44 Free Kindle Books for Preppers
Free is always the best price. We have hunted down the best free Kindle books for preppers available. You don’t have to take my word for it- each one has rated four or more stars. Having a digital library available at your fingertips can be great for downtime during the holidays or as a reference during emergencies.
Whether you are looking to add to your resource library or a good read about societal collapse, there are plenty of options to check out below.
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Top 10 Free Kindle Prepper Books
The best survival guides can be found online (just check out our completely free how-to-start-prepping guide), but having extras or some manuals specific to wilderness survival doesn’t hurt.
A Kindle can make it convenient, since they are easier to read than other screens and have an enormous battery life.
Here are some of the best free options if you have a Kindle:
Prepper’s Long Term Survival Guide
by Kyle Donovan, 141 pages, $0.99 list price
It’s not the best survival guide by any means, but Kyle hits the broad strokes in this prepper’s guide at an unbeatable price. It has a 2023 date in the table, but a few years doesn’t change much in terms of prepping.
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30 Ways for a Boy to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse
by Ivan Mazurenko, 31 pages, $3.99 list price
It’s tough to talk preparedness with kids, but this book breaks the ice with humor. It’s part of a larger series that helps young boys explore ways not just to be prepared, but to tackle fears and uncertainty.
Plus, we know from experience that zombies can be a great teaching tool for preparedness: Zombie Survival Kit | 12 Essential Items.
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The All-In-One Amish Survival Manual
by Ephraim Zook, 222 pages, $4.99 list price
I’m not sure how they got Ephraim to digitize his work, but there is plenty of off-grid knowledge in this free manual.
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365 Survival Essentials
by Bradley Preston, 221 pages, $2.99 list price
A handbook that covers a wide range of disaster readiness, wilderness survival skills, and sustainable living topics.
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Food Freedom
by Robin Greenfield, 373 pages, $0.99 list price
Robin details how he made the switch to grow and forage 100% of his food over an entire year.
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Prepared
The 8 Secret Skills of an Ex-IDF Special Forces Operator That Will Keep You Safe
by Roy Shepard, 103 pages, $2.99 list price
Roy gives useful advice for everyday preparedness in a concise way that can be read in under an hour. Worth the read, especially at the price!
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The Home Medical Library
Volumes 1, 2, 5
all by Kenelm Winslow, 469 pages, $27.97 list price
While it’s not the whole six-book library, getting half of this comprehensive home medical library for free is a good deal. This is very useful information geared towards those without access to professional medical assistance, which can come in handy during an emergency.
*at time of publishing; check for price changes
Happy, Healthy, and Prepared
Top Tips From the Hosts of The Survival Mom Radio Network
by Lisa Bedford, 81 pages, $0.99 list price
Lisa runs the Survival Mom blog and has put together a pretty basic list of her top tips. Homesteading, gardening, emergency preparedness, and essential oils are all at the top of the topic list.
*at time of publishing; check for price changes
SEAL Survival Guide
Active Shooter and Survival Medicine Excerpt
by Cade Courtley, 68 pages, $0 list price
Basic first aid and active shooter sections are part of a larger book, but this free excerpt is worth a read with very informative content.
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Getting Started in Survival Prepping
Learn from Ex-Military, Firemen, and Survivalists
by Jason Peterson, 59 pages, $0.99 list price
Full of guides, checklists, and more to get you started in prepping. A solid free download that can help you kickstart your preparedness journey.
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Free Survival and Prepping Skills Books
Prepping is an umbrella term for an interest in a wide range of preparedness skills. Those skills are necessarily reserved for preppers, but can definitely come in handy for anyone interested in preparedness.
Self Defense
- Bug In Home Defense Survival Guide – by Shari Carter
- Simple Sabotage Field Manual – by United States Office of Strategic Services
- The Survival Mindset: Home Defense & Intruder Tactics – by Sam Archer
- Wommack’s Self-Defense for Women – by David Wommack
Food
From food preservation to foraging and hunting, here is the section with free books on everything to do with food:
- A to Z Gardening for Beginners – by Lisa Bond
- Container Gardening Month by Month – by Gloria Daniels
- Don’t Break the Bank with Homesteading for Beginners – by Luke Ramsey
- Gardening 101 – by Henry Owen
- Hunting with the Bow & Arrow – by Saxton T. Pope
- Introduction to Canning – by Linda C. Johnson
- Practical Beginners Raised Bed and Container Gardening – by Luke Ramsey
- Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them – by Violet Purton Biddle
- The Theory and Practice of Archery – by Horace Ford
Medical
First aid, home remedies, and other types of medicine fall under this section.
- Ebola Pandemic Survival Lists – by Jake S. Alive
- Emergency Childbirth – by US Department of Defense
- Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants – by AR Harding
- Handbook of Medical Entomology – by William Albert Riley
Miscellaneous Skills
If the free book doesn’t fit in any other skill category, we’ll drop it down here.
- Dollar Collapse Survival Manual – by Blake Bennet
- Sailor’s Knots – by William Wymark Jacobs
- Wilderness Ways – by William Joseph Long
Free Disaster/Apocalypse Fiction
The Aftermath – by VA Brandon, 198 pages, $2.99 list price. Crossing into zombie territory, this apocalyptic book covers a rage-type virus and how a few young people try to survive.
Arena 1 – by Morgan Rice, 227 pages, $0.99 list price. The first book of the Survival Trilogy has many similarities to The Hunger Games.
Beyond the Grid: An EMP Survival Story – by Connor McCoy, 234 pages, $0.99 list price.
Blackout Nevada – by Marie Wilkens, 296 pages, $0.99 list price.
Emerge – by Heather Sunseri, 376 pages, $3.99 list price. One of the more acclaimed books on the list, Emerge, is post-apocalyptic fiction at its finest. Pessimism and optimism square off, and the last human hope lies in one or the other.
EMP – by Orion Enzo Gaudio, 190 pages, $2.99 list price. EMPs have been written about a lot at this point, and the first book of The Districts 4-book series sets up the disaster with an asymmetrical attack.
Frontier Justice – by Arthur Bradley, 200 pages, $0.99 list price. This is the first book of The Survivalist series, a highly rated post-apocalyptic series with over a dozen entries.
Glimmer of Hope – by Ryan King, 428 pages, $3.95 list price. Book 1 of 4 in the Land of Tomorrow series follows an army officer and his family through the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust.
Kahayatle – by Elle Casey, 406 pages, $2.99 list price. An odd apocalyptic scenario tees off this book, which sets the stage for the character-driven turmoil. Over 300 five-star reviews prove that this book is worth a look.
Prep for Doom – by Various Authors, $0.99 list price. A collection of 20 short stories that all tell the story of a single catastrophe from different characters’ points of view.
Survive the Fall – by Grace Hamilton, 350 pages, $3.99 list price. The first of the EMP: Return to the Wild West series has over 500 5-star reviews.
Surviving Chaos – by Sam J Fires, 57 pages, $0.99 list price. A short prequel to the post-apocalyptic EMP End of Days series.
Surviving the Evacuation: Outback Outbreak – by Frank Tayell, 272 pages, $3.99 list price. Book 1 of 5 of the Life Goes On series is trying to rope you in by offering the first book free.
The Interruption – by Kip Nelson, 122 pages, $0.99 list price.
The Off Grid Survivor – by Connor McCoy, 232 pages, $0.99 list price. An EMP survival series (4 books) with a 4.0 rating after 1,200+ reviews.
Free Prepper Books on Kindle Unlimited
The number of books related to survival and prepping that are free on Kindle Unlimited is now just too big to count.
You can get Kindle Unlimited for pretty cheap if you are just starting out, or you can do the 30-day free trial if you’ve never tried it before.
If you’re an avid reader, I would consider the Kindle Unlimited free trial just to check out the over 4 million titles, thousands of audiobooks, and even magazine subscriptions you could be saving on. If you are looking for prepping and survival titles to consider for those, we have lists there, too:
The Final Word
That rounds out our list of prepping-related, 4-star or higher-rated, and completely free Kindle books. Get to reading- there are over 2500 pages of material here. Let us know in the comments below if you find any other good free reads worth picking up for the Kindle.
Here are some other good resources for learning:
- Best Survival Guide Book (Hardcopy)
- 15 Off-Grid TV Shows Worth Watching
- Free Survival PDFs, Manuals, and Downloads
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Nice list. I would add the Special Forces Medic Handbook. (disclaimer: I helped write the next to last edition but I don’t get any money); Ditch Medicine, Where There is No Doctor, Where There Is no Dentist. There are several books on tactical medicine if you think you might need those skills. A Vet Medical book would be helpful also.
Medical supplies are not cheap and trying to put you own supply together can be problematic. Buying a ready made kit (if set up by someone who knows what they are doing) is quick and easy although expensive.
Been thinking of getting a Kindle for years. Just can[t decide on what options are best for Preppers. Not only the readabitity specs, but what about battery life, back up power pack, durability, water proofing , etc.?
Appreciate any suggestions you may have. Please note cost NOT an issue; just want to know what is available – thanks.