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Guides and memoirs about life beyond municipal infrastructure — generating your own power, growing your own food, and building a self-sufficient existence close to the land.

The Lost Ways

by Claude Davis • 2021

Root cellars, gravity-fed fires, herbal poultices: pioneer skills that need no modern grid.

4.23

155

🏜️ Pioneer Skills 🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🪓 Self-Reliance Skills 🏡 Homesteading 🌿 Herbal Medicine

The Lost Ways

Root cellars, gravity-fed fires, herbal poultices: pioneer skills that need no modern grid.

by Claude Davis 2021

4.23

155 ratings

🏜️ Pioneer Skills 🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🪓 Self-Reliance Skills 🏡 Homesteading 🌿 Herbal Medicine

Back to Basics

by Abigail R. Gehring • 2007

Build a home, grow your food, power it yourself: illustrated encyclopedia of self-sufficient living.

4.20

2k+

🏡 Homesteading Skills 🌱 Self-Sufficiency 🌄 Back To The Land 🔨 Hand-Built Homes ☀️ Renewable Energy

Back to Basics

Build a home, grow your food, power it yourself: illustrated encyclopedia of self-sufficient living.

by Abigail R. Gehring 2007

4.20

2k+ ratings

🏡 Homesteading Skills 🌱 Self-Sufficiency 🌄 Back To The Land 🔨 Hand-Built Homes ☀️ Renewable Energy

So Far Gone

by Jess Walter • 2025

His daughter gone, a hermit grandfather cares for two grandchildren as a militia church closes in.

3.92

30k+

🏚️ Estranged Family ⛪ Religious Extremism 👴 Reluctant Caregiver 🔗 Generational Trauma 🩹 Quiet Redemption

So Far Gone

His daughter gone, a hermit grandfather cares for two grandchildren as a militia church closes in.

by Jess Walter 2025

3.92

30k+ ratings

🏚️ Estranged Family ⛪ Religious Extremism 👴 Reluctant Caregiver 🔗 Generational Trauma 🩹 Quiet Redemption

Never Leave the Dogs Behind

by Brianna Madia • 2024

Divorced and hounded online, she moved four dogs into a waterless trailer on the Utah desert.

4.14

6k+

🐕 Dog Memoirs 💔 Divorce Recovery 🌵 Desert Memoir 🐾 Canine Companionship 💻 Online Harassment

Never Leave the Dogs Behind

Divorced and hounded online, she moved four dogs into a waterless trailer on the Utah desert.

by Brianna Madia 2024

4.14

6k+ ratings

🐕 Dog Memoirs 💔 Divorce Recovery 🌵 Desert Memoir 🐾 Canine Companionship 💻 Online Harassment

The Way of the Hermit

by Ken Smith • 2023

One man, a remote Scottish loch, a hand-built cabin, and forty years of solitude and storms.

4.21

3k+

🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🍄 Foraging 🪓 Self-Sufficiency 🌿 Nature Writing 🏔️ Scottish Wilderness

The Way of the Hermit

One man, a remote Scottish loch, a hand-built cabin, and forty years of solitude and storms.

by Ken Smith 2023

4.21

3k+ ratings

🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🍄 Foraging 🪓 Self-Sufficiency 🌿 Nature Writing 🏔️ Scottish Wilderness

Just in Case

by Kathy Harrison • 2008

A stocked pantry, a practiced family plan, and the know-how to thrive when the power fails.

3.85

494

🆘 Emergency Preparedness 🏡 Self-Sufficiency 🪴 Homesteading Skills 🥫 Food Storage 🫙 Food Preservation

Just in Case

A stocked pantry, a practiced family plan, and the know-how to thrive when the power fails.

by Kathy Harrison 2008

3.85

494 ratings

🆘 Emergency Preparedness 🏡 Self-Sufficiency 🪴 Homesteading Skills 🥫 Food Storage 🫙 Food Preservation

The Sunset Route

by Carrot Quinn • 2021

A young woman rides freight trains west to escape a broken past, searching for a new kind of family.

4.16

2k+

🚂 Freight Train Culture 🎒 Nomadic Lifestyles 💔 Childhood Trauma 👩‍👧 Maternal Mental Illness 🤝 Chosen Family

The Sunset Route

A young woman rides freight trains west to escape a broken past, searching for a new kind of family.

by Carrot Quinn 2021

4.16

2k+ ratings

🚂 Freight Train Culture 🎒 Nomadic Lifestyles 💔 Childhood Trauma 👩‍👧 Maternal Mental Illness 🤝 Chosen Family

How to Survive Off the Grid

by Tim MacWelch • 2016

The off-grid blueprint: energy, water, food, medicine, and self-defense when no one is coming.

3.98

115

🌾 Homesteading ☀️ Renewable Energy 💧 Water Harvesting 🥫 Food Preservation 🆘 Emergency Preparedness

How to Survive Off the Grid

The off-grid blueprint: energy, water, food, medicine, and self-defense when no one is coming.

by Tim MacWelch 2016

3.98

115 ratings

🌾 Homesteading ☀️ Renewable Energy 💧 Water Harvesting 🥫 Food Preservation 🆘 Emergency Preparedness

Harvesting Rainwater for Your Homestead in 9 Days or Less

by Renee Dang • 2022

From roof to tap in nine days: the 7-step plan for harvesting your own clean rainwater.

4.04

🚿 Rainwater Harvesting 💧 Water Self-Sufficiency 🔧 Diy Water Systems 🌻 Modern Homesteading 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Self-Reliance

Harvesting Rainwater for Your Homestead in 9 Days or Less

From roof to tap in nine days: the 7-step plan for harvesting your own clean rainwater.

by Renee Dang 2022

4.04

26 ratings

🚿 Rainwater Harvesting 💧 Water Self-Sufficiency 🔧 Diy Water Systems 🌻 Modern Homesteading 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Self-Reliance

How to Disappear and Live Off the Grid

by John Kiriakou • 2022

A CIA officer's tradecraft for erasing your identity and living off the surveillance grid.

3.39

🔒 Digital Privacy 👁️ Counter-Surveillance 🌾 Self-Sufficiency 💰 Financial Privacy 🛡️ Operational Security

How to Disappear and Live Off the Grid

A CIA officer's tradecraft for erasing your identity and living off the surveillance grid.

by John Kiriakou 2022

3.39

46 ratings

🔒 Digital Privacy 👁️ Counter-Surveillance 🌾 Self-Sufficiency 💰 Financial Privacy 🛡️ Operational Security

Solar Power for Sustainable Living

by Sustainable Stevie • 2012

The DIY solar reality check: what your bills, roof, and local code demand before you start.

3.75

☀️ Solar Energy ♻️ Renewable Energy 🔨 Home Improvement 🌱 Sustainable Living ⚡ Energy Independence

Solar Power for Sustainable Living

The DIY solar reality check: what your bills, roof, and local code demand before you start.

by Sustainable Stevie 2012

3.75

4 ratings

☀️ Solar Energy ♻️ Renewable Energy 🔨 Home Improvement 🌱 Sustainable Living ⚡ Energy Independence

Solar Power

by Mark Prentice • 2016

Install your own solar panels, slash your bill, and sell the surplus to the utility.

2.50

☀️ Solar Energy ♻️ Renewable Energy 🔧 Diy Solar ⚡ Energy Independence 💰 Energy Savings

Solar Power

Install your own solar panels, slash your bill, and sell the surplus to the utility.

by Mark Prentice 2016

2.50

2 ratings

☀️ Solar Energy ♻️ Renewable Energy 🔧 Diy Solar ⚡ Energy Independence 💰 Energy Savings

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