Douglas Murray Recommended Books

Reflections on the Revolution in France

by Edmund Burke

"The wisest and most important view on the situation in Europe immediately following the French revolution." - Douglas Murray (Source)

Radical Chic

And Mau Mauing The Flak Catchers

by Tom Wolfe

"The master of observational writing dissects the meeting point of Manhattan’s elites with the Black Panthers." - Douglas Murray (Source)

Power and the Idealists

Or, the Passion of Joschka Fischer and Its Aftermath

by Paul Berman

"A neglected masterpiece of political writing." - Douglas Murray (Source)

Green Philosophy

by Roger Scruton

"[The author] is better placed than anyone to give proper insight and answers to a serious question." - Douglas Murray (Source)

Radicals Chasing Utopia

Inside the Rogue Movements Trying to Change the World

by Jamie Bartlett

"Looks at various groups scorned or even loathed by the mainstream and listens to what they have to say for themselves." - Douglas Murray (Source)

Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

"The first book that absolutely threw me." - Douglas Murray (Source)

The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell

by Aldous Huxley

"About something really interesting and dangerous." - Douglas Murray (Source)

Collected Poems

by W. H. Auden

"I read [this author] when I was young, and certain lines obviously stuck with me." - Douglas Murray (Source)