The Constitution of Government in Galt's Gulch
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In no particular order ...
Henry Hazlitt (Economics in One Lesson, Time Will Run Back )
Ludwig von Mises (Human Action et al)
John Ross (Unintended Consequences)
G Edward Griffin (Creature From Jekyll Island)
F A Hayek (Road to Serfdom)
Murray Rothbard (Conceived In Liberty, Man Economy and State, For a New Liberty)
Thomas Paine (Common Sense, Rights of Man, Age of Reason)
Isabel Patterson (God of the Machine)
George Orwell (1984, Animal Farm)
Robert Heinlein (The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress et al)
L Neil Smith (Probability Broach et al)
The Anti-federalist Papers
Rose Wilder Lane (Discovery of Freedom)
Barry Goldwater (Conscience of a Conservative)
Harry Browne (How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World)
Frederic Bastiat (The Law)
Albert J Nock (Our Enemy, the State)
Gary Allen (None Dare Call It Conspiracy)
Adam Smith (Wealth of Nations)
H L Mencken
Thomas DiLorenzo (Real Lincoln, Hamiltons Curse, Lincoln Unmasked)

Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

I recently finished a book that really blew my mind. It's "The Stones Cry Out". It is a first-person account of the struggle to survive in Cambodia when Pol Pot took over. It really is an amazing book - especially for somebody who loves freedom and has an interest in the history of how governments destroy it. The author was a young girl when it happened and I have since "friended" her and we keep in touch (she's in Italy now).

What did you love about Atlas? I like the clean characterizations and the demonstration of how this action inevitably leads to THIS result, whether you like it/intended it or not - i.e., the illumination of the truth.

I recently re-read 1984 and watched the movie (of the same year), it blows me away every time. One of my all time favorites.

Hello JHoch00,
fredomforall has provided some excellent suggestions. I would like to add, Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (Peikoff), The Federalist Papers, The Constitutional Convention Debates, Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, John Locke's Second Treatise on Government (The First Treatise is Tedious and the subject matter dated) and His letter on Toleration, Democracy In America (De Toqueville), Free To Choose (Friedman), Basic Economics (Thomas Sowell), The Politically Incorrect Guide to The Founding Fathers and also The Great Depression, The Constitution of Liberty (Hayek). Of course these are rather dry reading, but provide a solid foundation for debate. For fun and entertainment, Farenheit 451 (Bradbury), Agenda 21 (Glenn Beck & Harriet Parker) and from some of our members, Tail of The Dragon (Rich Hoffman), Pendulum of Justice (K&D Halling), Shadows Live Under Seashells (Allan J. Ashinoff) and The Golden Pinnacle (Robert Gore). I could go on, but I think there will likely be plenty now listed to pick from and keep you quite busy.
Respectfully,
O.A.

There are several very good authors here in the Gulch who have written Objectivist themed books. I believe there is a link the the Gulch store to at least some of them. I highly recommend them all.

Peikoff is also excellent. If you haven't read The Ominous Parallels add it to your list.

Leonard Peikoff's books. :) Welcome!