What is your all time FAVORITE book?

[Capitalism2003]

need some conservative book recommendations...

[Ford Fairlane]

It's not my all time favorite, but it hasn't been mentioned, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever by Stephen Donaldson, (the whole series) it kept me occupied for a long time

My all time favorite would be any of Louis L'amour's westerns.

[Mr. Mojo]

Make that anything written by RAH

Except perhaps his final few efforts.

[x]

Go here for a list to get you started. Richard Weaver's "Ideas have Consequences" is an important book. So is Russell Kirk's "The Conservative Mind." A.J. Nock's "Memoirs of a Superfluous Man" is also worth reading. And of course, G.K. Chesterton. But take care that you don't become a cultist or doctrinaire who thinks that one book contains all truth and wisdom. Reading books that have different points of view or no particular point of view on politics is also important.

[InvisibleChurch]

will you ping me, please?

[Mr. Thorne]

Most anything by Thomas Sowell.

Might suggest you give Jerry Pournelle a try on the fiction side.

[PJ-Comix]

The similarities between what Rand predicted in the 50s and what has happened today are amazing.

Humorless one-dimensional heroes giving long-winded speeches?

[Ford Fairlane]

Also any of Harry Harrison's The Stainless Steel Rat series

[fnord]

Solzhenitsyn's GULAG ARCHIPELAGO ... most excellent choice!

I read it in HS many years ago and I recall the librarians, and my teachers, being surprised that someone was actually reading it (it is huge!). I think they may have been ashamed of the truth it exposed.

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

There are several worthwhile Feinman books (Genius is also very good). What a quintessential American character.

[PatriotGames]

Silent Victory......forgot the author. Historically accurate depiction of every submarine patrol of any significance of WWII.

[Mr. Mojo]

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

That was a great and fun read. Was the sequel just as good? ....The title escapes me at the moment.

[PJ-Comix]

Ping! Next assignment is to read any of the short stories or novels by Raymond Chandler. Discussion commences February 24.

[greydog]

To Kill a Mockingbird. When Atticus shoots the dog, it reminds me of what the President said last night of Hussien.

[csvset]

The Bounty Trilogy by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. The trilogy is comprised of Mutiny on the Bounty, Men against the Sea and Pitcairn's Island.

Action, adventure, good vs evil, it has it all.

[Mr. Mojo]

Jerry Pournelle

The Mote in God's Eye is a Sci-Fi top shelfer!

[Capitalism2003]

thanks again everybody...I have such a huge list to go through...It will literally take me years to finish these!

[PJ-Comix]

I wish I could say I was a Slim Jim connoisseur, but alas, I could not tell you what the difference was.

The decline of American started on the day that soy additive began to be used in Slim Jims. It was the Jump the Shark moment of American greatness.

[P.O.E.]

Forgot about the "Illuminatus" - also liked the "Shroedinger's Cat" series by Wilson.

[dts32041]

Ah a true believer.

I won't disagree.

[CFC__VRWC]

I've seen a lot of really good titles here, but no one has mentioned the Hornblower series by C.S. Forester. Until now.