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

"Breakfast of Champions" Kurt Vonegut

"Slaughterhouse 5" Kurt Vonegut

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

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"

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