Best Libertarian Books

1.
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
by: Ayn Rand
3.69 avg rating — 402,783 ratings
2.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,078 ratings
3.
The Road to Serfdom
The Road to Serfdom 4.15 avg rating — 25,378 ratings
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Economics in One Lesson
Economics in One Lesson 4.17 avg rating — 21,134 ratings
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The Law
The Law 4.34 avg rating — 13,590 ratings
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The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead
by: Ayn Rand
3.89 avg rating — 333,848 ratings
7.
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress 4.15 avg rating — 136,875 ratings
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Anthem
Anthem
by: Ayn Rand
3.61 avg rating — 164,225 ratings
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The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America
The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America 4.44 avg rating — 26,981 ratings
10.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,625 ratings
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Free to Choose: A Personal Statement
Free to Choose: A Personal Statement 4.22 avg rating — 9,340 ratings
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For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto
For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto 4.29 avg rating — 2,704 ratings
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The Revolution: A Manifesto
The Revolution: A Manifesto
by: Ron Paul
4.13 avg rating — 7,739 ratings
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Human Action: A Treatise on Economics
Human Action: A Treatise on Economics 4.34 avg rating — 4,196 ratings
15.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,356,218 ratings
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Liberty Defined: 50 Essential Issues That Affect Our Freedom
Liberty Defined: 50 Essential Issues That Affect Our Freedom
by: Ron Paul
4.22 avg rating — 3,123 ratings
17.
Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings
Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings 4.14 avg rating — 15,755 ratings
18.
We the Living
We the Living
by: Ayn Rand
3.96 avg rating — 30,436 ratings
19.
The Constitution of Liberty
The Constitution of Liberty 4.16 avg rating — 2,856 ratings
20.
Anarchy, State, and Utopia
Anarchy, State, and Utopia 3.75 avg rating — 5,917 ratings
21.
Capitalism and Freedom
Capitalism and Freedom 3.90 avg rating — 14,797 ratings
22.
The Prince
The Prince 3.84 avg rating — 371,399 ratings
23.
On Liberty
On Liberty 3.96 avg rating — 41,826 ratings
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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) 4.40 avg rating — 3,050,898 ratings
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The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3) 4.58 avg rating — 1,004,488 ratings
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Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers 4.01 avg rating — 241,828 ratings
27.
Man, Economy, And State: A Treatise On Economic Principles
Man, Economy, And State: A Treatise On Economic Principles 4.42 avg rating — 370 ratings
28.
Liberalism: The Classical Tradition
Liberalism: The Classical Tradition 4.16 avg rating — 1,953 ratings
28.
Counteract (Resistance, #1)
Counteract (Resistance, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 192 ratings
30.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating — 996,420 ratings
31.
Civil Disobedience
Civil Disobedience 3.94 avg rating — 18,960 ratings
32.
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2) 4.50 avg rating — 1,084,207 ratings
33.
The Federalist Papers
The Federalist Papers 4.10 avg rating — 41,558 ratings
34.
Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis
Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis 4.32 avg rating — 1,383 ratings
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Roadmap to Liberty: The Liberty-Approach to Every Economic, Political and Social Topic
Roadmap to Liberty: The Liberty-Approach to Every Economic, Political and Social Topic 4.36 avg rating — 22 ratings
36.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,405 ratings
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End the Fed
End the Fed
by: Ron Paul
4.06 avg rating — 6,406 ratings
38.
Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics
Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics 3.85 avg rating — 2,570 ratings
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Lies the Government Told You: Myth, Power, and Deception in American History
Lies the Government Told You: Myth, Power, and Deception in American History 4.19 avg rating — 1,027 ratings
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The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
by: Ayn Rand
3.55 avg rating — 14,855 ratings
41.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,072 ratings
42.
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 1,449,736 ratings
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Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 499,174 ratings
44.
Anatomy of the State
Anatomy of the State 4.19 avg rating — 5,998 ratings
45.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,908 ratings
46.
Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government (A Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy Book)
Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government (A Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy Book) 4.31 avg rating — 309 ratings
47.
The Libertarian Reader: Classic and Contemporary Writings from Lao Tzu to Milton Friedman
The Libertarian Reader: Classic and Contemporary Writings from Lao Tzu to Milton Friedman really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 384 ratings
48.
Thieves Emporium
Thieves Emporium 4.06 avg rating — 164 ratings
49.
The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression
The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression 3.91 avg rating — 6,199 ratings
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Glenn Beck's Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine
Glenn Beck's Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine 3.80 avg rating — 7,219 ratings
51.
Citizen of the Galaxy
Citizen of the Galaxy 4.01 avg rating — 17,626 ratings
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Little Brother (Little Brother, #1)
Little Brother (Little Brother, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 52,725 ratings
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Red Planet
Red Planet 3.83 avg rating — 10,838 ratings
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Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and the Government Bailout Will Make Things Worse
Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and the Government Bailout Will Make Things Worse 4.08 avg rating — 2,476 ratings
55.
The Ethics of Liberty
The Ethics of Liberty 4.15 avg rating — 1,542 ratings
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The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism
The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism 4.22 avg rating — 2,464 ratings
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The Cult of the Presidency: America's Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power
The Cult of the Presidency: America's Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power 4.22 avg rating — 156 ratings
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Glory Road
Glory Road 3.78 avg rating — 14,361 ratings
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Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces
Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces 4.32 avg rating — 3,972 ratings
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The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong with America
The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong with America 3.78 avg rating — 520 ratings
61.
The Republic
The Republic
by: Plato
3.96 avg rating — 220,193 ratings
62.
The Probability Broach (North American Confederacy #1)
The Probability Broach (North American Confederacy #1) 3.83 avg rating — 522 ratings
63.
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 176,927 ratings
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Modern Times: The World from the Twenties to the Nineties
Modern Times: The World from the Twenties to the Nineties 4.28 avg rating — 2,919 ratings
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The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,261 ratings
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Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty
Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty 4.16 avg rating — 97 ratings
67.
Live Free or Die (Troy Rising, #1)
Live Free or Die (Troy Rising, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 9,464 ratings
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My Thoughts Are Murder to the State
My Thoughts Are Murder to the State 3.74 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Noble House (Asian Saga, #5)
Noble House (Asian Saga, #5) 4.27 avg rating — 42,048 ratings
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The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan, #3)
The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan, #3) 4.12 avg rating — 385,137 ratings
71.
Libertarianism: A Primer
Libertarianism: A Primer 4.04 avg rating — 1,817 ratings
72.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,404 ratings
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Planning for Freedom
Planning for Freedom 4.36 avg rating — 115 ratings
74.
Democracy in America
Democracy in America 4.05 avg rating — 26,630 ratings
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Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media...
Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media... really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,603 ratings
76.
Faith of the Fallen (Sword of Truth, #6)
Faith of the Fallen (Sword of Truth, #6) 4.11 avg rating — 74,041 ratings
77.
Walden or, Life in the Woods
Walden or, Life in the Woods 3.78 avg rating — 200,845 ratings
78.
Liberation Day: Our Nation Empowered by the Constitution
Liberation Day: Our Nation Empowered by the Constitution 3.60 avg rating — 15 ratings
78.
When They Come for You: How Police and Government Are Trampling Our Liberties - and How to Take Them Back
When They Come for You: How Police and Government Are Trampling Our Liberties - and How to Take Them Back really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 64 ratings
78.
Fateful Destiny: An Epic Struggle to Change the Course of American History
Fateful Destiny: An Epic Struggle to Change the Course of American History 3.68 avg rating — 348 ratings
81.
The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey
The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey 4.38 avg rating — 691 ratings
82.
Voyage from Yesteryear
Voyage from Yesteryear 3.93 avg rating — 1,088 ratings
83.
Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand
Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand 3.76 avg rating — 5,148 ratings
84.
Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
by: Ayn Rand
3.89 avg rating — 4,375 ratings
85.
Pallas
Pallas 3.91 avg rating — 171 ratings
86.
33 Questions About American History You're Not Supposed to Ask
33 Questions About American History You're Not Supposed to Ask 4.02 avg rating — 690 ratings
87.
World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)
World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 268,991 ratings
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The Machinery of Freedom: Guide to a Radical Capitalism
The Machinery of Freedom: Guide to a Radical Capitalism 4.08 avg rating — 1,274 ratings
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The Structure of Liberty: Justice and the Rule of Law
The Structure of Liberty: Justice and the Rule of Law 4.21 avg rating — 62 ratings
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Nullification: How to Resist Federal Tyranny in the 21st Century
Nullification: How to Resist Federal Tyranny in the 21st Century 4.24 avg rating — 866 ratings
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Overcoming Law
Overcoming Law 3.79 avg rating — 98 ratings
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A Short History of Man: Progress and Decline
A Short History of Man: Progress and Decline 3.95 avg rating — 956 ratings
93.
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 3.65 avg rating — 194,440 ratings
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Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement
Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 447 ratings
95.
No, They Can't: Why Government Fails-But Individuals Succeed
No, They Can't: Why Government Fails-But Individuals Succeed 4.24 avg rating — 1,374 ratings
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The Case Against the Fed
The Case Against the Fed 4.20 avg rating — 1,226 ratings
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The Lysander Spooner Reader
The Lysander Spooner Reader 4.52 avg rating — 81 ratings
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Simple Rules for a Complex World
Simple Rules for a Complex World 4.05 avg rating — 110 ratings
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Radical Son: A Generational Odyssey
Radical Son: A Generational Odyssey 4.11 avg rating — 1,016 ratings
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The Golden Age (Golden Age, #1)
The Golden Age (Golden Age, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 3,340 ratings
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