GREAT LIBERTARIAN BOOKS
If you don't have much time to read, but still want to learn about how the world really works, the following 5 books are a great place to start. These books are great for the layman. They are not too long and are easy to read, but they should be read carefully and not skimmed.
Anatomy of the State by Murray N. Rothbard
The Revolution: A Manifesto by Ron Paul
Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics by Henry Hazlitt
The Problem with Socialism by Thomas DiLorenzo
The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History by Thomas E. Woods Jr.
If you want to continue in your libertarian studies these books are very informative, yet still easy to read.
Against the Left: A Rothbardian Libertarianism by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.
Getting Libertarianism Right by Hans-Hermann Hoppe
For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto by Murray N. Rothbard
Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature and Other Essays by Murray N. Rothbard
Against the State: An Anarcho-Capitalist Manifesto by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.
Liberty Defined: 50 Essential Issues That Affect Our Freedom by Ron Paul
The Ethics of Anarcho-Capitalism by Kristopher A Borer
Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government by Thomas J DiLorenzo
How Capitalism Saved America: The Untold History of Our Country, from the Pilgrims to the Present by Thomas J. Dilorenzo
Fascism versus Capitalism by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.
End The Fed by Ron Paul
What Has Government Done to Our Money? by Murray N. Rothbard
Mises on Money by Gary North
Our Enemy, the State by Albert Jay Nock
These four books are masterpieces, but a little more difficult to read.
The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek
Democracy – The God That Failed: The Economics and Politics of Monarchy, Democracy, and Natural Order
by Hans-Hermann Hoppe
Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market by Murray N. Rothbard
Human Action: A Treatise On Economics by Ludwig Von Mises
More Books
LIBERTY
The Revolution: A Manifesto by Ron Paul
Against the Left: A Rothbardian Libertarianism by Llewellyn H Rockwell
For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto by Murray N. Rothbard
The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek
Getting Libertarianism Right by Hans-Hermann Hoppe
Against the State: An Anarcho-Capitalist Manifesto by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.
Real Dissent: A Libertarian Sets Fire to the Index Card of Allowable Opinion by Thomas E. Woods Jr.
Liberty Defined: 50 Essential Issues That Affect Our Freedom by Ron Paul
The Ethics of Liberty by Murray N. Rothbard
Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government by Thomas J DiLorenzo
The Constitution of Liberty by F. A. Hayek
Speaking of Liberty by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.
Liberalism by Ludwig von Mises
ECONOMICS
Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics by Henry Hazlitt
The Problem with Socialism by Thomas DiLorenzo
The Case Against Socialism by Rand Paul
Making Economic Sense by Murray N. Rothbard
What Has Government Done to Our Money? by Murray N. Rothbard
Mises on Money by Gary North
Economic Depressions: Their Cause and Cure by Murray N. Rothbard
How Capitalism Saved America: The Untold History of Our Country, from the Pilgrims to the Present by Thomas J. Dilorenzo
The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism by F. A. Hayek
End The Fed by Ron Paul
The Case Against the Fed by Murray N. Rothbard
Fascism versus Capitalism by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.
Economics in Three Lessons and One Hundred Economics Laws: Two Works in One Volume by Hunter Lewis
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Socialism by Kevin D Williamson
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism by Robert P. Murphy
The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal by Robert Murphy
Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse by Thomas E. Woods
A Capitalist Manifesto: Understanding The Market Economy And Defending Liberty by Gary Wolfram
Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis by Ludwig von Mises
The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek
The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality by Ludwig von Mises
Human Action: A Treatise On Economics by Ludwig Von Mises
Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market by Murray N. Rothbard
America's Great Depression by Murray N. Rothbard
The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America by David A. Stockman
U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
Wall Street, Banks, and American Foreign Policy by Murray N Rothbard
Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan by Scott Horton
Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire by Chalmers Johnson
The Empire Has No Clothes: U.S. Foreign Policy Exposed by Ivan Eland
No War for Oil: U.S. Dependency and the Middle East by Ivan Eland
Putting "Defense" Back into U.S. Defense Policy: Rethinking U.S. Security in the Post-Cold War World
by Ivan Eland
War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier by Smedley Darlington Butler
Swords into Plowshares by Ron Paul
A Foreign Policy of Freedom: Peace, Commerce, and Honest Friendship by Ron Paul
A Republic, Not an Empire: Reclaiming America's Destiny by Patrick J. Buchanan
AMERICAN HISTORY
The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History by Thomas E. Woods Jr.
Conceived in Liberty by Murray N. Rothbard
Hamilton's Curse: How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution--and What It Means for Americans Today by Thomas J. Dilorenzo
Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men: A History of the American Civil War by Jeffrey Rogers Hummel
When in the Course of Human Events: Arguing the Case for Southern Secession by Charles Adams
A Disease in the Public Mind: A New Understanding of Why We Fought the Civil War by Thomas Fleming
A Century of War: Lincoln, Wilson & Roosevelt by John V. Denson
A Republic, Not an Empire: Reclaiming America's Destiny by Patrick J. Buchanan
How Capitalism Saved America: The Untold History of Our Country, from the Pilgrims to the Present by Thomas J. Dilorenzo
The Progressive Era by Murray N. Rothbard
America's Great Depression by Murray N. Rothbard
The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal by Robert Murphy
The Illusion Of Victory: Americans In World War I by Thomas Fleming
The New Dealers' War: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the War Within World War II by Thomas Fleming
1917: Lenin, Wilson, and the Birth of the New World Disorder by Arthur Herman
PRESIDENTS
The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War by Thomas J. Dilorenzo
Lincoln Unmasked: What You're Not Supposed to Know About Dishonest Abe by Thomas J. Dilorenzo
The Roosevelt Myth by John T. Flynn
FDR's Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression by Jim Powell
9 Presidents Who Screwed Up America: And Four Who Tried to Save Her by Brion McClanahan
Reassessing the Presidency : The Rise of the Executive State and the Decline of Freedom by John V. Denson (Editor)
Recarving Rushmore: Ranking the Presidents on Peace, Prosperity, and Liberty by Ivan Eland
Wilson's War: How Woodrow Wilson's Great Blunder Led to Hitler, Lenin, Stalin, and World War II by Jim Powell
Bully Boy: The Truth About Theodore Roosevelt's Legacy by Jim Powell
Theodore and Woodrow: How Two American Presidents Destroyed Constitutional Freedom by Andrew P. Napolitano
GOVERNMENT
Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government by Thomas J DiLorenzo
Anatomy of the State by Murray N. Rothbard
A Disquisition on Government by John C. Caloun
E-BOOKS
Bernis Sanders is Wrong by Thomas Woods (free E-book at bernieiswrong.com)