Essential Books for the Zombie Apocalypse
The Walking Dead is back for its seventh season on Sunday. We will finally find out who died at Negan's hand (and bat). If you watch the show, I'm sure you also think about what you would do if there really was zombie outbreak. These books may help you plan for that possibility.
Food
Despite what we learned at Terminus, cannibalism is not the only way to survive a zombie apocalypse. If you forage for wild plants, you can create delicious, nutritious meals without luring innocents into your fake sanctuary, killing and eating them.
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Adventures in Edible Plant Foraging: Finding, Identifying, and Harvesting, and Preparing Native and Invasive Wild Plants by Karen Monger
Backyard Foraging: 65 Familiar Plants You didn't Know You Could Eat by Ellen Zachos
Wild Edibles: a Practical Guide to Foraging with Easy Identification of 60 Edible Plants with 67 Recipes by Sergei Boutenko
Shelter
Hm. Where to start? Campground? No, too exposed. Farm? Didn't end well. Abandoned prison? Not bad unless you make enemies with a megalomaniac who has a truckload of zombies. Planned community? Nice place but not enough walls.
I plan to wait out the zombie apocalypse in the nearest mall. You may have other ideas. Do your best to create a safe shelter with these books:
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The Complete Survival Shelters Handbook: a Step-by-Step Guide to Building Lifesaving Structures for Every Climate and Wilderness Situation by Anthonio Akkermans
The Perfect Tree House: From Site Selection to Design and Construction by Django Kroner
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Because maybe zombies can't climb trees.
Tiny Houses Built with Recycled Materials: Inspirations for Constructing Tiny Homes using Salvaged and Reclaimed Supplies by Ryan Mitchell
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Weapons
Maybe you'll make friends with an awesome woman with a katana, or a damaged loner with a crossbow but you can't count on it.
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A Guide to Improvised Weaponry: How to Protect yourself with Everything you've Got by Terry Schappert and Adam Slutsky
Rubber Band Engineer: Build Slingshot Powered Rockets, Rubber Band Rifles, Unconventional Catapults and More Guerrilla Gadgets from Household Hardware by Lance Akiyama
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Socks
You might feel differently, but for me, good comfortable socks are the key to my happiness during a crisis. Unfortunately, I don't currently know how to knit or crochet but I expect there's a lot of downtime when you're living in a mall hiding from zombies.
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Custom Socks: Knit to Fit your Feet by Kate Atherley
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Happy Feet: Unique Knits to Knock your Socks Off by Cathy Carron
Sock Art: Bold, Graphic Knits for your Feet by Edelgard Janssen and Ute Eismann
One thought on “Essential Books for the Zombie Apocalypse”
Excellent and timely post.
Also: useful viewing re: your plan to ride it out in a mall: http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM3201354&R=3201354
Do you have any titles for stain removal? (Particularly for splattered brains and intestinal fluids)