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Episode 69: The Christmas Special
Rich, Reihan, Charlie, and Michael Brendan Dougherty talk about their favorite books, on this mostly politics-free Christmas special.
Rich, Reihan, Charlie, and Michael Brendan Dougherty talk about their favorite books, on this mostly politics-free Christmas special.
BEST BOOKS
Best Recent Non-Fiction Book
MBD – Who Lost Russia?: How the World Entered a New Cold War Paperback – 4 Jan 2018
CCWC – The Marquis: Lafayette Reconsidered Paperback – 18 Aug 2015
R – Capitalism Without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy – 17 Oct 2017
The Idea of Nationalism: A Study in Its Origins and Background (Social Science Classics Series) – 31 May 2005
Best Non-Fiction of All Time
MBD – The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton
CCWC – Going Solo by Roald Dahl
R – The Next American Nation by Michael Lind
Dreadnought by Robert K. Massie
Best Recent Novel
MBD – The Secret Place by Tana French
CCWC - Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
R -The Power by Naomi Alderman
Best Novel of All Time
MBD – A Man In Full by Tom Wolfe
Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton
CCWC – Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
R - Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis and David Lodge
Future Imperfect: “Wanting Seed” by Anthony Burgess
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Iliad by Homer
Chinaman’s Chance Paperback by Ross Thomas (Author)
Best Recent Conservative Book
Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left by Roger Scruton
The Fractured Republic: Renewing America’s Social Contract in the Age of Individualism by Yuval Levin
Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy by Daniel Ziblatt
Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 by Charles Murray
Best Conservative Book of All Time
Eugenics and other Evils by G. K. Chesterton and Taylor Anderson
The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot by Russell Kirk
The Great Exception: The New Deal and the Limits of American Politics by Jefferson Cowie
Rule and Ruin: The Downfall Of Moderation And The Destruction Of The Republican Party, From Eisenhower To The Tea Party (Studies In Postwar American … in Postwar American Political Development) by Geoffrey Kabaservice
Witness (Cold War Classics) by Whittaker Chambers
The Constitution of Liberty by F.A. Hayek
Conservative Intellectual Movement in America since 1945 by George H. Nash
Best Bill Buckley Book
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