Book Recommendations
Please list the title, author, and year (if known) of the book. Optionally, add a 1-5 rating, where 5 is a timeless must-read classic, and 1 is a book of passing interest.
Non-Fiction
Objectivism: the Philosophy of Ayn Rand (OPAR} - Leonard Peikoff 5
The Ominous Parallels - Leonard Peikoff 4
Study Methods and Motivation - Edwin Locke 3
The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism - Ayn Rand 5
Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology - Ayn Rand 4
Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal - Ayn Rand 4
The Romantic Manifesto - Ayn Rand 4
The Case for Israel - Alan Dershowitz 4
Moral Armor -Ronald E. Springer 2004 1
Historical Non-Fiction
A History of the United States and Its People - Edward Eggleston
The Rise of the Roman Empire - Polybius
Cicero -Anthony Everitt
The War with Hannibal (Book XXI-XXX) - Livy
The Coming Battle - M.W. Walbert
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation -Joseph J. Ellis 2002 *4* ---Our philosophy departments teach Marx. What about moral men?
Fiction
Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand 5
The Fountainhead Ayn Rand 5
Anthem Ayn Rand 4
We the Living Ayn Rand 4
One Lonely Night Mickey Spillane
Gates of Fire -Steven Pressfield
A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
Trustee From the Toolroom - Nevil Shute
"The Deluge" "With Fire and Sword" - Henryk Seinkeiwicz
"Breakfast of Champions" Kurt Vonegut
"Slaughterhouse 5" Kurt Vonegut
The Sword of Truth Series - Terry Goodkind 3
- "Wizard's First Rule" Book 1 - "Stone of Tears" Book 2 - "Blood of the Fold" Book 3 - "Temple of the Winds" Book 4 - "Soul of the Fire" Book 5 - "Faith of the Fallen" Book 6 - "Pillars of Creation" Book 7 - "Naked Empire" Book 8 - "Chainfire" Book 9
"Les Miserables" - Victor Hugo 5
"A Handmaid's Tale"
"1984"