Books contain the ideas, make the arguments, and preserve the history necessary for the maintenance and perpetuation of liberty. Reading the Right Books is a practical list of thoughtful and accessible books — not the “classics” but solidly good books — recommended to provide a general framework around which the reader can build a firmer… Read More
Recommended Reading
Selected List:
- Democracy in America – Tocqueville
- The Road To Serfdom – F. A. Hayek
- The Constitution of Liberty – F. A. Hayek
- Socialism – Ludwig von Mises
- Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy – Joseph Schumpeter
- Capitalism and Freedom – Milton Friedman
- The Roots Of American Order – Russell Kirk
- Reading the Right Books – Heritage Foundation
- Economics In One Lesson – Henry Haizlett
- The Humane Economy – Wilhelm Roepke
- Two Cheers For Capitalism – Irving Kristol
- The American Cause – Russell Kirk
- A Genius Reconsidered – Russell Kirk
- The Good Society – Walter Lipmann
- Land of Hope – Wilfred McClay
The Old Classics:
- The Dialogues – Plato
- The Nicomachean Ethics – Aristotle
- The Politics – Aristotle
- Selected writings – Cicero
- Selected writings – Plato
Early Modern Classics:
- The Prince – Machiavelli
- The Wealth Of Nations – Adam Smith
- The Theory Of Moral Sentiments – Adam Smith
- The Spirit Of Laws – Montesquieu
- On Liberty – John Stuart Mill
- Two Treatises On Government – John Locke
- A Treatise Of Human Nature – David Hume 1739
- Democracy In America – Alexi de Tocqueville
- The Law – Frederic Bastiat
- Capital – Karl Marx
- Reflections on the Revolution in France – Edmund Burke
- Leviathan – Thomas Hobbes 1651
- The Federalist Papers – Hamilton, Madison and Jay
- The US Constitution
- The Declaration of Independence – Thomas Jefferson 1776
Twentieth Century Classics:
- The Road To Serfdom – F. A. Hayek
- The Constitution of Liberty – F. A. Hayek
- Socialism – Ludwig von Mises
- Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy – Joseph Schumpeter
- Capitalism and Freedom – Milton Friedman
- The Good Society – Walter Lipmann
- Losing Ground – Charles Murray
- The Closing of the American Mind – Alan Bloom
- 1984 – George Orwell
Other Important Political Philosophers:
- David Ricardo
- Jean Baptiste Say
- Walter Bagehot
- Algernon Sidney
- Herbert Spencer
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Immanuel Kant
- James Buchanan