Liberty Library

The Top 50 Classics Every Freedom Lover Should Read

Governmental Freedom

1. The Constitution of the United States of America
2. The Declaration of Independence
bookdiscussion-300x188 Liberty Library3. The Proper Role of Government by Ezra Taft Benson
4. The 5000 Year Leap: A Miracle That Changed the World by Cleon Skousen
5. The Federalist Papers by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay
6. Thoughts on Government by John Adams
7. Common Sense by Thomas Paine
8. The Law by Frederic Bastiat
9. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville
10. The Spirit of Laws by Montesqueiu
11. The Second Treatise of Government by John Locke
12. Politics by Aristotle
13. The Dialogues of Plato
14. The American Tradition by Clarence B. Carson
15. The Real George Washington by Parry, Allison, and Skousen
16. The Real Thomas Jefferson by Allison, Maxfield, Cook, and Skousen
17. Real Benjamin Franklin by Allison, Maxfield, and Skousen
18. A History of the American People by Paul Johnson
19. 1776 by David McCullough
20. The Virginian by Owen Wister
21. 1984 by George Orwell
22. Animal Farm by George Orwell
23. Essays in the History of Liberty by Lord Acton

Personal/Internal Freedom

24. A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the Twenty-first Century by Oliver DeMille
25. Bonds That Make Us Free: Healing Our Relationships, Coming to Ourselves by C. Terry Warner
26. The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict by the Arbinger Institute
27. Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis
28. Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington
29. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
30. And There Was Light: Autobiography of Jacques Lusseyran, Blind Hero of the French Resistance
31. As a Man Thinketh by James Allen
32. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
33. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by don Miguel Ruiz
34. The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom

Societal Freedom

35. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
36. Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
37. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
38. The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

Economic & Financial Freedom

39. The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve by G. Edward Griffin
40. The Wealth of Nations (Bantam Classics) by Adam Smith
41. The Mainspring of Human Progress by H.G. Weaver
42. Human Action: A Treatise on Economics by Ludwig von Mises
43. America’s Great Depression by Murray Rothbard
44. What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen: The Unintended Consequences of Government Spending by Frederic Bastiat
45. The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason
46. Killing Sacred Cows: Overcoming the Financial Myths That Are Destroying Your Prosperity by Garrett Gunderson and Stephen Palmer

Leadership

47. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
48. The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness by Stephen R. Covey
49. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
50. Magnificent Obsession by Lloyd C. Douglas