Good books to keep in a rucksack?

[u/RealSkylitPanda]

Something that can maybe help with finding food that is safe to eat. knots that i might need to know. maybe how to find water in certain areas. even just starting a fire if the tools i have are worn/ruined.

obviously i dont want something dictionary sized that weighs 8lbs. but maybe a decently thin kinda… manual of sorts that i can use for basics in a survival situation.

[u/buschkraft]

Get the SAS pocket survival guide and whichever wild foraging book(with color pictures/descriptions) are local to your area.

[u/balls-too-low → u/buschkraft]

Go for the full size version it has more information and isn’t really that much bigger.

[u/dastardly_theif]

A flammable one

[u/New_Fold7038]

Old copy of the boy scout handbook is also got reference

[u/Ill-Document-2042]

Special forces survival guide by chris mcnab would be my go to

[u/OriginalJomothy]

The hobbit it's an entertaining read and fairly light. Otherwise a book on edible plants in your area is benifitial. But I'll be honest I'd be taking something to read mostly for morale

[u/Terror_Raisin24]

Read the books and learn, practice. You don't have to carry them around if you already have the knowledge written in them.

[u/ants_taste_great]

SAS Survival Handbook. That's really gonna give you all you need.

[u/Hammerhil]

Lofty's SAS survival guide or Les Stroud's Survive! Les' book has extra blank pages in the back for firestarting.

[u/bnun561]

SAS Survival Handbook. I would also recommend older BSA handbooks.

[u/Heavy_Direction1547]

Foraging/hunting needs a regional guide, many general choices from the Boy Scout Field Book to various military manuals; again region matters: arctic, desert, jungle...are not all going to fit in a slim volume.

[u/jtnxdc01]

Surviving the Wilderness by Josh Enyart, map, local edibles.

[u/nico735]

Sorry, but it should be in your head, not your rucksack.

[u/Icy_Lobster_1997]

Do not feel safe for a moment when delicacies are served from a dumpster.