Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created here at The Broke and the Bookish in June 2010. This feature was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!  http://www.brokeandbookish.com/   

This Week: Top Ten Hidden Gems in Apocalypse Genre or books you need to read to get ready for the apocalypse! NB: none of these series feature zombies as that is a list for another time!

1) Darrell Maloney-Countdown to Armageddon
Scott stumbles across an end of the world solar flare prediction and starts prepping, buying land to move to when disaster strikes. With his new girlfriend, his ex-wife and kids, he has everything ready when it hits and now they need to make their journeys from work and school to get to safety. I loved the characters and there was no silly angst with the ex wife and girlfriend. I loved reading about the preperations and then we waited in tension for it to hit. Then comes the nerve wracking journey to get home. Loved it!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20566964-countdown-to-armageddon 

2) Darrell Maloney-Final Dawn 
A happy young couple win the lotto and then discover an asteroid will hit Earth in two years. Now it is a race against time to build a compound to hold family and friends and be ready. Another tense read which follows the preperations at the underground compound, the heartbreaking choice of which people to invite and whether or not to warn the general public. Human emotion, great characters and an exciting prepper plot. Loved this one too!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17677073-final-dawn 

3) Franklin Horton-The Borrowed World 
ISIS attack American infrastructure and send it into panic and confusion. Two preppers on a business trip try to steer their colleagues on a long walk home while their families cope with surviving the ordeal and protecting their supplies from looters. This was my first prepper book and I admit it scared me at the time and got me thinking about what to do in a disaster. Tension filled plot, great characters and plenty of action. 
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25470417-the-borrowed-world 

4) Robert Boren-Bug Out
Frank and Jane flee riots in California in their RV, finding other retired people doing the same. As Islamic terrorists and armed militia gangs wage war on the government, and nuclear blasts hit the coasts, the RV caravan must keep one step ahead of the bad guys and find a way to fight back. I loved the fast paced action and the fact that the MCs were mostly in their 50's-80's! Tension in every chapter if you can overlook the editing.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35455767-bug-out-part-1    

5) Matthew D Mark-Dark Days Rough Roads 
Roger prepared his entire family with survival plans and meet up points and now that an EMP has hit, the plan needs to be executed. Dangerous journeys, people trying to take their supplies and armed gunmen do their best to stop the convoy but even if they reach their safe house, they are unaware that an armed militia has taken the town. We get all the tension of the apocalypse road trip from hell and then it changes to trying to take the town back from the bad guys. Great read!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17472933-dark-days-rough-roads 

6) John Marsden-Tomorrow When The War Began 
A group of Australian teenagers return from a camping trip to find that their town has been invaded by a foreign army and their families held in a camp. They decide they are the only people left to fight back. In the tradition of Red Dawn but better, this was a kickass book about surviving as outlaws and trying to save those you love. Lots of action and tension.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/71865.Tomorrow_When_the_War_Began  

7) Kenneth Cary-Curtain Fall 
John has always had dreams that came true but this one leads him to believe that the Yellowstone Caldera is about to explode and there may only be days left to make final preperations. With an extended family not listening and a diabetic child to care for, John must put faith in his dreams and get ready. This has the normal get ready for it scenes that I love but the addition of the dreams and his fear of what is coming is new.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20741434-curtain-fall 

8) Eric Methven-EMP
A family set up a prepper house outside a small Scottish town just before an EMP hits. The town is overtaken by foreign criminals who loot and rape while locals plan to take back control. It also features the journey of family and friends to get to this place and the dangers they face on the road. Great to have a Scottish EMP book but it is hard to get hold of.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17562660-e-m-p-no-finger-on-the-pulse

9) David Nelson-The Journey
When the EMP hits the Blaine Family set out for the homestead they joint own with their friends, meeting good people who join them and others who want to take everything they have. It has the apocalypse action on a lesser scale than the really horrific ones but I liked the characters and the challenges they faced. The second book features the journey of their friends and continues with the day to day struggles of a new life. 
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23379849-the-journey 

10) Boyd Craven-The World Burns 
Blake and Sandra are on their first date when the EMP hits. As a prepper, Blake's homestead is the safest place for them and her father Duncan who is the town priest. Now they must protect their property from possible attack and decide if they trust the people they meet. The first story arc over seven parts is the best of the series as I loved the homestead and the dangerous issues they have to deal with.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25097170-the-world-burns