The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks (2003, Paperback)

Max Brooks, kin to legendary film director/actor Mel Brooks, has found a glaringly obvious niche to be filled in the Zombie Undead world of fiction - how to survive in it! This is a must have for any Zombie fan! The drawings are pretty crude, but this is not a mass produced high dollar novel. It's more or less a handbook.

There are techniques on defense tactics as well as weaponry (a machete is best - it's quiet, saves ammunition and completely disables the attacker); Failure and Plan B situations; stealth movements - balance and posture; food and rations; escape vehicles (a bicycle is recommended - it's quiet and has better manueverability); and many, many more creative ways to stay alive.

The book does seem to extend the farcical fictional joke of Zombie Survival, like a person who tells a joke and then continues to add on to that joke extending it out ad-nauseam. But, when the dead rise to consume the flesh of the living...this would be a good book to hold onto.