We recently asked friends and allies to name the most important books to the conservative movement. The books listed below are their recommendations, an essential reading list for those interested in the liberty movement.
The Law by Frederic Bastiat
Up from Liberalism by William F Buckley, Jr.
Capitalism & Freedom by Milton Friedman
Free to Choose by Milton Friedman
Conscience of a Conservative by Barry Goldwater
Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt
History of the American People by Paul Johnson
Liberty & Tyranny by Mark Levin
Tragedy of American Compassion by Marvin Olasky
The Forgotten Man by Amity Shlaes
Original Intent by David Barton
Slouching Toward Gomorrah by Bill Bennett
Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone
The Tempting of America by Robert Bork
Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford
God and Man at Yale by William F. Buckley, Jr.
Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke
Economics for Real People by Gene Callahan
Witness by Whitaker Chambers
Politics Markets and America’s Schools by Chubb and Moe
Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville
Pure Goldwater by Barry M. Goldwater Jr & John Dean
Human Action by Milton Friedman
Free to Choose by Milton Friedman
Wealth and Poverty by George Gilder
Charles Goodnight by J. Evetts Haley
Road To Serfdom by F.A. Hayek
Intellectuals by Paul Johnson
Modern Times by Paul Johnson
God and Ronald Reagan A Spiritual Life by Paul Kengor
American Cause by Russell Kirk
The Conservative Mind by Russell Kirk
End of Prosperity by Art Laffer
Mere Christianity by CS Lewis
Two Treatises on Government by John Locke
On Liberty by John Stuart Mill
The King’s Good Servant but God’s First by James Monti
Losing Ground by Charles Murray
What I Saw at the Revolution by Peggy Noonan
When Character Was King by Peggy Noonan
1984 by George Orwell
Gridlock by Randal O’Toole
The Vanishing Automobile and Other Urban Myths by Randal O’Toole
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Samuel Adams by Mark Puls
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Capitalism, The Unknown Ideal by Ayn Rand
An American Life by Ronald Reagan
Hero Tales by Henry Cabot Lodge & Theodore Roosevelt
A Matter of Interpretation by Antonin Scalia
How Should We Then Live by Francis Schaeffer
5000 Year Leap by W. Cleon Skousen
The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell
Vision of the Anointed by Thomas Sowell
Knowledge and Decisions by Tom Sowell
The Downing Street Years by Margaret Thatcher
The Anti-Federalist Papers by Various
The Federalist Papers by Various
The Republic by Plato
