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American thought has long been shaped by powerful works of fiction and nonfiction that help illuminate national issues and concerns. As we become more entrenched and addicted to mind-numbing scrolling on our phones and Netflix binge-watching, it is more important than ever for us to crack open books that educate, empower, enlighten, and entertain.
The following is a list of recommendations that will get you started on a path of knowledge, wisdom, and increased literacy. Comment below or tag @ndcadvocates on social media to share your insights on the book(s) you’re reading. Please also share any recommendations that are not on this list.
Happy Reading!
Social Issues
Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up by Abigail Shrier
Them Before Us: Why We Need a Global Children’s Rights Movement by Kathy Faust
Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda by Megan Basham
Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions About Life and Sexuality by Nancy Pearcey
Policy
Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All by Michael Shellenberger
Wrong: Why Experts Keep Failing Us and How to Know When Not to Trust Them by David Freedman
Discriminations and Disparities by Thomas Sowell
True Stories
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Endurance: Shakleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksander Solzhenitsyn
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
Lessons and Warnings
Live Not By Lies by Rod Dreher
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt
We Have Been Harmonized: Life in China's Surveillance State by Kai Strittmatter
The Great Reset: Global Elites and the Permanent Lockdown by Marc Morano
Snake Oil: How Xi Xinping Shut Down the World by Michael Senger
Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence by Alex Berenson
Uniquely American
The 5000 Year Leap: Principles of Freedom by W. Cleon Skousen
The American Covenant: The Untold Story by Marshall Foster
The American Story: The Beginnings by David Barton
The Federalist Papers - essays by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
Classic Literature
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Call of the Wild by Jack London
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Christian Wisdom
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Evidence That Demands a Verdict: Life-Changing Truths for a Skeptical World by Josh McDowell
You’re Not Enough (And That’s OK): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love by Allie Beth Stuckey
The Suffering of Man and the Sovereignty of God by Charles Spurgeon
History
Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery by Eric Metaxas
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas
The Greatest Medal of Honor Stories Ever Told by Tom McCarthy
September 1918: War, Plague, and the World Series by Skip Desjardin
The Cold War: A World History by Odd Arne Westad
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer
Fiction
The Source by James A. Michener
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
City of Thieves by David Benioff
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
The Scarlet Feather by Maeve Binchy
