More recently, I’ve read One Second After and Going Home.
I agree with you the author of Going Home is a serious gear nut. I kinda like it though as it turned me on to a lot of gear that I didn’t know about otherwise.
Definitely going to check out some of your other recommendations.
If you like the post-apocalyptic/prepper genre, then I definitely recommend Franklin Horton and Bobby Akart.
Just began reading Franklin Horton's "Borrowed World" series (same Universe as the Locker Nine series, which actually came out later, but I read those first due to an Amazon Kindle deal). FH also tends to list gear, but the scenarios he paints are a lot more realistically possible in a calamity (simply based on observations from small scale disasters), and made me consider certain things.
In the Locker Nine series, he also presents the concept of pre-planning/networking with like-minded individuals.
Bobby Akart is also an author who's actually written prepper/survival manuals (Prepping For Tomorrow series).
His fiction series like the Blackout series draw from that experience to get people thinking (which he explains, was one of his intentions; not to make a survival manual series, but to write entertainment that might get people thinking about simple things they can do to be better prepared).
I've always been a fan of bushcraft and learning/developing survival skills (hence my love for quality knives/tools), and although I'm not as deep into prepping/hoarding as some folks are, I still like reading things that get me thinking about stuff I hadn't really considered.
Both Horton and Akart's writing have aspects that benefit preppers (whether those just getting into the concept, or those who've already begun), while also being entertaining.
I personally just couldn't get into A. American's, "Hey, I just happened by chance, to keep running into people with either tons of stored food they're happy to share, or uber-operators who'll happily give away expensive equipment".
That, and within the first few chapters, my first thought was, "Does this writer own a camping/survival gear store? Because this book reads like an infomercial for stuff, while not really being very sensible/informative for actual prepping/survival".