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Conservative novels exist, and some are immensely influential.  Here is our growing list.  Please add to it.
 
Conservative novels exist, and some are immensely influential.  Here is our growing list.  Please add to it.
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#''Animal Farm'' by [[George Orwell]]
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#''1984'' by [[George Orwell]]
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#''The Brothers Karamazov'', by [[Fyodor Dostoyevsky]]
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#''Crime and Punishment'', by [[Fyodor Dostoyevsky]]
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#''Advise and Consent'' by [[Allen Drury]]
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#''The First Circle'', by [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]].
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#''The Moon is a Harsh Mistress'', by [[Robert Heinlein]]
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#''Starship Troopers'', by [[Robert Heinlein]]
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#''Lord of the Rings'' by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]
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#''The Man Who Was Thursday'', by [[G.K. Chesterton]]
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|''Animal Farm''  
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#''Darkness at Noon'', by [[Arthur Koestler]]
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|[[George Orwell]]
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#''The Camp of the Saints'', by [[Jean Raspail]]
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|One of the classic books by Orwell , it tells the story of a farm run by [[socialist]] animals. The animals rebel against its owners and set up a new farm under socialistic ideas. Although it seems to be more pro-socialist , as the book goes on it begins to show the dangers and corruptness that arises through [[communism]]. Its based on the beginning of the Soviet Revolution , and every character represents either a prominent Soviet leader or a group of Russian citizens (Such as the elderly or workers).
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#''Saving the Queen'' (and the other Blackford Oakes novels) by [[William F. Buckley]]
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|Political Satire
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#''State of Fear'' by [[Michael Crichton]]
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|1945
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#''The Red Badge of Courage'' by [[Stephen Crane]]
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#''Nuremberg: The Reckoning'' by [[William F. Buckley, Jr]]
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|''1984 / Nineteen Eighty-Four''
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#''Gilead'' by [[Marilynne Robinson]]
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|[[George Orwell]]
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#''No Country for Old Men'' by [[Cormac McCarthy]]
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|Another classic book by Orwell , it focuses on a civilian living in a [[Socialist]] world. The earth is split into 3 Nations : Oceania (The Americas , Australia , South Africa , and England) , Euraisa (All of Europe and Russia) , and Eastasia (Japan , China , and other parts of South Asia). All 3 nations fight over the left over areas , like North Africa and the Middle East , which result in endless casualties. There is constant editing of history. People , places , and things are constantly erased or changed or added (Similar to the acts of the Soviet Union. Words and thoughts are censored and use of them result in torture and death.
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#''The Bonfire of the Vanities'' by [[Tom Wolfe]]
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|Dystopian
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#''Midcentury'' by [[John Dos Passos]]
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|1949
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#''American Pastoral'' by [[Philip Roth]] - winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
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#''Rainbow Six'' by [[Tom Clancy]]
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|''The Brothers Karamazov''
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#''Clear and Present Danger'' by [[Tom Clancy]]
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|[[Fyodor Dostoyevsky]]
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#''Red Storm Rising'' by [[Tom Clancy]]
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|The book is about keeping your traditional values , such as love in God , in a quickly changing world.
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#''The Bridges at Toko-Ri'' by [[James Michener]]
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|Philosophical Fiction
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#''The Road to Wigan Pier'' by [[George Orwell]]
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|1880
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|''Crime and Punishment''
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|[[Fyodor Dostoyevsky]]
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|A man must argue against his morality in this novel. The main character , a poor school drop-out , murders a corrupt pawnbroker and takes her cash. Although he knows murder and robbery is wrong , he uses the stolen cash to do good and help people. This is similar to the tale of Robin Hood , who steals from the rich and gives to the poor.
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|Philosophical Fiction
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|1886
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|''Advise and Consent''  
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|[[Allen Drury]]
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|Political Fiction
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|1959
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|''The First Circle''
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|[[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]]
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|The book follows "Zeks" , a group of intelligent scientists living in Soviet gulags forced to work for the Soviet Government ; theyre forced to help improve a government that causes to much pain and suffering. The novel is about the moral struggle between keeping yourself alive and causing someone else more pain in the future or doing the right thing.
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|Autobiographical Fiction
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|1968
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|''The Moon is a Harsh Mistress''
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|[[Robert Heinlein]]
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|Set in a Lunar Colony created as a prison on the Moon in the year 2075 , Heinlein tells the story of the revolution by the Moon colony and it's criminal population against the authoritarian Earth (Similar to a Soviet Gulag revolting against the USSR). The novel seems to lean towards Libertarian beliefs.
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|Science Fiction
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|1966
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|''Lord of the Rings''  
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|[[J.R.R. Tolkien]]
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|With about 150 Million copies sold , this book is said to be the best-selling novel of all time. The book touches on themes of corruptness through absolute power , Fate VS Free Will , and Death.
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|Fantasy
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|1954-1955
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|''The Man Who Was Thursday''
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|[[G.K. Chesterton]]
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|This book follows an English detective recruited to an Anti-Anarchist branch of Scotland Yard.
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|Fantasy
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|1908
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|''Darkness at Noon''
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|[[Arthur Koestler]]
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|The book is set in the year 1938 in the now Communist Russia. The main character , Nicholas Rubashov , stands trial during one of Josef Stalin's infamous Purges. A former Bolshevik leader , he is tried for treason against the nation he helped to change. Although the novel is based on true events , Koestler doesnt use names like "Stalin" or "The Soviet Union". The novel is about the dangers of communism , similar to "Animal Farm" , and tries to show the reader how corrupt the Soviet system is.
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|Dystopian
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|1940
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|''The Camp of the Saints''
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|[[Jean Raspail]]
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|Back on the Bestseller list , Le Camp Des Saints is a book that could be applied to modern day. Its about citizens from a third world country that mass immigrate to Europe and America and absolutely destroy the Western culture. The book has "Rouge States" , Countries that refuse to give in to pressure from others to accept immigrants. It can be applied to modern day with Muslims. Muslims come into countries (Germany , England , ECT.) and rape their once great culture and turn it into the hell that was their home countries.
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|Speculative Fiction
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|1973
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|''State of Fear''  
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|[[Michael Crichton]]
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|Crichton's novel revolves around a terrorism plot by "Eco-Terrorists" to raise attention on Global Warming / Global Cooling / Climate Change / Climate Disruption / Carbon Pollution. Even though the book is a work of dystopian fiction , it tries to get readers to think about both sides of the global warming debate. Critics and readers say this ruin the book's story.
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|Dystopian
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|2004
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|''The Red Badge of Courage''  
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|[[Stephen Crane]]
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|About redemption , this book is about a Union Army Private during the United States Civil War. During a battle , he fled from the skirmish. Overcome by shame , he decides that he could redeem himself if he takes a bullet for his cause.
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|Fiction
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|1895
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|''Nuremberg: The Reckoning''  
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|[[William F. Buckley, Jr]]
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|Set during the 1945 Nazi War Crime trials in Nuremberg , Germany , a young German-American interpreter must listen and translate stories of the Nazi Party's brutal treatment of Jews during the Holocaust. Being of German decent , he must deal with the shame he now has from his home country's acts.
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|Historical Fiction
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|2003
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|''Gilead''  
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|[[Marilynne Robinson]]
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|Gilead is the autobiography of a fictional dying pastor from Iowa who writes about his life for his young son to read. The son , who wont have many memories of his father , develops a love for God and family through this diary-like book from his father.
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|Fiction
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|2004
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|''Rainbow Six''  
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|[[Tom Clancy]]
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|About a counter-terrorist unit in several nations , it focuses on the unit as they deal with terrorist plots worldwide , similar to the G.I. Joe team but worldwide. The concept was so popular it has spawned a video game series , starting in 1998 and still continuing today , giving teenage gamers good morals.
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|Techno-Thriller
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|1998
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|''Red Storm Rising''  
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|[[Tom Clancy]]
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|This book focuses on a Third World War between the forces of NATO And those of the Warsaw Pact. Surprisingly , the war never escalated to the point where nuclear warheads were used , but conventional guns and vehicles were used instead.
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|Techno-Thriller
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|1986
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|''The Bridges at Toko-Ri''
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|[[James Michener]]
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|About US Navy pilots during the Korean war , they must destroy bridges in enemy territory used by the Koreans to send supplies and soldiers to the front. The story was so popular it eventually spawned a movie of the same name in 1954.
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|Fiction
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|1953
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#''A Midnight Clear'' by [[William Wharton]]
 
#''A Midnight Clear'' by [[William Wharton]]
 
#''The Thin Red Line'' by [[James Jones]]
 
#''The Thin Red Line'' by [[James Jones]]
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