Essay:Greatest Conservative Novels

Conservative novels exist, and some are immensely influential. Here is our growing list. Please add to it. Be sure to edit or add summaries to any of the books mentioned if you know any.

Title	Author	Summary	Genre	Year Published
Animal Farm	George Orwell	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).	Political Satire	1945
1984 / Nineteen Eighty-Four	George Orwell	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.	Dystopian	1949
The Brothers Karamazov	Fyodor Dostoyevsky	The book is about keeping your traditional values, such as love in God, in a quickly changing world.	Philosophical Fiction	1880
Crime and Punishment	Fyodor Dostoyevsky	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.	Philosophical Fiction	1886
Advise and Consent	Allen Drury		Political Fiction	1959
The First Circle	Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn	The book follows "Zeks" , a group of intelligent scientists living in Soviet gulags forced to work for the Soviet Government ; they're 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.	Autobiographical Fiction	1968
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress	Robert Heinlein	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.	Science Fiction	1966
Lord of the Rings	J.R.R. Tolkien	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.	Fantasy	1954-1955
The Man Who Was Thursday	G.K. Chesterton	This book follows an English detective recruited to an Anti-Anarchist branch of Scotland Yard.	Fantasy	1908
Darkness at Noon	Arthur Koestler	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 doesn't 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.	Dystopian	1940
The Camp of the Saints	Jean Raspail	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.	Speculative Fiction	1973
State of Fear	Michael Crichton	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.	Dystopian	2004
The Red Badge of Courage	Stephen Crane	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.	Fiction	1895
Persepolis	Marjane Satrapi	Graphic novel about a teen girl in Iran at the time of the 1979 Iranian Revolution who secretly gains a liking for Western culture and realises how corrupt her country's new Islamic extremist government is. The book portrays American values positively and the authoritarian regime of Iran negatively.	Fiction	1980
Nuremberg: The Reckoning	William F. Buckley, Jr.	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 descent, he must deal with the shame he now has from his home country's acts.	Historical Fiction	2003
Gilead	Marilynne Robinson	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.	Fiction	2004
Rainbow Six	Tom Clancy	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.	Techno-Thriller	1998
Red Storm Rising	Tom Clancy	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.	Techno-Thriller	1986
The Bridges at Toko-Ri	James Michener	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.	Fiction	1953
The Thin Red Line	James Jones		War Story	1962
Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero	Henryk Sienkiewicz		Historical Fiction	1895
The Day of the Jackal	Frederick Forsyth		Spy Fiction	1971
Master and Commander	Patrick O'Brian		Historical Fiction	1969
The Idiot	Fyodor Dostoevsky		Philosophical Fiction	1868
The Overton Window	Glenn Beck		Fiction	2010
The Fountainhead	Ayn Rand		Philosophical Fiction	1943
Little Women	Louisa May Alcott		Bildungsroman	1868
One Second After	William R. Forstchen		Speculative Fiction	2009
The Screwtape Letters	C.S. Lewis		Satire	1942
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe	C.S. Lewis	Contains many Christian allegories.	Fantasy	1984
Dracula	Bram Stoker	Abraham van Helsing is a Christian vampire slayer who does what he believes is right.	Horror Fiction	1897
Frankenstein	Mary Shelley	Warns about the dangers and consequences of playing God.	Horror Fiction	1818
The Canterbury Tales	Geoffrey Chaucer	It's about a pilgrimage, or quest for Christianity from the Christians' standpoint.	Anthology	1478
Beowulf	Anonymous	Depicts the ever going battle between good and evil with Christianity being the good.	Poetry	700-1000 A.D.
The Jungle Book	Rudyard Kipling	Promotes friendship and family values, and misanthropy is frowned down upon.	Children's Literature	1894
Maus	Art Spiegelman	Portrays the sheer disgustingness of the Nazis from the viewpoint of a Holocaust survivor.	Autobiography/Biography	1980
Gone with the Wind	Margaret Mitchell	Celebrates man-and-woman relationships as well as a strong heroic woman who is the antithesis of a modern feminist.	Historical Fiction	1936
Winnie the Pooh series	A.A. Milne	A classic children's book series with pro-friendship values messages.	Children's Literature	1924-1928
A Christmas Carol	Charles Dickens	A classic Christmas story about how Ebenezer Scrooge decides to give up his miserly ways and shows the dangers of hating Christmas in the end.	Novella	1843
The Railway Series	Rev. W. Awdry (1945–1946, 1948–1970, 1972) Christopher Awdry (1983–1996, 2007, 2011)	Promotes friendship values and many of the anthropomorphic trains overcome hardships.	Children's Literature	1945–1946, 1948–1970, 1972, 1983–1996, 2007, 2011
Of Sound Mind	Jean Farris	It's about overcoming hardships as a high school senior named Theo is the only hearing member of an all deaf family. It also promotes friendship and family values.	Realistic Fiction	2001
Painting the Black	Carl Deuker	For the majority of this book, it promotes friendship values between a baseball playing high school senior named Ryan Ward and his best friend named Josh Daniels, who plays both football and baseball. After Josh grabs a girl by the bra at lunch, has a mocking article in the school newspaper, and attempts to sexually assault the girl who wrote it as revenge, Ryan doesn't want to rat him out but eventually does. The ending has a message about overcoming such hardships. The book can also be seen to show the dangers and consequences of anger.	Realistic Fiction/Sports Fiction	1997
The Divine Comedy	Dante	Describes the dangers of wrongdoing, which could have you end up in the infamous Inferno (Hell) and the virtues of doing the right thing, which could have you end up in Heaven. It also talks about Purgatory.	Epic Poetry	1320
Ferdinand the Bull	Munro Leaf	This book is about a bull named Ferdinand who lives in Spain and sniffs flowers instead of fighting a matador in a bullring. It also inspired conservative leader Martin Luther King.	Children's Literature	1936

Debatable whether Conservative

Title	Author	Summary	Genre	Year Published
Diary of a Wimpy Kid series	Jeff Kinney	Although these books are silly and don't necessarily portray friendship and family values in the most positive light, the main character, Greg Heffley and his family are Christians. Some of these books also have brief anti-public school and anti-environmentalist messages as well. Even though Greg Heffley can be a jerk sometimes, in some books, he overcomes certain hardships.	Comedy	2007-2017
The Great Gatsby	F. Scott Fitzgerald	It's about living the American dream, but its stances on gambling seems to be rather mixed to positive.	Historical Fiction	1925
Hoot	Carl Hiaasen	While it seems to be rather pro-environmentalism and anti-capitalism, it still shows three teenaged kids standing up for what they believe in, doing what they believe is right, and even standing up to a bully.	Realistic Fiction	2002
The Lorax	Dr. Seuss	While it has an environmentalist agenda, it also warns against monopolies.	Children's Literature	1971
Bambi	Felix Salten	Even though it's anti-hunting, it still promotes friendship and family values.	Children's Literature	1923

See also

• Essay:Greatest Conservative Non-fiction Books
• Essay: Worst Liberal Books
• Greatest Conservative Writers