Plain List of 100 Books to Re-boot Civilization

The Encyclopedia Foundation presents this plain list of what 100 books we feel would best "reboot" civilization. Use this list as you will for any long term project you have. An explanation of this can be found in the previous article called "Re-booting Civilization".

1. 20 textbooks for educating children K-12, we recommend six volumes be the McGuffey Readers, the rest High School Texts on History, Math, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Geology.

2. 32 volumes of The 13th Edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. The totality of knowledge of mankind up to 1911.

3. 3 books on measurements and scientific data: The Machinists Handbook. The Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. The Handbook of Biology, Biochemistry and Chemistry.

4. 9 books on Medicine: A general book on medical theory. A general book on surgical procedures. A general book on the history of Medical Science. “Gray’s Anatomy”, “Obstetrics and Gynecology” by Beckman, “Where there is no Doctor” by David Werner, “Where there is no Dentist” by Murray Dickson. “Diseases of Women” and “Pediatrics”.

5. 24 books on general information and mathematics. “Five Acres and Independence”, the “Foxfire Series” (There are 12 of those). A book each on Carpentry, Masonry and Bricklaying, Blacksmithing, Plumbing, Sewer Systems, and Electricity. Basic Mathematics, Algebra, Geometry, Calculus and Trigonometry.

6. 5 books on guns, ammo, gunpowder making, explosives, and survival. The U.S. Army guides are good for some of these.

7. 4 books on how states can survive: “The Prince” by Machiavelli, “The Art of War” by Sun Tzu, “On War” by von Clausewitz, “Guerrilla Warfare” by Mao Tse-Tung.

8. 2 books to help leaders lead: “Wealth of Nations” by Adam Smith. “The Rights of Man” by Thomas Paine.

9. 1 King James Version Bible within the Standard Works (Quad) of the LDS Church.