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Recommended by Members
Applied Economics, Dr. Thomas Sowell
Hating Whitey, David Horowitz
How to Talk to a Liberal, Anne Coulter
None Dare Call it Treason, John A. Stormer
Politics of Bad Faith, David Horowitz
Radical Son, David Horowitz
Slander, Ann Coulter
Treason, Anne Coulter
Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation As a Basis for Social Policy, Dr. Thomas Sowell
Witness, Whittaker Chambers
  
Recommended by National Review
Foreign Policy
Inside the Asylum: Why the UN and Old Europe are Worse Than You Think, Jed Babbin
Colossus: The Price of America's Empire, Niall Ferguson
  
Presidents, Good And Bad
The Real Jimmy Carter: How Our Worst Ex-President Undermines American Foreign Policy, Coddles Dictators and Created the Party of Clinton and Kerry, Steven Hayward
The Age of Reagan, 1964-1980, Steven Hayward
Churchill on Leadership, Steven Hayward
Misunderestimated: How Bush is Beating Terrorism, Democrats, and the Press, Bill Sammon
At Any Cost, Bill Sammon
Fighting Back, Bill Sammon
Presidential Leadership: Rating the Best and Worst in the White House, by editors of the Wall Street Journal and the Federalist Society: James Taranto, Leonard Leo, William J. Bennett
  
The War On Terror
Endgame, Tom McInerny and Paul Vallely
The French Betrayal of America, Kenneth R. Timmerman
Selling Out America, Kenneth R. Timmerman
  
The Judiciary
Restoring the Lost Constitution, Prof. Randy E. Barnett
  
"That Person"
Rewriting History, Dick Morris
  
Political & Social Issues
Betrayal: How Union Bosses Shake Down Their Members and Corrupt American Politics, Linda Chavez and fellow union expert Daniel Gray
Affirmative Action Around the World, Dr. Thomas Sowell
7 Myths of Working Mothers: Why Children and (Most) Careers Just Don't Mix, Suzanne Venker
  
Religion
Breaking the Da Vinci Code: Answers to the Questions Everyone's Asking, New Testament scholar Prof. Darrell Bock
  
Hollywood
Hollywood, Interrupted, Andrew Breitbart (former aide to Matt Drudge) and Mark Ebner
  
Manners & Morals
The Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry, Brad Miner
  
Science
Junk Science Judo, Steven Milloy
The Mind and the Brain, Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz
  
Recommended by Austin Young Conservatives of Texas
Conservative Campus Activism
The Conservative Revolution: How to Win the Battle for College Campuses, Brendan Steinhauser, a member of YCT
  
Philosophy
The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, The Federalist Papers
(You should familiarize yourself with these documents. Together they constitute a book. One cannot claim to be a libertarian or conservative without knowing the basic tenets of our foundation. We urge you to read them and think carefully about what they mean. What is their inspiration? What are they trying to achieve?)
  
Economics
The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith.
(Published in 1776, it remains the capitalist manifesto.)
  
Literary Fiction
Anthem, Ayn Rand.
(It is very short, 80 pages or so. Introduces you to her view of individualism. It is a rejection of collectivism, i.e., socialism, communism and totalitarianism.)
Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand
  
Culture / Current Events
Letters To A Young Conservative, Dinesh D'Souza.
(A great primer for conservative students. It addresses campus issues and cultural issues. He is a brilliant author, and used to engage in YCT-like events at Dartmouth.)
What's So Great About America?, Dinesh D'Souza
The Conservative Mind: from Burke to Eliot, Russell Kirk
(This book launched the modern America conservative movement. In it, Kirk explains "the conservative mind," by examining brilliant conservative minds throughout history.)
  
Foreign Policy
America Unbound, Ivo Daalder and James Lindsay
(Written by liberals. A fair and balanced look at the foreign policy of George W. Bush. This book is especially relevant to any person interested in understanding the intellectual roots of Bush and his team. It outlines the Bush Doctrine and tells how it breaks from traditional American foreign policy.)