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| Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | #Pages |\n|------|--------|------------------|----------------|--------|\n|[Economic Policy, Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow](https://mises.org/library/economic-policy-thoughts-today-and-tomorrow)|[Ludwig von Mises](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Mises)|[4.4](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1822167.Economic_Policy)|1979|107|\n|[The Law](https://mises.org/library/law)|[Frédéric Bastiat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Bastiat)|[4.4](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1609224.The_Law)|1849|61|\n|[The Anatomy of the State](https://mises.org/library/anatomy-state)|[Murray Rothbard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard)|[4.3](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6613404-anatomy-of-the-state)|1974|55|\n|[What Has Government Done to Our Money?](https://mises.org/library/what-has-government-done-our-money)|[Murray Rothbard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard)|[4.2](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42621506-what-has-government-done-to-our-money)|1963|112|\n|[The origin of money](https://mises.org/library/origins-money-0)|[Carl Menger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Menger)|[4.0](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8048252-the-origins-of-money)|1892|52|\n|[The Production of Security](https://mises.org/library/production-security-0)|[Gustave de Molinari](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_de_Molinari)|[4.0](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7090716-the-production-of-security)|1849|62|\n|[No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority](https://mises.org/library/no-treason-constitution-no-authority-audio)|[Lysander Spooner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysander_Spooner)|[4.4](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2090559.No_Treason)|1867|94|\n|[Economic Calculation in the Socialist Commonwealth](https://mises.org/library/economic-calculation-socialist-commonwealth)|[Ludwig von Mises](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Mises)|[4.4](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1714576.Economic_Calculation_in_the_Socialist_Commonwealth)|1920|45|\n|[Atlas Shrugged](https://www.amazon.com/Atlas-Shrugged-Ayn-Rand/dp/0451191145)|[Ayn Rand](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand)|[3.7](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/662.Atlas_Shrugged)|1957|1168|\n|[The Fountainhead](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fountainhead)|[Ayn Rand](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand)|[3.9](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2122.The_Fountainhead)|1943|753|\n|[Anthem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthem_(novella))|[Ayn Rand](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand)|[3.6](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/667.Anthem)|1938|105|\n|[Man, Economy, and State, with Power and Market](https://mises.org/library/man-economy-and-state-power-and-market)|[Murray Rothbard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard)|[4.5](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/81978.Man_Economy_and_State_Power_and_Market)|1962|1369|\n|[Human Action](https://mises.org/library/human-action-0)|[Ludwig von Mises](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Mises)|[4.3](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/81912.Human_Action)|1949|881|\n|[Principles of Economics](https://mises.org/library/principles-economics)|[Carl Menger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Menger)|[4.3](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/746104.Principles_of_Economics)|1871|285|\n|[For a New Liberty](https://mises.org/library/new-liberty-libertarian-manifesto)|[Murray Rothbard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard)|[4.3](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1268994.For_a_New_Liberty)|1973|327|\n|[The Great Fiction](https://mises.org/library/great-fiction)|[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Hermann_Hoppe)|[4.4](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15978654-the-great-fiction)|2012|456|\n|[An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought (vol 1 Before Adam Smith)](https://mises.org/library/austrian-perspective-history-economic-thought)|[Murray Rothbard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard)|[4.4](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9038307-an-austrian-perspective-on-the-history-of-economic-thought)|1995|731|\n|[An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought (vol 2 Classical Economics)](https://mises.org/library/austrian-perspective-history-economic-thought)|[Murray Rothbard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard)|[4.4](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1995190.Classical_Economics)|1995|505|\n|[A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism](https://mises.org/library/theory-socialism-and-capitalism-0)|[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Hermann_Hoppe)|[4.3](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/168857.A_Theory_of_Socialism_and_Capitalism)|1988|262|\n|[Money, Bank Credit, and Economic Cycles](https://mises.org/library/money-bank-credit-and-economic-cycles)|[Jesús Huerta de Soto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Huerta_de_Soto)|[4.4](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54388.Money_Bank_Credit_and_Economic_Cycles)|2006|812|\n|[Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis](https://mises.org/library/socialism-economic-and-sociological-analysis)|[Ludwig von Mises](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Mises)|[4.3](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/154244.Socialism)|1922|589|\n|[Socialism, Economic Calculation and Entrepreneurship](https://www.jesushuertadesoto.com/books/books-in-english/socialism-economic-calculation-and-entrepreneurship/)|[Jesús Huerta de Soto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Huerta_de_Soto)|[4.4](https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/10756326-socialism-economic-calculation-and-entrepreneurship)|1992|374|\n|[Theory and History](https://mises.org/library/theory-and-history-interpretation-social-and-economic-evolution)|[Ludwig von Mises](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Mises)|[4.3](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2714609-theory-and-history)|1957|379|\n|[The Economics and Ethics of Private Property](https://mises.org/library/economics-and-ethics-private-property-0)|[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Hermann_Hoppe)|[4.3](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2562710.The_Economics_and_Ethics_of_Private_Property)|1993|446|\n|[Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature](https://mises.org/library/egalitarianism-revolt-against-nature-and-other-essays)|[Murray Rothbard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard)|[4.3](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/168946.Egalitarianism_as_a_Revolt_Against_Nature_and_Other_Essays)|1974|303|\n|[Epistemological Problems of Economics](https://mises.org/library/epistemological-problems-economics)|[Ludwig von Mises](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Mises)|[4.3](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24631766-epistemological-problems-of-economics)|1933|246|\n|[The Enterprise of Law: Justice without the State](https://mises.org/library/enterprise-law-justice-without-state-0)|[Bruce L. Benson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_L._Benson)|[4.3](https://www.goodreads.com/pt/book/show/998023.The_Enterprise_of_Law)|1990|397|\n|[Economy, Society, and History](https://mises.org/library/economy-society-and-history-0)|[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Hermann_Hoppe)|[4.3](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58652864-economy-society-and-history)|2021|210|\n|[The Ethics of Money Production](https://mises.org/library/ethics-money-production)|[Jörg Guido Hülsmann](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6rg_Guido_H%C3%BClsmann)|[4.3](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6520108-the-ethics-of-money-production)|2008|242|\n|[The Ethics of Liberty](https://mises.org/library/ethics-liberty)|[Murray Rothbard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard)|[4.2](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/81983.The_Ethics_of_Liberty)|1982|336|\n|[Democracy: The God That Failed](https://mises.org/library/democracy-god-failed-1)|[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Hermann_Hoppe)|[4.2](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/980031.Democracy)|2001|304|\n|[The Theory of Money and Credit](https://mises.org/library/theory-money-and-credit)|[Ludwig von Mises](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Mises)|[4.2](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/154246.The_Theory_of_Money_and_Credit)|1912|505|\n|[The Mystery of Banking](https://mises.org/library/mystery-banking)|[Murray Rothbard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard)|[4.2](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/154253.The_Mystery_of_Banking)|1983|291|\n|[Getting Libertarianism Right](https://mises.org/library/getting-libertarianism-right)|[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Hermann_Hoppe)|[4.2](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41968667-getting-libertarianism-right)|2018|126|\n|[Competition and Entrepreneurship](https://www.amazon.com/Competition-Entrepreneurship-Israel-M-Kirzner/dp/0226437760)|[Israel Kirzner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Kirzner)|[4.2](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1084282.Competition_and_Entrepreneurship)|1978|256|\n|[Our Enemy, the State](https://mises.org/library/our-enemy-state-2)|[Albert Jay Nock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Jay_Nock)|[4.2](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/84295.Our_Enemy_the_State)|1935|100|\n|[The Road to Serfdom](https://mises.org/library/road-serfdom-0)|[Friedrich Hayek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Hayek)|[4.2](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/299215.The_Road_to_Serfdom)|1944|274|\n|[The Private Production of Defense](https://mises.org/library/private-production-defense)|[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Hermann_Hoppe)|[4.1](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7717015-the-private-production-of-defense)|1998|51|\n|[Freedom and the Law](https://mises.org/library/freedom-and-law)|[Bruno Leoni](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Leoni)|[4.1](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1307521.Freedom_and_the_Law)|1961|274|\n|[From Aristocracy to Monarchy to Democracy](https://mises.org/library/aristocracy-monarchy-democracy)|[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Hermann_Hoppe)|[4.1](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23620172-from-aristocracy-to-monarchy-to-democracy)|2014|70|\n|[Economic Science and the Austrian Method](https://mises.org/library/economic-science-and-austrian-method)|[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Hermann_Hoppe)|[4.0](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/168856.Economic_Science_and_the_Austrian_Method)|1995|82|\n|[Beyond Democracy](https://beyonddemocracy.net/)|[Karsten \u0026 Beckman](https://beyonddemocracy.net/authors.php)|[4.0](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15742545-beyond-democracy)|2012|102|\n|[The Market for Liberty](https://mises.org/library/market-liberty-1)|[Morris and Linda Tannehill](https://mises.org/profile/morris-and-linda-tannehill)|[4.0](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/998062.The_Market_for_Liberty)|1970|169|\n|[The Austrian Theory of the Trade Cycle and Other Essays](https://mises.org/library/austrian-theory-trade-cycle-and-other-essays)|[Mises](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Mises), [Haberler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Haberler), [Rothbard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard), [Hayek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Hayek)|[4.2](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/81985.The_Austrian_Theory_of_the_Trade_Cycle_and_Other_Essays)|1978|125|\n|[Individualism and Economic Order](https://mises.org/library/individualism-and-economic-order)|[Friedrich Hayek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Hayek)|[4.2](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75835.Individualism_and_Economic_Order)|1948|271|\n|[The Denationalization of Money](https://mises.org/library/denationalisation-money-argument-refined)|[Friedrich Hayek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Hayek)|[4.2](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2833576-denationalisation-of-money)|1976|133|\n|[An Agorist Primer](https://www.amazon.com.br/Agorist-Primer-Samuel-Edward-Konkin/dp/0977764974)|[Samuel Edward Konkin III](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Edward_Konkin_III)|[4.1](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6057120-an-agorist-primer)|1986|112|\n|[New Libertarian Manifesto](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/samuel-edward-konkin-iii-new-libertarian-manifesto)|[Samuel Edward Konkin III](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Edward_Konkin_III)|[3.6](https://www.goodreads.com/ru/book/show/168900.New_Libertarian_Manifesto)|1980|148|\n|[The Most Dangerous Superstition](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6uVV2Dcqt0)|[Larken Rose](https://twitter.com/larken_rose)|[4.4](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10836816-the-most-dangerous-superstition)|2011|212|\n|[What Must Be 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Authority](https://www.amazon.com/Problem-Political-Authority-Examination-Coerce/dp/1137281650)|[Michael Huemer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Huemer)|[4.4](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15794037-the-problem-of-political-authority)|2012|365|\n|[Deflation and Liberty](https://mises.org/library/deflation-and-liberty-1)|[Jörg Guido Hülsmann](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6rg_Guido_H%C3%BClsmann)|[3.6](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7544624-deflation-and-liberty)|2008|44|\n|[Praxeology and Understanding: An Analysis of the Controversy in Austrian Economics](https://mises.org/library/praxeology-and-understanding-analysis-controversy-austrian-economics-0)|[George Selgin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Selgin)|[3.6](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3799401-praxeology-understanding)|1990|80|\n|[Capital and Interest](https://mises.org/library/capital-and-interest)|[Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen_von_B%C3%B6hm-Bawerk)|[4.0](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7421509-capital-and-interest)|1890|538|\n|[The Machinery of Freedom](http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Libertarian/Machinery_of_Freedom/MofF_Contents.html)|[David Friedman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_D._Friedman)|[4.1](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112849.The_Machinery_of_Freedom)|1971|122|\n[Economics in One Lesson](https://mises.org/library/economics-one-lesson)|[Henry Hazlitt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hazlitt)|[4.2](https://www.goodreads.com/it/book/show/3028.Economics_in_One_Lesson)|1946|218|\n|[The Positive Theory of Capital](https://mises.org/library/positive-theory-capital)|[Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen_von_B%C3%B6hm-Bawerk)|[4.1](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5280518-the-positive-theory-of-capital)|1891|452|\n|[Anarchy, State, and Utopia](https://www.amazon.com.br/Anarchy-State-Utopia-Thomas-Nagel/dp/0465051006)|[Robert Nozick](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nozick)|[3.8](https://www.goodreads.com/sv/book/show/479572)|1974|367|\n|[A History of Money and Banking in the United States: The Colonial Era to World War II](https://mises.org/library/history-money-and-banking-united-states-colonial-era-world-war-ii)|[Murray Rothbard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard)|[4.2](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/81984.A_History_of_Money_and_Banking_in_the_United_States)|2002|510|\n|[America's Great Depression](https://mises.org/library/americas-great-depression)|[Murray Rothbard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard)|[4.2](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/81980.America_s_Great_Depression)|1963|368|\n|[The Case Against the Fed](https://mises.org/library/case-against-fed-0)|[Murray Rothbard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard)|[4.2](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/81976.The_Case_Against_the_Fed)|1994|168|\n|[Wall Street, Banks, and American Foreign Policy](https://mises.org/library/wall-street-banks-and-american-foreign-policy-0)|[Murray Rothbard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard)|[4.1](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12033628-wall-street-banks-and-american-foreign-policy)|1984|108|\n|[The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science](https://mises.org/library/ultimate-foundation-economic-science)|[Ludwig von Mises](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Mises)|[4.4](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/95934.The_Ultimate_Foundation_of_Economic_Science)|1962|124|\n|[The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality](https://mises.org/library/anti-capitalistic-mentality)|[Ludwig von Mises](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Mises)|[4.0](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/154242.The_Anti_capitalistic_Mentality)|1956|88|\n|[Liberalism: In the Classical Tradition](https://mises.org/library/liberalism-classical-tradition)|[Ludwig von Mises](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Mises)|[4.2](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/386485.Liberalism)|1927|171|\n|[Bureaucracy](https://mises.org/library/bureaucracy)|[Ludwig von Mises](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Mises)|[4.3](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/154409.Bureaucracy)|1944|137|\n|[Planned Chaos](https://mises.org/library/planned-chaos-0)|[Ludwig von Mises](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Mises)|[4.3](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/746520.Planned_Chaos)|1947|90|\n|[The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude](https://mises.org/library/politics-obedience-discourse-voluntary-servitude)|[Étienne de la Boétie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tienne_de_La_Bo%C3%A9tie)|[3.9](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/998024.The_Politics_of_Obedience)|1549|100|\n|[Chaos Theory: Two Essays on Market Anarchy](https://mises.org/library/chaos-theory-two-essays-market-anarchy-0)|[Robert P. Murphy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_P._Murphy)|[3.8](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8541601)|2002|76|\n|[Against the State: An Anarcho-Capitalist Manifesto](https://store.mises.org/Against-the-State-An-Anarcho-Capitalist-Manifesto-P10951.aspx)|[Lew Rockwell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Rockwell)|[4.1](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22376058-against-the-state)|2014|192|\n\n## Personal reviews\n\n### [Economic Policy, Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow](https://mises.org/library/economic-policy-thoughts-today-and-tomorrow)\n[Ludwig von Mises](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Mises), 1979\n\nAn introductory book suitable for anyone interested in free market economics.\nVery accessible, it is a good starting point for the Austrian School of\nEconomics.\n\n### [The Law](https://mises.org/library/law)\n[Frédéric Bastiat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Bastiat), 1849\n\nAn introductory book and critique of regulation and the use of legislation by\nauthorities. Your criticism is very current even for a book written more than\n150 years ago. It is especially good for lawyers and people interested in\nlegislation from a libertarian perspective.\n\n### [The Anatomy of the State](https://mises.org/library/anatomy-state)\n[Murray Rothbard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard), 1974\n\nThis is a simple and excellent book for deconstructing the aura of the state\nand starting to think objectively about your need. A good starting point for\nanarcho-capitalist ideas.\n\n### [What Has Government Done to Our Money?](https://mises.org/library/what-has-government-done-our-money)\n[Murray Rothbard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard), 1963\n\nAn easy-to-read book that discusses the role of money in society, the banking\nsystem with its regulatory aspects, and the implications of Keynesian economics\nin society.\n\n### [The origin of money](https://mises.org/library/origins-money-0)\n[Carl Menger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Menger), 1892\n\nThis book is a discussion of something we hardly ever ask about its origins.\nMoney. It is a simple and objective approach. Very useful to understand the\norigins of the gold standard.\n\n### [The Production of Security](https://mises.org/library/production-security-0)\n[Gustave de Molinari](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_de_Molinari), 1849\n\nThis book is a pioneering case for security as a private service. It was\nwritten about a hundred years before the beginning of the development of\nanarcho-capitalism.\n\n### [No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority](https://mises.org/library/no-treason-constitution-no-authority-audio)\n[Lysander Spooner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysander_Spooner), 1867\n\nThis book aims to analyze how the American Constitution is enforced against\nthe will of American citizens. And how this goes against people's rights,\nattacking the concept of the social contract.\n\n### [Economic Calculation in the Socialist Commonwealth](https://mises.org/library/economic-calculation-socialist-commonwealth)\n[Ludwig von Mises](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Mises), 1920\n\nThe original paper that introduced the economic calculation problem argument in\nsocialist economics. Very important from a historical and theoretical point of\nview.\n\n### [Atlas Shrugged](https://www.amazon.com/Atlas-Shrugged-Ayn-Rand/dp/0451191145)\n[Ayn Rand](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand), 1957\n\nPerhaps the most popular and influential book on the defense of liberty. This\ntale is a classic that hit the mainstream, the plot takes you back to the\npresent day, when regulation and the state are stifling society and taking away\nthe incentive to produce. The author uses the dialogues between the characters\nto introduce ideas favorable to the free market and the moral defense of\nliberty.\n\n### [The Fountainhead](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fountainhead)\n[Ayn Rand](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand), 1943\n\nThis book is a novel about a brilliant architect and his objective visions of\nthe world. The difficulties that a person who only focuses on doing his job in\nthe best way can face is the central theme. Highly recommended as a first\ncontact with libertarian ideas or for those who just want to enjoy a good\nromance.\n\n### [Anthem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthem_(novella))\n[Ayn Rand](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand), 1938\n\nA short novel about a dystopian world where the state and collectivist ideas\nevolved in such a way that any form of individualism was forgotten by its\ninhabitants, reflected even in language. Until the rediscovery of ideas from\nthe past by the protagonist.\n\n### [Man, Economy, and State, with Power and Market](https://mises.org/library/man-economy-and-state-power-and-market)\n[Murray Rothbard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard), 1962\n\nA treaty covering the whole economy, starting with pure free market economics\nand then discussing the effects of government intervention. This book started\nout as a Rothbard revision of Human Action by Mises, but introduces a number of\nnew ideas. This is the most complete book on economics on this list.\n\n### [Human Action](https://mises.org/library/human-action-0)\n[Ludwig von Mises](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Mises), 1949\n\nThis book is a masterclass in capitalism. Mises introduces praxeology and then\nuses to analyze the entire economy. It is the most influential book in the\nAustrian school of economics and a must-read if you are interested in these\nideas.\n\n### [Principles of Economics](https://mises.org/library/principles-economics)\n[Carl Menger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Menger), 1871\n\nThis book is considered the beginning of the Austrian School of Economics. Him\nintroduces very important concepts that most if not all authors will follow.\nThe book presents his pioneering work in the theory of value so far called\nmarginal utility.\n\n### [For a New Liberty](https://mises.org/library/new-liberty-libertarian-manifesto)\n[Murray Rothbard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard), 1973\n\nThis book is a good introduction and starting point to anarcho-capitalist ideas\nby its creator in simple terms with real-world examples.\n\n### [The Great Fiction](https://mises.org/library/great-fiction)\n[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Hermann_Hoppe), 2012\n\nA collection of selected articles on varied topics that covers much of the\nauthor's thought, gives a broad view of various aspects of libertarianism,\nsuch as the evolution of primitive man, life in society, state intervention in\nthe economy and questioning of state monopolies, up to autobiographical\narticles.\n\n### [An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought (vol 1 Before Adam Smith)](https://mises.org/library/austrian-perspective-history-economic-thought)\n[Murray Rothbard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard), 1995\n\nAnalyzes the history of economic thought before Adam Smith with an emphasis on\na comparison with the current vision of the Austrian school of economics,\nstudying Chinese philosophy, the Greeks, the scholastics, the mercantilists,\nas well as names such as Richard Cantillon, John Locke, Turgot and a lucid\nreview of what Adam Smith really represented.\n\n### [An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought (vol 2 Classical Economics)](https://mises.org/library/austrian-perspective-history-economic-thought)\n[Murray Rothbard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard), 1995\n\nIn the second volume of this review of the history of economic thought, the\nfocus is on the economists who came after Adam Smith, such as the French\nliberals J.B. Say, Frederic Bastiat and Gustave de Molinari, the utilitarian\nJeremy Bentham, David Ricardo, John Stuart Mill and his son James Mill, as well\nas a detailed analysis of the origins of Marxism and personalities such as\nKarl Marx and Friedrich Engels.\n\n### [A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism](https://mises.org/library/theory-socialism-and-capitalism-0)\n[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Hermann_Hoppe), 1988\n\nThis book shows that there are only two economic systems. Capitalism and\nsocialism. Everything else can be explained as a combination of these ideas.\n\n### [Money, Bank Credit, and Economic Cycles](https://mises.org/library/money-bank-credit-and-economic-cycles)\n[Jesús Huerta de Soto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Huerta_de_Soto), 2006\n\nThis treatise on economics is a rigorous analysis of central banks, policies\nof credit expansion and its effects on the economy.\n\nIt contains a historical study of how it was legally treated in the past\nfractional reserves, as legislation has changed since then, the emergence of\ncentral banks, to its present state.\n\nPresents legal arguments for treating fractional reserves as a\nfraudulent practice, with or without the presence of a central bank.\n\n### [Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis](https://mises.org/library/socialism-economic-and-sociological-analysis)\n[Ludwig von Mises](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Mises), 1922\n\nThis book is a complete analysis of socialism, where Mises presents his famous\nargument about the impossibility of economic calculation under socialism. It\ncontains a lot of historical information, some ethical considerations, and a\nincredible defense of private property and capitalism.\n\n### [Socialism, Economic Calculation and Entrepreneurship](https://www.jesushuertadesoto.com/books/books-in-english/socialism-economic-calculation-and-entrepreneurship/)\n[Jesús Huerta de Soto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Huerta_de_Soto), 1992\n\nAn Austrian analysis of socialist economics, it presents a new definition of\nsocialism, theoretical advances from a business point of view, and the history\nof the economic calculus debate with arguments from both sides of the debate.\n\n### [Theory and History](https://mises.org/library/theory-and-history-interpretation-social-and-economic-evolution)\n[Ludwig von Mises](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Mises), 1957\n\nThis book is a discussion of the methodology and philosophy of research in\nhuman sciences that introduces the term praxeology as the method of studying\neconomics. It presents the problems of many methodologies used in current\nresearch and a strong defense of the Austrian method: the praxeology.\n\n### [The Economics and Ethics of Private Property](https://mises.org/library/economics-and-ethics-private-property-0)\n[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Hermann_Hoppe), 1993\n\nIt is a collection of essays that gives the reader an overview of the author's\neconomic views, discusses ethics, praxeology and economics.\n\n### [Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature](https://mises.org/library/egalitarianism-revolt-against-nature-and-other-essays)\n[Murray Rothbard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard), 1974\n\nThis book is a collection of essays by Rothbard, which discusses a variety of\ntopics, in order to familiarize the reader with anarcho-capitalist ideas.\n\nThe book addresses the egalitarian ideas of the left, the state and its\npolicies in war, over private property, women's and children's rights, rival\nideologies and ideas to anarcho-capitalism and forms of action and posture\nby libertarians.\n\n### [Epistemological Problems of Economics](https://mises.org/library/epistemological-problems-economics)\n[Ludwig von Mises](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Mises), 1933\n\nThe methodology of economic science is discussed with an emphasis on value\ntheory and a defense of rationalism, analysis of the foundations of sociology\nand current doctrines in the work of historians and applies a consistent\nanalysis refuting socialist alternatives in these topics.\n\n### [The Enterprise of Law: Justice without the State](https://mises.org/library/enterprise-law-justice-without-state-0)\n[Bruce L. Benson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_L._Benson), 1990\n\nArguments in favor of privatizing the legal system are presented, combined with\nhistorical examples and a theoretical discussion of the difficulties and\npossible ways to achieve the objective. A very complete book that aims to\neliminate any doubt about the efficiency and superiority of the private sector\nin providing security and justice.\n\n### [Economy, Society, and History](https://mises.org/library/economy-society-and-history-0)\n[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Hermann_Hoppe), 2021\n\nDiscusses the evolution of society from the primitive human collector, the role\nof the division of labor, technology and the market in social development, the\nsocial origins of the modern state and strategies for freedom.\n\n### [The Ethics of Money Production](https://mises.org/library/ethics-money-production)\n[Jörg Guido Hülsmann](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6rg_Guido_H%C3%BClsmann), 2008\n\nAn ethical discussion of the central bank's influence on the economy, and how\nit affects the time preference of the whole society.\n\n### [The Ethics of Liberty](https://mises.org/library/ethics-liberty)\n[Murray Rothbard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard), 1982\n\nThis book defines libertarian ethics, which involves applying the methodology\ndeveloped by Mises (praxeology) in the field of ethics. It can be said that\nthis work formally defines anarcho capitalism and the principle of\nnon-aggression, in theory the only necessary book.\n\n### [Democracy: The God That Failed](https://mises.org/library/democracy-god-failed-1)\n[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Hermann_Hoppe), 2001\n\nThis is the author's most influential book, a pioneering classic in questioning\ndemocracy as an optimal or ethical system. It presents the historical context\nof the flight from monarchies to democracy, and through the impossibility of\nlimited government, shows the reader the alternative of a stateless society to\nfreedom.\n\n### [The Theory of Money and Credit](https://mises.org/library/theory-money-and-credit)\n[Ludwig von Mises](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Mises), 1912 \n\nA work that forms the basis of the Austrian Theory of business cycles. The\noriginal approach to expanding credit and lengthening the supply chain has\nbecome the signature of Austrian economists.\n\n### [The Mystery of Banking](https://mises.org/library/mystery-banking)\n[Murray Rothbard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard), 1983\n\nA very thorough discussion of banking that explains in depth how it works, the\nincentives involved, and the consequences for society.\n\n### [Getting Libertarianism Right](https://mises.org/library/getting-libertarianism-right)\n[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Hermann_Hoppe), 2018\n\nIt develops the argument that conservative moral values combined with the\nAustrian school's understanding of economics is the correct path to\nlibertarian moviment. An introduction to right-wing libertarianism or\npaleolibertarianism.\n\n### [Competition and Entrepreneurship](https://www.amazon.com/Competition-Entrepreneurship-Israel-M-Kirzner/dp/0226437760)\n[Israel Kirzner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Kirzner), 1978\n\nThis book is an analysis of the entrepreneur's role in balancing the market,\nbrings elements of Mises's praxeology and Hayek's view on decentralized\nknowledge and spontaneous order.\n\n### [Our Enemy, the State](https://mises.org/library/our-enemy-state-2)\n[Albert Jay Nock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Jay_Nock), 1935\n\nThis classic book presents the dichotomy in the way the state and the market\nobtains its resources, as irreconcilable forms of action, was very influential\nin development of libertarian ideas that came later.\n\n### [The Road to Serfdom](https://mises.org/library/road-serfdom-0)\n[Friedrich Hayek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Hayek), 1944\n\nThis book shows how central planning always converges with authoritarianism and\nsocialism. A good critique of Keynesian economics.\n\n### [The Private Production of Defense](https://mises.org/library/private-production-defense)\n[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Hermann_Hoppe), 1998\n\nThis little book contains some of Hoppe's ideas on libertarian action.\n\nIt discusses central themes such as the importance of influencing public\nopinion, the role of private security agencies and insurance companies in the\nprovision of services of security, discrimination as a form of defense and\nthe efficiency of services provided by the market.\n\n### [Freedom and the Law](https://mises.org/library/freedom-and-law)\n[Bruno Leoni](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Leoni), 1961\n\nA study on the differences between laws obtained through market practices and\nlaws obtained through state imposition, with historical analyzes and\ndiscussions of the implications for freedom and preservation of property\nrights, a classic that has an extremely simple and clear presentation of the\nlegal system and its implications for the individual.\n\n### [From Aristocracy to Monarchy to Democracy](https://mises.org/library/aristocracy-monarchy-democracy)\n[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Hermann_Hoppe), 2014\n\nThis essay analyzes the evolution of medieval society, the transition to\nmonarchy and finally to the modern state and democracy, addresses the topic\nfrom a historical point of view and the transition of the legal system, it can\nbe seen as a condensed text in relation to the classic same author\nDemocracy: The God That Failed.\n\n### [Economic Science and the Austrian Method](https://mises.org/library/economic-science-and-austrian-method)\n[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Hermann_Hoppe), 1995\n\nThis is an advanced book. For people interested in praxeology, epistemology and\nthe scientific foundations of economics, humanities and a general discussion\nabout the subject. This book is recommended for people who already understand\nAustrian school of economics reasonably well and want to have a better\nunderstanding of its fundamentals or people interested in methodology.\n\n### [Beyond Democracy](https://beyonddemocracy.net/)\n[Karsten \u0026 Beckman](https://beyonddemocracy.net/authors.php), 2012\n\nA very clear and concise analysis of democracy, the type of incentive it\ncreates in the state and in the rulers, how this affects society's time\npreference.\n\nIt was written based on Hoppe's book Democracy: The God That Failed. As\nintended to be an introductory text on the subject.\n\n### [The Market for Liberty](https://mises.org/library/market-liberty-1)\n[Morris and Linda Tannehill](https://mises.org/profile/morris-and-linda-tannehill), 1970\n\nThis book looks at the problems that aggression causes in society, shows how\nwould a stateless society work (with some pioneering insights), and then\ndiscusses how to achieve this goal.\n\nIt's a great introduction to anarcho-capitalism, in very accessible language.\nThis book was written with strong influence from the writings of\nAyn Rand and Rothbard.\n\n### [The Austrian Theory of the Trade Cycle and Other Essays](https://mises.org/library/austrian-theory-trade-cycle-and-other-essays)\n[Mises](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Mises), [Haberler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Haberler), [Rothbard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard), [Hayek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Hayek), 1978\n\nThis book is a collection of four articles on Austrian business cycle theory.\nIt is recommended for anyone interested in economic cycles and on the influence\nof central banks and Keynesian policies on the economy.\n\n### [Individualism and Economic Order](https://mises.org/library/individualism-and-economic-order)\n[Friedrich Hayek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Hayek), 1948\n\nThis book presents Hayek's views on social sciences metodology and how\nknowledge is decentralized and influence people's decision in the market, with\ncriticism for central planing and socialism. This book is recomended for people\ninterested in a criative view of market process.\n\n### [The Denationalization of Money](https://mises.org/library/denationalisation-money-argument-refined)\n[Friedrich Hayek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Hayek), 1976\n\nThis book presents ideas about free banking, private money and how to implement\nit in a world with central bank. Many ideas presented in this book are now seen\nin tech communities.\n\n### [An Agorist Primer](https://www.amazon.com.br/Agorist-Primer-Samuel-Edward-Konkin/dp/0977764974)\n[Samuel Edward Konkin III](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Edward_Konkin_III), 1986 \n\nOne of the few pratical libertarian books, in this book Konkin introduces the\nAgorism. A life philosophy which is compatible with libertarian principles. \n\n### [New Libertarian Manifesto](https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/samuel-edward-konkin-iii-new-libertarian-manifesto)\n[Samuel Edward Konkin III](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Edward_Konkin_III), 1980\n\nThis book is yet another Konkin presentation of his theory of libertarian\naction (known as agorism), which considers correct anarcho-capitalist ideas,\nand seeks a form of action consistent with these principles.\n\nIn this book, the focus is on discussing how individuals act to combat\nthe current statist situation to the point of disconnecting from this reality.\n\n### [The Most Dangerous Superstition](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6uVV2Dcqt0)\n[Larken Rose](https://twitter.com/larken_rose), 2011\n\nThis book is an incredible discussion of the moral problems involved in blind\nobedience to political authority. It's a very easy read, not too rigorous,\nvery good for the general public. The author fully understood the libertarian\nethic and has created a very accessible book that will try to shock the reader\nfrom beginning to end.\n\n### [What Must Be Done](https://mises.org/library/what-must-be-done-0)\n[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Hermann_Hoppe), 2009\n\nThis book is a very short and concise presentation on strategies for coping and\nchallenge the central government's monopoly on security and justice. Very\nlittle has been written about libertarian action, here we have a small\ndiscussion on the subject.\n\n### [A Short History of Man: Progress and Decline](https://mises.org/library/short-history-man-progress-and-decline)\n[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Hermann_Hoppe), 2015\n\nAn Austrian analysis of the evolution of man and his social organization from\nthe beginning of communication with words to the post-industrial revolution\nera. And a reflection on what can be done to escape the inevitable decline we\nare undergoing as a species.\n\n### [Against Intellectual Property](https://mises.org/library/against-intellectual-property-0)\n[Stephan Kinsella](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephan_Kinsella), 2008\n\nThis book presents a discussion of ethical foundations on the legitimacy of\nintellectual property, in doing so he presents a revised discussion of some\nrothbard's popular ideas.\n\n### [Defending the Undefendable](https://mises.org/library/defending-undefendable)\n[Walter Block](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Block), 1976\n\nA book dedicated to the defense of professions with a bad reputation but which\nessentially exist to meet the existing demand in society, the author presents\neconomic arguments and a coherent defense of individual freedom throughout the\nexamples.\n\n### [The Problem of Political Authority](https://www.amazon.com/Problem-Political-Authority-Examination-Coerce/dp/1137281650)\n[Michael Huemer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Huemer), 2012\n\nA commonsense analysis of what is morally acceptable to an individual and how\npolitical authority violates obvious and reasonable principles in human\ninteraction.\n\n### [Deflation and Liberty](https://mises.org/library/deflation-and-liberty-1)\n[Jörg Guido Hülsmann](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6rg_Guido_H%C3%BClsmann), 2008\n\nThis monograph reviews the definition of inflation and deflation. And it shows\nthat the kind of market adjustment that deflation brings is beneficial to\nsociety and should not be feared.\n\n### [Praxeology and Understanding: An Analysis of the Controversy in Austrian Economics](https://mises.org/library/praxeology-and-understanding-analysis-controversy-austrian-economics-0)\n[George Selgin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Selgin), 1990\n\nA great analysis of Lachman and Kizner's debate on market equilibrium, where he\nrefines Kizner's arguments and builds a case against the kaleidic future\nadvocated by Lachman.\n\n### [Capital and Interest](https://mises.org/library/capital-and-interest)\n[Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen_von_B%C3%B6hm-Bawerk), 1890\n\nThis book brings the history of economic theories and politics behind interest.\nIt is a great exposition of the most populars ideas on interest, it presents\ngreat refutations on then and prepare the reader for his next book where he\nintroduces his time preference theory.\n\n### [The Machinery of Freedom](http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Libertarian/Machinery_of_Freedom/MofF_Contents.html)\n[David Friedman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_D._Friedman), 1971\n\nA presentation of Anarcho-capitalism ideas using an utilitarian approach, which\ncan be good as a first view on the topic.\n","projects_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/lists/marcodpt%2Fawesome-libertarianism/projects"}