The Best Homesteading Books

by Common Sense Home
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9 books
We've picked out the best homesteading books to get you started on your homesteading journey. Our top three all have enough detail to take you from start to finish on many homestead projects, but deliver it in different styles.
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The Encyclopedia of Country Living

Carla Emery, 2011

Back to Basics

A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills
Abigail R. Gehring, 2014

The Self Sufficient Life and How to Live It

The Complete Back-To-Basics Guide
John Seymour, 2018

The Foxfire Book

Hog Dressing; Log Cabin Building; Mountain Crafts and Foods; Planting by the Signs; Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing; Moonshining; and Other Affairs of Plain Living
Eliot Wigginton, 1972

The Independent Farmstead

Growing Soil, Biodiversity, and Nutrient-Dense Food with Grassfed Animals and Intensive Pasture Management
Beth Dougherty, Shawn Dougherty, 2016

The Woodland Homestead

How to Make Your Land More Productive and Live More Self-Sufficiently in the Woods
Brett McLeod, 2015

Backyard Farming on an Acre (More or Less)

Angela England, 2012

The Weekend Homesteader

A Twelve-Month Guide to Self-Sufficiency
Anna Hess, 2012

40 Projects for Building Your Backyard Homestead

A Hands-On, Step-by-Step Sustainable-Living Guide
David Toht, 2013