![]() | Conscience of a Conservative by Barry Goldwater
Buy new: $12.95 / Used from: $32.68 Despite its age, it remains a seminal work of conservative politics and philosophy. It is a superb introduction to conservatism.
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![]() | Why Not Victory: A Fresh Look At American Foreign Policy by Barry M. Goldwater
Buy new: $21.46 / Used from: $10.54 This outlines Barry Goldwater's approach to foreign policy, and it goes well as a companion to the other two works by him I've listed.
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![]() | The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot by Russell Kirk
Buy new: $22.79 / Used from: $19.62 This explains conservative philosophy better than probably any other book. It hasn't been called the "conservative Bible" for nothing.
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![]() | The Constitution of the United States of America, with the Bill of Rights and all of the Amendments;: The Declaration of Independence; and the Articles of Confederation by Thomas Jefferson
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $8.49 America's governing documents. Need I say more?
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![]() | The Law by Frederic Bastiat
Buy new: $5.95 / Used from: $23.40 Ignore the fact that it's written by a Frenchman, it is a simply superb work. It defines the nature of the Law as well as a defense of the Rule of Law. It's also short. At about ~60 pages, it could easily be read in two or three days (or one if you are really devoted).
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![]() | Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition by Milton Friedman
Buy new: $10.32 / Used from: $7.58 Friedman's classic work explaining how capitalism and freedom are not mutually exclusive, but rather go together. It is a superb defense of capitalism against socialism.
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![]() | Free to Choose: A Personal Statement by Milton Friedman
Buy new: $9.75 / Used from: $3.97 Another classic work by Friedman. It is a superb companion to his other work.
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![]() | The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents--The Definitive Edition (The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek) by F. A. Hayek
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $10.20 F.A. Hayek's classic work that explains the relationship between individual liberty and government authority.
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![]() | The Constitution of Liberty by F. A. Hayek
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $14.00 A great explanation of Hayek's overall philosophy. This was a favorite of Margaret Thatcher.
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![]() | The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom
Buy new: $11.52 / Used from: $0.01 Allan Bloom explains how American Universities are increasingly shutting out all philosophies that don't tow a certain leftist line.
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![]() | Upstream: The Ascendance of American Conservatism by Alfred S. Regnery
Buy new: $13.60 / Used from: $0.11 You want to know the history of the modern American conservative movement? This is perhaps the best book to read on that subject.
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![]() | An American Life by Ronald Reagan
Buy used from: $3.93 A great way to find out about the life of perhaps the seminal conservative figure of the 20th century.
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![]() | The Way Things Ought to Be by Rush Limbaugh
Buy used from: $1.11 This is one of the exceptions to the rule that I don't like works by pundits or political commentators. This work laid out a conservative point of view when conservatives needed it most during the early years of the Clinton administration.
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![]() | See I Told You So by Rush Limbaugh
Buy used from: $0.99 A great companion to Rush's other book. It explains, defends, and adds onto what he said in "The Way Things Ought to Be".
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![]() | Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto by Mark R. Levin
Buy new: $14.62 / Used from: $12.50 Another exception to my rule about pundits and commentators. This is a genuinely superb work that can, in many ways, serve as a modern day "Conscience of a Conservative".
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![]() | Saving Freedom: We Can Stop America's Slide into Socialism by Jim DeMint
Buy new: $17.81 / Used from: $10.85 A great work by possibly the most famous currently serving conservative politician.
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![]() | Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Change by Jonah Goldberg
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $3.87 |
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