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The following list contains a sampling of books on libertarian thought. Clicking on the title will take you to Amazon.Com for more information. You can buy it there if you like. Your purchase will benefit the LPLC. Most of these books are available in the library, or from friends. Just remember... the public library is funded with your tax dollars. In the long run, it's cheaper to buy them! |
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Libertarianism: A Primer by David Boaz. The Law by Frederic Bastiat. Libertarianism in One Lesson by David Bergland. If you have only a few hours to learn about libertarianism, or want to introduce someone to libertarianism quickly, this is the book to do it. The Road to Serfdom by F.A. Hayek. A Parliament of Whores by P.J. O'Rourke. After reading this one, you'll wonder how our political system survives. If you don't die laughing first. For a New Liberty by Murry Rothbard. What It Means to Be a Libertarian by Charles Murray. Why Government Doesn't Work by Harry Browne. Harry's 1996 Presidential plan. Solutions and alternatives to big government. A Liberty Primer by W. Alan Burris. A somewhat tough read, but full of information and more quotations than you ever thought possible. [Back to Top] |
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On Liberty by John Stuart Mill. Social Statics by Herbert Spencer Man vs. the State by Herbert Spencer. Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau. You didn't know Thoreau was a libertarian? [Back to Top] |
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Our Enemy the State by Albert Jay Nock. The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism by Michael Novack. The Constitution of Liberty by F.A. Hayek. Anarchy, State, & Utopia by Robert Nozick. The Ethics of Liberty by Murry N. Rothbard. [Back to Top] |
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Free to Choose by Milton Friedman. Nobel laureates and noted free-market economist. With his wife Rose, Milton Friedman makes the point for a self-regulating free-market economy. Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman. Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt. The Free Market Reader by Llewellyn Rockwell, Ed. The Economics of Liberty by Llewellyn Rockwell. Man, Economy & State by Murry Rothbard. The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith. [Back to Top] |
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Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy Since 1938 by Steven E. Ambrose. [Back to Top] |
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Defending the Undefendable by Walter Block. Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do by Peter McWilliams. The Conquest of Poverty by Henry Hazlitt. Losing Ground:American Social Policy 1950-1980 by Charles Murray. In Pursuit of Happiness & Good Government by Charles Murray. Civil Rights: Rhetoric or Reality? by Thomas Sowell. Thomas Sowell writes a syndicated column that is excellent. His series on civilization is worth reading as well. The Economics & Politics of Race by Thomas Sowell. Do the Right Thing by Walter Williams. Chair of Economics at George Mason University, and "The People's Economist", Walter Williams also has a syndicated column that is worth tracking down. If you took economics in college, you'd never believe was it possible to make it this entertaining. [Back to Top] |
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Beyond the War on Drugs by Steven Wisotsky. [Back to Top] |
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Politics, Markets & American Schools by John E. Chubb & Terry M. Poe. [Back to Top] |
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That Every Man Be Armed by Stephen P. Halbrook. Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America by Gary Kleck. [Back to Top] |