{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"127 \u2013 40 Must-Read Conservative Books \u2013 Part 2","description":"The conservative tradition embodies centuries of accumulated wisdom from some of the brightest and most inspiring thinkers you\u2019ll find.  Yet for the young conservative eager to learn more about this tradition, choosing which books to read can be a daunting task.   Most online lists of top conservative books contain familiar titles of classic tomes that inspire and challenge readers to this day.  Yet far too often such lists also include authors such as Charlie Kirk, Ann Coulter, Sebastian Gorka, Dinesh D\u2019Souza, Dan Bongino, and Mike Lindell who, while they may be gifted at inflicting liberal tears, have nothing of value to say on behalf of their supposed conservative convictions.  There is so much more to conservatism than owning the libs and brandishing firearms in your social media profile picture.  What\u2019s more, many lists are inflated with works on libertarian, patriotic, religious, or cultural topics that, important though they may be, are only tangential to conservatism.   It is particularly challenging for us younger conservatives to cut through the noise on the Right today to explore the deeper, auspicious truths of our rich heritage.  As such, I\u2019ve compiled a list of 40 must-read conservative books worth your time and attention for this episode.  Whether you read all, some, or only one below, you will be getting a healthy dose of conservative thought that cuts through the banality of most political discourse and gain a deeper understanding of what it means to be a conservative.   It would be an impossibility to rank these books in order of importance, relevance, insightfulness, readability, etc.  As such, I have opted to list the titles alphabetically.  There is no perfect place to start; just find a book that strikes your interest and dive in!   In this episode I cover the second twenty books in the list.  If you want to hear the first twenty check out episode 126.  Here are the books I cover in this episode:   Heaven Can Indeed Fall: The Life of Willmoore Kendall \u2013 Christopher Owen   How to be a Conservative \u2013 Roger Scruton   I, Pencil \u2013 Leonard Read   Ideas Have Consequences \u2013 Richard Weaver   In Defense of Freedom and Related Essays \u2013 Frank Meyer   Intellectuals and Society \u2013 Thomas Sowell   Natural Right and History \u2013 Leo Strauss   Neo-conservatism: The Autobiography of an Idea \u2013 Irving Kristol   The Quest for Community \u2013 Robert Nisbet   Rationalism in Politics \u2013 Michael Oakeshott   The Rebirth of Classical Political Rationalism \u2013 Leo Strauss   Reflections on the Revolution in France \u2013 Edmund Burke   The Right \u2013 Matthew Continetti   The Road to Serfdom \u2013 F. A. Hayek   Suicide of the West \u2013 Jonah Goldberg   The Vision of the Anointed \u2013 Thomas Sowell   The Theft of a Decade \u2013 Joseph Sternberg   Them \u2013 Ben Sasse   What Is Conservatism? \u2013 Frank Meyer   Witness \u2013 Whittaker Chambers   ","author_name":"Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values","author_url":"https:\/\/www.savingelephantsblog.com\/","html":"