Suggested Reading List

Each month, we suggest a new book to our reading club. The books suggested will not necessarily represent any philosophy perfectly, but they will be readings that help a person to understand the philosophical and historical underpinnings of American government and of different political movements. 

At our year-end banquet, we will hold a raffle for Simply Right members for the books that have been suggested over the course of the year. Those who have read the books will have an increased chance of winning in the raffle!

Suggested reading for March:

To be announced!

Suggested reading for February:

Atlas Shrugged

With Ayn Rand’s novel Atlas Shrugged coming to
theaters on April 15, it seems like an appropriate time
to get reacquainted with a book that, according to a
1991 study conducted by the Library of Congress,
ranked as the second most influential book in America
(coming in after only the Bible!).

From the official Ayn Rand bookstore:

Tremendous in its scope, this novel presents an astounding panorama of human life—from the productive genius who becomes a worthless playboy to the great steel industrialist who does not know that he is working for his own destruction to the philosopher who becomes a pirate to the composer who gives up his career on the night of his triumph to the woman who runs a transcontinental railroad to the lowest track worker in her Terminal tunnels.

Key quotes:

“There can be no compromise on basic principles. There can be no compromise on moral issues. There can be no compromise on matters of knowledge, of truth, of rational conviction.”

"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities."

“The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.”