by Aryssa Damron
As young conservatives, we are expected to have fully formed opinions on many different issues and topics. Yet many of us have not been exposed to those ideas in our daily lives. This is where conservative books come into play to help us shape our own thoughts and opinions, become more aware of the broader conservative arguments, and develop a cohesive, well-rounded conservative philosophy.
Personally, in my day-to-day life I have not been exposed to the issues of immigration or abortion. I come from a small town in Kentucky where our immigrant population is not widely discussed, and abortion is an almost non-existent issue. However, as a young conservative, I was expected to be somewhat knowledgeable and have an opinion on these issues. I loved being able to crack open a book on an issue that I might not have directly faced and read about its history, the laws regulating it, and the author's opinions, which often helped shape what would become my opinion on the issue.
Below are some great books that can help young conservatives become more informed about the issues that are impacting our country so greatly, all written by great speakers that you can bring to your school through the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute. These books speak to issues ranging from abortion and feminism to lies the liberals tells us to the War on Terror. They are must-reads for any young conservative looking to learn more about, or explore more deeply, the conservative movement.
- A Choice Not an Echo by Phyllis Schlafly
- Adios, America! by Ann Coulter
- Assault and Flattery: The Truth about the Left and Their War on Women by Katie Pavlich
- Blacklash: How Obama and the Left are Driving Americans to the Government Plantation by Deneen Borelli
- Bay and Her Boys: The Unexpected Lessons I Learned as a Single Mom, by Bay Buchanan
- Chinese Girl in the Ghetto by Ying Ma
- Cruel and Unusual Punishment: The Terrifying Global Implications of Islamic Law by Nonie Darwish
- Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies by Michelle Malkin
- In Defense of Internment: The Case for "Racial Profiling" in World War II and the War on Terror by Michelle Malkin
- The Devil We Don't Know: The Dark Side of Revolutions in the Middle East: Nonie Darwish
- Fast and Furious: Barack Obama's Bloodiest Scandal and It's Shameless Cover-Up by Katie Pavlich
- Feminist Fantasies, by Phyllis Schlafly
- Godless: The Church of Liberalism by Ann Coulter
- Great American Conservative Women by the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute
- Guilty: Liberal "Victims" and Their Assault on America by Ann Coulter
- How to Talk to a Liberal (If you Must) by Ann Coulter
- Invasion: How America Still Welcome Terrorists, Criminals, and Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores by Michelle Malkin
- No Higher Power: Obama's War on Religious Freedom by Phyllis Schlafly
- Now They Call Me Infidel: Why I Renounced Jihad for America, Israel, and the War on Terror by Nonie Darwish
- One Nation Under Therapy: How the Helping Culture is Eroding Self-Reliance by Christina Hoff Sommers
- Outnumbered: Chronicles of a Manhattan Conservative by Jedidiah Bila
- Pimps, Whores, and Welfare Brats: From Welfare Cheat to Conservative Messenger by Star Parker
- Slander: Liberal Lies about the American Right by Ann Coulter
- Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism by Ann Coulter
- The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism is Harming Out Young Men by Christina Hoff ommers
- Uncle Sam's Plantation: How Big Government Enslaves America’s Poor by Star Parker
- Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild by Michelle Malkin
- What Women Really Want: How American Women Are Quietly Erasing Political, Racial, Class, and Religious Lines to Change the Way We Live co-authored by Kellyanne Conway
- White Ghetto: How Middle Class America Reflects Inner City Decay by Star Parker
- Who Built That: Awe-Inspiring Stories of American Tinkerpreneurs by Michelle Malkin
- Who Killed the American Family? By Phyllis Schlafly
- Who Stole Feminism by Christina Hoff Sommers
- Losing Our Religion: The Liberal Media's Attack on Christianity by SE Cupp
- Divider-in-Chief: The Fraud of Hope and Change by Kate Obenshain
Aryssa Damron is an intern at the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute