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Essay:Greatest Conservative Novels

2012-05-11T20:14:23Z

Bygeldl:

Conservative novels exist, and some are immensely influential. Here is our growing list. Please add to it.
#''The Brothers Karamazov'', by [[Fyodor Dostoyevsky]]
#''Crime and Punishment'', by [[Fyodor Dostoyevsky]]
#''The First Circle'', by [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]].
#''The Moon is a Harsh Mistress'', by [[Robert Heinlein]]
#''Starship Troopers'', by [[Robert Heinlein]]
#''Lord of the Rings'' by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]
#''The Man Who Was Thursday'', by [[G.K. Chesterton]]
#''Darkness at Noon'', by [[Arthur Koestler]]
#''The Camp of the Saints'', by [[Jean Raspail]]
#''Saving the Queen'' (and the other Blackford Oakes novels) by [[William F. Buckley]]
#''State of Fear'' by [[Michael Crichton]]
#''For Whom the Bell Tolls'' by [[Ernest Hemingway]] - U.S. Senator and 2008 presidential candidate John McCain cited this as his favorite novel.
#''The Red Badge of Courage'' by [[Stephen Crane]]
#''The Road'' by Cormac McCarthy - winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
#''Nuremberg: The Reckoning'' by [[William F. Buckley, Jr]]
#''Gilead'' by [[Marilynne Robinson]]
#''The Naked and the Dead'' by [[Norman Mailer]]
#''No Country for Old Men'' by [[Cormac McCarthy]]
#''The Bonfire of the Vanities'' by [[Tom Wolfe]]
#''Midcentury'' by [[John Dos Passos]]
#''Advise and Consent'' by [[Allen Drury]]
#''American Pastoral'' by [[Philip Roth]] - winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
#''Rainbow Six'' by [[Tom Clancy]]
#''Clear and Present Danger'' by [[Tom Clancy]]
#''Red Storm Rising'' by [[Tom Clancy]]
#''The Bridges at Toko-Ri'' by [[James Michener]]
#''Animal Farm'' by [[George Orwell]]
#''1984'' by [[George Orwell]]
#''The Road to Wigan Pier'' by [[George Orwell]]
#''A Midnight Clear'' by [[William Wharton]]
#''The Thin Red Line'' by [[James Jones]]
#''Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero'' by [[Henryk Sienkiewicz]]
#''The Day of the Jackal'' by [[Frederick Forsyth]]
#''Master and Commander'' by [[Patrick O'Brian]]
#''To the White Sea'' by [[James Dickey]]
#''Edge of Danger'' by [[Jack Higgins]]
#''Brave New World'' by [[Aldous Huxley]]
#''The Idiot'' by [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]]
#''The Overton Window'' by [[Glenn Beck]]
#''The Fountainhead'' By [[Ayn Rand]]
#''The Great Gatsby'' by [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]]
#''Little Women'' by [[Louisa May Alcott]]
#''One Second After'' by William R. Forstchen

==See Also==

*[[Essay:Greatest Conservative Non-fiction Books]]
*[[Essay: Worst Liberal Books]]

[[Category:Essays about Conservatism]]

Essay:Greatest Conservative Non-fiction Books

2012-05-11T20:07:11Z

Bygeldl:

Despite many of today's non-fiction[[book| books]] being overrun by [[liberal bias]], [[liberal deceit|deceit]], and [[liberal values|distortion]], there are still some great conservative non-fiction books that promote true [[conservative values]].

#The [[The Bible|''Bible'']] - the infallible Word of [[God]], from which conservative values originate
#''[[The Wealth of Nations]]'' by [[Adam Smith]] - The classic guide to [[capitalism]] and an explanation of the necessity of [[free trade]]
#''[[The Conscience of a Conservative]]'' by [[Barry Goldwater]] - describes the selfless values of [[conservatism]]
#''[[Feminist Fantasies]]'' by [[Phyllis Schlafly]] - about the deceitful, anti-[[Christian]] movement of [[feminism]]
#''[[A Choice, Not An Echo]]'' by [[Phyllis Schlafly]] - about how the anti-conservative [[liberal]] wing of the [[Republican Party]] manipulated the party's choice of nominees in the typical liberal fashion
#''[[The Burden of Bad Ideas]]'' by [[Heather MacDonald]] - how modern "intellectuals" hurt our society
#''[[McCarthy and His Enemies]]'' by [[William F. Buckley, Jr.]] and [[L. Brent Bozell Jr.]] - defends [[America|American]] [[patriot]] [[Joe McCarthy]] in his fight against [[communism|communist]] infiltration of this great country
#''[[Eat the Rich]]'' by PJ O'Rourke - An examination of the relative merits of capitalism and socialism through four case studies: Good Capitalism (USA), "Bad Capitalism" (Albania), "Good socialism" (Sweden) and Bad socialism (Cuba)
#''[[The New Answers Book]]'' by [[Ken Ham]] - gives comprehensive, biblical creationist answers to twenty-five important questions concerning the Bible and [[creation]]/[[evolution]]
#''[[An American Life]]'' by [[President Ronald Reagan]] - [[autobiography]] of a true conservative [[patriot]] and the Unites States' greatest [[president]]
#''[[10 Books That Screwed Up the World: And 5 Others That Didn't Help]]'' by Benjamin Wiker- a quick education on the worst ideas in human history--and how we can avoid them in the future.

[[Category: Essays about Conservatism]]

Essay:Greatest Conservative Non-fiction Books

2012-05-11T20:05:32Z

Bygeldl:

Despite many of today's non-fiction[[book| books]] being overrun by [[liberal bias]], [[liberal deceit|deceit]], and [[liberal values|distortion]], there are still some great conservative non-fiction books that promote true [[conservative values]].

#The [[The Bible|''Bible'']] - the infallible Word of [[God]], from which conservative values originate
#''[[The Wealth of Nations]]'' by [[Adam Smith]] - The classic guide to [[capitalism]] and an explanation of the necessity of [[free trade]]
#''[[The Conscience of a Conservative]]'' by [[Barry Goldwater]] - describes the selfless values of [[conservatism]]
#''[[Feminist Fantasies]]'' by [[Phyllis Schlafly]] - about the deceitful, anti-[[Christian]] movement of [[feminism]]
#''[[A Choice, Not An Echo]]'' by [[Phyllis Schlafly]] - about how the anti-conservative [[liberal]] wing of the [[Republican Party]] manipulated the party's choice of nominees in the typical liberal fashion
#''[[The Burden of Bad Ideas]]'' by [[Heather MacDonald]] - how modern "intellectuals" hurt our society
#''[[McCarthy and His Enemies]]'' by [[William F. Buckley, Jr.]] and [[L. Brent Bozell Jr.]] - defends [[America|American]] [[patriot]] [[Joe McCarthy]] in his fight against [[communism|communist]] infiltration of this great country
#''[[Eat the Rich]]'' by PJ O'Rourke - An examination of the relative merits of capitalism and socialism through four case studies: Good Capitalism (USA), "Bad Capitalism" (Albania), "Good socialism" (Sweden) and Bad socialism (Cuba)
#''[[The New Answers Book]]'' by [[Ken Ham]] - gives comprehensive, biblical creationist answers to twenty-five important questions concerning the Bible and [[creation]]/[[evolution]]
#''[[An American Life]]'' by [[President Ronald Reagan]] - [[autobiography]] of a true conservative [[patriot]] and the Unites States' greatest [[president]]
#''[[10 Books That Screwed Up the World: And 5 Others That Didn't Help]]'' by [[Benjamin Wiker]- a quick education on the worst ideas in human history--and how we can avoid them in the future.

[[Category: Essays about Conservatism]]