If you absolutely had to pick only 1 book to recommend...

[Reason]

If you absolutely had to pick only 1 book to recommend reading for an aspiring libertarian, what would it be?

 

[PierzStyx]

George Orwell's 1984.

That book is the book on the kind of government we are looking at now, and the kind of future we can expect if we continue to allow them to rule over us. Its applicability its frightfully correct.

 

[Sola_Fide]

For the aspiring Christian libertarian...

http://www.amazon.com/Freedom-Capitalism-Christian-Politics-Economics/dp/1891777157/ref=cm_aya_orig_subj

 

[Xhin]

Agreed. Here's a modern-day example of doublespeak:

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/06...ans-privacy-to-say-how-many-of-us-it-spied-on

 

[CaptUSA]

Without a doubt.

 

[Demigod]

George Orwell's 1984.

That book is the book on the kind of government we are looking at now, and the kind of future we can expect if we continue to allow them to rule over us. Its applicability its frightfully correct.

+1 and + rep

It explains everything.I especially like the chocolate part which I think best describes how today's governments work.

 

[libertyfanatic]

Check out Brave New World. Our government is using Brave New World to achieve 1984. War is a Racket is also good.

 

[Barrex]

"1984" was my first pick too
Second one was "Brave New World"
Third would be "Animal Farm"

If you want educational: Bastiats "Law"

*I dont play by your rules

 

[idiom]

Small Gods, Terry Pratchett.

 

[ShaneEnochs]

 

[Victor Grey]

Have to go with Bastiat's The Law.

It's short, gets to the point, can be understood by everyone, it touches upon both morality, ethics, and philosophy, and they're likely to read through it all.
It's a classic work.

 

[NoOneButPaul]

Check out Brave New World. Our government is using Brave New World to achieve 1984. War is a Racket is also good.

So many people here say this...It's definitely the other way around... In Brave New World everyone was grown out of test tubes and the entire society was scientifically calculated- controlled by massive amounts of sex and drugs.

You wouldn't go from BNW to 1984... you'd go from 1984 to BNW as technology advanced itself to make BNW possible...


My suggestion would be The Law, The Revolution: A Manifesto, End the Fed, Economics in 1 Lesson, or What Has Government Done to Our Money?

 

[whippoorwill]

Our Enemy, The State
By Albert J. Nock
http://mises.org/etexts/ourenemy.pdf

 

[cajuncocoa]

Atlas Shrugged

 

[cajuncocoa]

Agreed. Here's a modern-day example of doublespeak:

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/06...ans-privacy-to-say-how-many-of-us-it-spied-on

 

[Tom in NYC]

Without a doubt.

Winner.

 

[DGambler]

 

[No Free Beer]

Atlas Shrugged

 

[Philhelm]

Malleus Maleficarum - Hammer of Witches.

Actually, it should be Ron Paul's "Liberty Defined."

 

[green73]

Economics In One Lesson