Bookshelf
These are the books I recommend without reservation.
Apologetics
- The Apology of the Augsburg Confession, by Philipp Melanchthon (1531)
- Examination of the Council of Trent, by Martin Chemnitz (1573)
- Mere Christianity, by C. S. Lewis (1952)
- The Only Wise God, by William Lane Craig (1987)
Economics
- Two Treatises of Government, by John Locke (1689)
- The Theory of Moral Sentiments, by Adam Smith (1759)
- The Road to Serfdom, by F. A. Hayek (1944)
- Human Action, by Ludwig von Mises (1949)
- The Constitution of Liberty, by F. A. Hayek (1960)
- Capitalism and Freedom, by Milton Friedman (1962)
- Free to Choose, by Milton and Rose Friedman (1980)
- Money Mischief, by Milton Friedman (1992)
Philosophy
- An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, by John Locke (1690)
- An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, by David Hume (1748)
Computer Science
- Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, by Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman (1985)
- To Mock a Mockingbird, by Raymond Smullyan (1985)
Fiction
- The Divine Comedy, by Dante Alighieri (1321)
- Faust, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1808)
- Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley (1818)
- The Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas (1844)
- Dracula, by Bram Stoker (1897)
- The Screwtape Letters, by C. S. Lewis (1942)
- Animal Farm, by George Orwell (1945)
- The Lord of the Rings, by J. R. R. Tolkien (1954)
- The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, by Ursula K. Le Guin (1973)
- The Children of Húrin, by J. R. R. Tolkien (2007)