.. books 9 and 10 address a new problem.

The US President in these books is Obama.. so there's a few satisfying moments to enjoy.. lol
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Book 10 is out now..

I should note that the original story line (arch) is wrapped up at the end of book 8.. books 9 and 10 address a new problem.

The US President in these books is Obama.. so there's a few satisfying moments to enjoy.. lol
Can't believe how Expensive these books are becoming.... Thoroughly enjoyed series 1 thru 5....

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Can't believe how Expensive these books are becoming.... Thoroughly enjoyed series 1 thru 5....

THANK OUR.... GOD for the Donald ... PERIOD !
I agree. They might be worth it if the story was as good as it was in the early books, but I feel like he's just milking the characters he created.

I think I've read my last book in this series

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The latest book in John Ringo's "scientific" zombie series, Black Tide Rising, is called The Valley of Shadows. It was just released.
It covers the backstory and beginnings of the zombie virus. At the beginning, it's quite a detailed look into how giant financial institutions structure their security, emergency preparations, and information gathering. I learned a lot about viruses too. It has Ringo's signature disdain for political correctness, as well as the dark side of human nature and political power.
As a semi-prepper, I just hope no one can really tailor a virus anywhere near this one. His zombies are alive, but are mindless rabid super aggressive animals. The whole series is a great read, even if you don't like the zombie genre. Lots of gun porn too!
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Can't decide on what to read next...either Tomorrow War by J.L. Bourne or People's Republic by Kurt Schlichter. Please chime in if any of you have read one or both of those.

Also, just found out Jack Carr is releasing his second novel, True Believer in early 2019! If you haven't read his first book The Terminal List you really don't know what you're missing.

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I've read People's Republic. I enjoyed it. Not the best book I've read in this genre, but an enjoyable read.

Not sure if that helps since I can't compare it with your other choice, but it's worth putting on your list to read sometime.

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I've read Tomorrow War and The People's Republic. They were both entertaining reads. If you read The People's Republic, you'll see some similarities to what's going on in today's society. If you liked Jack Carr's first book, Terminal List give The Gray Man by Mark Greaney a look. I'm currently reading Black Autumn by Jeff Kirkham and Jason Ross.
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I've read People's Republic. I enjoyed it. Not the best book I've read in this genre, but an enjoyable read.

Not sure if that helps since I can't compare it with your other choice, but it's worth putting on your list to read sometime.
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I've read Tomorrow War and The People's Republic. They were both entertaining reads. If you read The People's Republic, you'll see some similarities to what's going on in today's society. If you liked Jack Carr's first book, Terminal List give The Gray Man by Mark Greaney a look. I'm currently reading Black Autumn by Jeff Kirkham and Jason Ross.
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I HIGHLY recommend the "Commune" series by Joshua Gayou,
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A couple of notes:

Post 565 notes a Bobby Akart book. Akart is one survivalist writer that has been near the top of several sales categories on Amazon (briefly from time to time). I agree with comments there are fewer grammar errors or simplistic sentences in Akart's books. He has different series based on all sorts of doomsday scenarios: Yellowstone blowing, EMP (the Texas series), nuclear war, Chinese invasion.

Cormac McCarthy:

One of my top 5 authors of all time (e.g. the Cohen Bros' No Country for Old Men). Or The Road (Pulitzer Prize, perhaps one of the books about going home mentioned, also a movie). And the modern day horsey western border trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain. Movie made of the first one, at least, maybe all.

Blood Meridian is a doomsday scenario, sort of, but only for those involved down in the Mexican desert, being perused.

You all have seen "Old Men" so you realize it is not SHTF but more like "modern lifestyles have gone to Hades and things used to be saner" back when freedom and individualism reigned in America. The Old Sherriff Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) sees all sense of decency has broken down. He remembers the old days when people didn't need to lock their doors. Now drugsgies come in from Mexico, civilization crumbles, and Bell aims to do his part to fix that a little bit.
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I HIGHLY recommend the "Commune" series by Joshua Gayou,
I have to give a big thumbs up to the Commune Series. Light on gun fights but is made up for it in character development & real world situations. Just finished book 4, author does a great job of giving even the bad guys good qualities & some of the good guys bad qualities. Makes it a more believable real world SHTF story.
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What ever happened to that survival story that was posted on the forum a few years back?


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I am 3 books into the War Planner series by Andrew Watts. It's not really your typical SHTF series, in fact I hesitated to post it here. That said, I'm sure fans of these books will enjoy it very much.

I don't want to spoil the story, so let's just say that so far the story deals with the efforts of rogue elements of a foreign adversary to create a SHTF scenario in the U.S.
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Molon Labe by Boston T Party Is a fictional account of how republican libertarian's take over the state of Wyoming. Its a romping fun read and the author did lots of research to make ir believable .
One element of the book was every person carrying a firearm was exempt from sales tax, because less police were needed!

Castigo Cay by Matthew Bracken is a SHTF where he makes living and survives by owning a large sea going boat I think. Regardless all his books are enjoyable and informative too.
Read the Enemies Foreign and Domestic series 1st as you have a better background on the author.

Kurt Schlichter of Townhall.com has 3 fun novels dealing with the coming civil war that could happen if the nation doesn't unite behind American Constitutional values.
All three are interesting and informative. Col Schlichter a retired army infantry officer has lots of insights and the Kelly Turnbull character is fun to read.
Happy reading !

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Though not intended to be a SHTF book, it does deal with living off the land with just a knife and being sought by the army of another country.

Last of The Breed by Louis L'Amour ...best known for books on the old west and one of m favorite authors.

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Just finished The Red Cliffs of Zerhoun by Matthew Bracken. Like all the other Bracken books I enjoyed this book very much.

This is another installment in the series about the travels of Dan Kilmare on his sailboat in a world where the U.S. has collapsed and most other governments are just hanging on by a thread. On this book he gets talked into assisting with a rescue of 72 schoolgirls who have been kidnapped by Muslim terrorists to be sold into slavery.

A good read if you like fast paced action novels, and quite different than your average "the world has suffered an EMP attack" story.

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Molon Labe by Boston T Party Is a fictional account of how republican libertarian's take over the state of Wyoming. Its a romping fun read and the author did lots of research to make ir believable .
One element of the book was every person carrying a firearm was exempt from sales tax, because less police were needed!

Castigo Cay by Matthew Bracken is a SHTF where he makes living and survives by owning a large sea going boat I think. Regardless all his books are enjoyable and informative too.
Read the Enemies Foreign and Domestic series 1st as you have a better background on the author.
Molon Labe was great. I was introduced to Kenneth Royce (Boston T. Party) when I bought his Gun Bible.

I always recommend the Enemies Foreign and Domestic series to people as I think those books are almost on the same level as John Ross's Unintended Consequences. Almost. Castigo Cay not so much.

Can't wait for Jack Carr's sequel to The Terminal List coming out next month!
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I've read this book a couple times now, I personally believe this is one of the single most important books out there for gun owners to read. I wish that they would do another printing of it. I would like to buy a couple copies of it.



As for all the other suggestions, thank you. I'll have to take a look at them.
It looks like they read your post and UC book is now available as I saw a link in thread titled" 1st gun culture book you read". Under general gun discussions

Kurt Schilter has some books that relate directly to SHF scenarios.
"It’s all-out war for ruthless red state special operator Kelly Turnbull when he returns in this blockbuster prequel to “People’s Republic,” Kurt Schlichter’s top selling novel of America after the polarized politics of blue versus red have split our country apart."

Indian Country” finds Turnbull sent back into the blue states to help those trapped inside resist a politically correct police state. As the progressive government ratchets up the violence, Turnbull must...

I have read Indian Country and his latest Wildfire both of which I enjoyed. Available @ Amazon

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Just read an interesting short novella last night called The Last Amendment.

The book tells the story of the last amendment to the U.S. constitution which provides for the dissolution of the country into two new countries. Most of the book deals with how the amendment is crafted and implemented.

The author uses an interesting literary device in which the book consists entirely of letters written among three protagonists, along with some diary entries from one of them. The letters are read as an historical perspective on events in the past, but these events happen in the recent past and near future.

One of the characters is a long time congressman who first proposed the idea on his way into retirement. At the time the U.S. had been mired in a long economic depression brought on by widespread terrorist attacks on the country. His proposal is motivated by his frustration about the inability to make any progress given the deep divide between left and right in the country.

The second character is a younger congressman who ends up playing a key role in drafting and implementing the amendment. The third is the granddaughter of the first, who tells of these events from her perspective.

Not a typical action packed SHTF novel, but an interesting thought experiment about how this might unfold.



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I have to give a big thumbs up to the Commune Series. Light on gun fights but is made up for it in character development & real world situations. Just finished book 4, author does a great job of giving even the bad guys good qualities & some of the good guys bad qualities. Makes it a more believable real world SHTF story.
Another thumbs up here for the Commune series. Just finished last night.

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Can't wait for Jack Carr's sequel to The Terminal List coming out next month!
I am about a third of the way through Jack Carr's True Believer. So far it is better than The Terminal List!
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I just started The Story of one Peter Cleague by Robert R Hamlyn. I picked it up after Matt Graham of Graham Combat mentioned it. I'm about 1/3 of the way through it and it's good. It's really good.

It's not a SHTF book per se, but I think it's safe to say that it's a read that everyone on these forums would enjoy.
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Although not a shtf or zombie apocalypse book, I would highly recommend a Louis L'Amour book titled "Last of the Breed". Its an older book and long out of print. Can still find them on Amazon or Ebay.
Details the story of a USAF pilot forced down over the Siberian Territory by Russians and taken prisoner in a extremely remote prison camp. The character is Joe Mack, born a Native American from Northern Idaho in Priest River...(my home)....who plans his escape and survives off the land, headed towards the old trail of his ancestors who crossed the Bering Strait into Alaska.
Time wise, takes place mid '80s almost right about when the Clint Eastwood film Firefox came out. If you wanna good read about survival, this is it. Trust me, you will not be disappointed.
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Although not a shtf or zombie apocalypse book, I would highly recommend a Louis L'Amour book titled "Last of the Breed". Its an older book and long out of print. Can still find them on Amazon or Ebay.
Use Bookfinder.com, you'll find what you want new or used.
Most of the time, the cheapest source for used books is https://www.abebooks.com/
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It's a great book, I still go back and read it every once in awhile. Would make for a great movie if Hollywood would do it right.
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Although not a shtf or zombie apocalypse book, I would highly recommend a Louis L'Amour book titled "Last of the Breed". Its an older book and long out of print. Can still find them on Amazon or Ebay.
Details the story of a USAF pilot forced down over the Siberian Territory by Russians and taken prisoner in a extremely remote prison camp. The character is Joe Mack, born a Native American from Northern Idaho in Priest River...(my home)....who plans his escape and survives off the land, headed towards the old trail of his ancestors who crossed the Bering Strait into Alaska.
Time wise, takes place mid '80s almost right about when the Clint Eastwood film Firefox came out. If you wanna good read about survival, this is it. Trust me, you will not be disappointed.
Just finished. It was a very good book. However.....possible spoiler alert:


I felt it ended prematurely. I was left thinking "that's it?" The killing of the Yakut should have been the beginning of the end, I feel. There were storylines left unfinished, like a part two was needed to wrap things up. Was he able to actually escape Siberia? Was he able to come back and kill Zamatev? And then return to America?? What about Talya? Did they ever reunite? I feel there is a whole other story that could be told wrapping things up. I really felt like it left me hanging...

Thay said, this is only the second L'amour novel I have read. Maybe that's characteristic of his novels? I dont know. The first was Jubal Sackett, and I thoroughly enjoyed that one. Not SHTF at all, but I would recommend it.

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I felt it ended prematurely. I was left thinking "that's it?" The killing of the Yakut should have been the beginning of the end, I feel. There were storylines left unfinished, like a part two was needed to wrap things up. Was he able to actually escape Siberia? Was he able to come back and kill Zamatev? And then return to America?? What about Talya? Did they ever reunite? I feel there is a whole other story that could be told wrapping things up. I really felt like it left me hanging...

Thay said, this is only the second L'amour novel I have read. Maybe that's characteristic of his novels? I dont know. The first was Jubal Sackett, and I thoroughly enjoyed that one. Not SHTF at all, but I would recommend it.

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Yes, I agree that there coulda been a possible sequel to this book. But that's the beauty of reading books, it let's you the reader come to your own conclusions of what may have happened. I would like to think that the character made due on those promises and leave it to the imagination.

I've read this book probably several times in the last 20 years I've had it and I gotta say, everytime I read it, it's always an enjoyable read for me as I've been around those things mentioned in the book like where he is from...Priest River in the mountains of northern Idaho.

I'm glad you enjoyed it, would of made for a great movie too I think...
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I enjoyed "A Boy and his Dog at the end of the World". Not the movie with Don Johnson.
Not a blood and guts survivalist fantasy shoot-fest but a quiet reflection on how far a person will go to right a wrong. Worth a read.
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I am about a third of the way through Jack Carr's True Believer. So far it is better than The Terminal List!
Just started True Believer, maybe a quarter of the way through. So far I must disagree with you on it being better than The Terminal List. This sequel is off to somewhat of a slow start, especially compared to the first book. The protagonist has been sailing on a boat for a while, having dreams of his family, and...not much else happening.
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Just started True Believer, maybe a quarter of the way through. So far I must disagree with you on it being better than The Terminal List. This sequel is off to somewhat of a slow start, especially compared to the first book. The protagonist has been sailing on a boat for a while, having dreams of his family, and...not much else happening.
Yeah, I'm with you! I gave up on the audio book version like ⅔ or ¾ of the way through! And I almost NEVER bail on a book because it's too slow. 😒
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Yeah, I'm with you! I gave up on the audio book version like ⅔ or ¾ of the way through! And I almost NEVER bail on a book because it's too slow.

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I read it to the end. Not quite as action packed, especially the first half or so. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the book, and if you read it through it does set up the next book nicely IMO.

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Robots of Gotham is an excellent novel about what happens when AIs start to reproduce and seize power. It's not the usual approach to this genre. Highly recommended, one of the best SF books I've read in the last few years.
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I read it to the end. Not quite as action packed, especially the first half or so. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the book, and if you read it through it does set up the next book nicely IMO.
Yep. The second half definitely made up for the first half. I was very entertained and Jack Carr is a great writer, especially if you're a gun guy. Can't wait for the third book.

Speaking of which...

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I'm a big reader, and I've read a LOT of SHTF novels, but I'm in the mood for a other one.
I've read
lucifer's hammer
Alas Babylon
The road
The postman
Lights out
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The books in the Patriots series by Rawles
The books in the 299 days series

Also a bunch of different zombie books, and others.

Do you guys have any suggestions?
Swan Song, by Robert R. McCammon.
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I recommend "EMP Los Angeles," by Frank LaFlamme. He's a retired LEO who has written a book, that is not only entertaining, but gives quite a bit of instruction on how to prep for many situations that this genre covers.

It's available on Amazon.
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Swan Song, by Robert R. McCammon.
Thanks - found it for free on Kindle/Amazon
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