10 Books I'll keep during an apocalypse

[snowynight]

Assuming the apocalypse has come. Which ten books will I keep/try to get during my bookshop raid?
General Knowledge

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  Britannica All New Kids' Encyclopedia: What We Know & what We Don't: in a world without the internet and library system, knowledge is important. I choose this one because it's single volume.
  

Survival

I live in a city and know nothing about the wilderness. I need every knowledge to survive.

• First Aid Manual: First aid is important now. It'll only be more important what I don't have access to medicine. Besides, it'll be helpful to others too
• Sarajevo: Survival Guide by Miroslav Prstojevic, Zeljko Puljic, Maja Razovic & Aleksandra Wagner : I need every tip to survive in a city that everything breaks apart before I escape, and a reminder about people's resilience.
• SAS Survival Handbook by John 'Lofty' Wiseman: For wilderness survival.
• Field Guide to local flora: to know what to eat and not.
• The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs by Tristan Gooley: For finding water and navigation.
  

Literature, Humanities and Art
I want to remember that life is beyond survival.

• The Complete Tales of Winnie-The-Pooh
  Book by A. A. Milne: It's charming and let me escape from the reality for awhile. It'll also reminds me of the post-Apocalypse Winnie the Pooh AU fic. I would like to recall fandom and people's creativity


• Little Mushroom by Yi Shi Si Zhou： As a post apocalyptic novel with heavy themes, I think reading it'll be catharsis and give me insight about potential pitfalls of rebuilding the society, how the path of hell is paved with good intentions.


• The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-modern Art by Carol Strickland and John Boswell
Even in the Apocalypse, people can still appreciate beauty and hobbies

Self Care

• The CBT Journal for Mental Health: Evidence-Based Prompts to Improve Your Well-Being by Jordan A. Madison

Mental health is important, especially during an Apocalypse. I find the CBT approach useful for my self care

What'll be your choices?

Comments

[snowynight]

Thank you!

My first thought about literature is something long too, but it'll really test my carrying capacity. I guess whatever I choose, I'll always long for what have been.

Poetry is great as concise expression of human experience and imagination. My problem will be which to carry...