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This is a list of books that have inspired pro-liberty themes in my own work. Many are short and put into layman terms, making them easy, compelling reads.

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1	Chaos Theory: Two Essays on Market Anarchy by Robert P. Murphy 3.84 avg rating — 625 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1	The War on Prices: How Popular Misconceptions about Inflation, Prices, and Value Create Bad Policy by Ryan A. Bourne (Goodreads Author) (editor) 4.03 avg rating — 60 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Lessons for the Young Economist by Robert P. Murphy 3.97 avg rating — 674 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Forty Centuries of Wage and Price Controls: How Not to Fight Inflation by Robert Lindsay Schuettinger 4.01 avg rating — 262 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Liberalism: The Classical Tradition by Ludwig von Mises 4.17 avg rating — 2,090 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Principles of Economics by Saifedean Ammous (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 525 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. Hayek 4.14 avg rating — 26,805 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt 4.16 avg rating — 22,138 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	What Has Government Done to Our Money? by Murray N. Rothbard 4.31 avg rating — 996 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	War Is a Racket by Smedley D. Butler 4.27 avg rating — 9,704 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Anatomy of the State by Murray N. Rothbard 4.17 avg rating — 6,601 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The White Pill: A Tale of Good and Evil by Michael Malice (Goodreads Author) 4.41 avg rating — 2,193 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	PsyWar: Enforcing the New World Order by Robert W Malone MD MS 4.33 avg rating — 78 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Practical MBA on Economics: What They Do & Don’t Teach You At Business School-Essential Gear For The Economic Tsunami by Joseph Gulesserian (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 33 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	33 Questions About American History You're Not Supposed to Ask by Thomas E. Woods Jr. 4.01 avg rating — 701 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Diary of a Psychosis: How Public Health Disgraced Itself During COVID Mania by Thomas E. Woods Jr. 4.49 avg rating — 278 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History by Thomas E. Woods Jr. 4.02 avg rating — 2,314 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism by Scott Horton (Goodreads Author) 4.61 avg rating — 749 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Who Killed the Constitution?: The Fate of American Liberty from World War I to George W. Bush by Thomas E. Woods Jr. 4.12 avg rating — 303 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and the Government Bailout Will Make Things Worse by Thomas E. Woods Jr. 4.08 avg rating — 2,497 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	COVID Charts CNN Forgot by Tom Woods 4.58 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Revolution: A Manifesto by Ron Paul 4.13 avg rating — 7,830 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Myth of the Robber Barons: A New Look at the Rise of Big Business in America by Burton W. Folsom Jr. 4.17 avg rating — 879 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Your Facebook Friends Are Wrong About Healthcare by Thomas E. Woods Jr. 3.77 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Battlefield America: The War On the American People by John W. Whitehead (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 200 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine by Scott Horton (Goodreads Author) 4.49 avg rating — 245 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom by Kerry McDonald (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 1,202 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything by Christopher F. Rufo 4.21 avg rating — 1,080 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money by Bryan Caplan 3.94 avg rating — 2,110 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Separating School & State: How to Liberate America's Families by Sheldon Richman 4.07 avg rating — 41 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars