I have read #8 , it is good recommendation
Ping interewsting list of books
I did not see Joel Rosenberg on your list, or David Baldacci.
An older one that I enjoyed was 'China Card' by Thomas Blood. (I think I remember that correctly - it is a red paperback.)
And BTW, I read Camp of the Saints last week. It's hard to believe that this 1975 book completely escaped my notice until recently. As with Atlas Shrugged the villains are very real.
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You could probably add Jerry Pournelle to the ‘approved author’ list. Lot’s of military ‘fish out of water’ sci fi, thinly veiled capitalist/libertarian bent to a lot of ‘em.
David Weber’s Honor Harrington series (the interstellar bad guy is a socialist ‘republic’).
I’m finding I enjoy Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series. Not sure if the author is conservative or not, just like the books.
Evan Hunter also wrote a good one called "Young Lions." It's an oldie but goodie.
I'm an avid book reader and I just like a good novel. It doesn't have to be "conservative" or "bible-based" or anything else like that. The book just has to be well-written and tell a good story.
So that said, there are some good books on this list I've read already and I will check out some of the books on this list I don't know about.
I didn’t see “Prayers for the Assassin” on your list, which I think masterfully illustrates what kind of life we’d have under an Islamist rule in America (even if it has a shameless set up for a sequel).
I love ANY fiction by Michael Crichton, not just “State of Fear”. I have “Next” but haven’t started it yet.
Finally, I used to read William Buckley’s fiction, like “Marco Polo”, and Wilbur Smith’s political thrillers, like “Delta Force” and “Six Days in May”. Smith may not have seen himself as a “conservative”, but his themes sure ring with conservative principles.
For younger readers (and the young at heart), please don’t forget “My Side of the Mountain”, “The Secret Garden”, and “The Little Princess”, all about self-reliance and finding your inner strength in adversity.
Happy reading!
“”The Caine Mutiny” by Herman Woulk (Is this really conservative?) “
It’s a book a conservative can enjoy.
Orson Scott Card is fundamentally conservative (in the same way that Stephen King is fundamentally liberal). Card’s latest novel EMPIRE (about a Blue State-Red State civil war) was great fun.
David Gemmel was a fantasy writer, but not your cookie-cutter Tolkien-ripoff variety. I've loved everything of his that I had so far and I have a few more books to go. I like them, but I've known a couple of people to say that he's one of those whom you either love or hate.
Sadly, I found out that he passed away a couple of years ago, but he has a lot of work out there.
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Been one of my favorites since college. I've read it many times.
Actually more like a novela, or a long short story. A quick read.
Too bad that F*** F*** Coppola pretended that his piece-of-crap movie was actually the same story.
Bump for later.
Also, try Without Remorse.
Absolutely. The movie is about leadership. It is one of my favorite movies.
It deals with responsibility, doing the right thing, respect for authority and the rule of law...
There are a lot of lessons in the movie that are not necessarily related to the military.
The most important lesson it teaches is that you may work for a psychotic bastard, but what counts is how you conduct yourself in that situation, not how poorly or unfairly you are treated by a superior. The other related lesson is that no matter how bad you think your superior might be...there is ALWAYS someone worse out there.
Joel Rosenberg has 4 novels - political, but now found in the Christian fiction isle of the bookstore. The first was ‘The Last Jihad’. The most recent is ‘The Copped Scroll’.
Thanks for the heads-up. Will definitely consider recommendations here. (Anybody have suggestions for ‘non-fiction’?(!))
I am a mystery reader and Patrica Cornwell is great read.
Also, Johnathan Kellerman is another good mystery writer.
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