The Liberal Currents Canon, or Some Good Books
From time to time we get asked for recommended reading. The topics vary, but given the nature of Liberal Currents there are certainly recurring themes. By the same token, there are a few books that a number of us have read and talked about together, and are relatively well known among our community, the kind of thing you might find in recurring jokes we make. The idea of putting together a comprehensive list of such books has been floated more than once.
Rather than coming up with a Complete Liberal Currents Canon, we thought it might be more fun to do it as a draft, as a bonus for our patrons.
Seven of us participated: Editor-in-Chief Adam Gurri, Associate Editors Samantha Hancox-Li, Paul Crider, Adrian Rutt, Caitlin M. Green, and Jason Briggeman, and AV Editor Trent Nelson. Our order was randomized up front and then fixed for five rounds.
What follows then is a list of thirty-five books on topics in philosophy, social science, history, and culture. Some of it might properly be called a canon of works that have influenced our community overall. Many are simply good books that are worth your time.
