[WFTR]

I always recommend Witness, the autobiography of Whitaker Chambers. He was a communist spy in the late 20's and early 30's before breaking with communism and becoming a Christian. He hid from the communists for a while before coming back into public life and eventually becoming an editor at Time/Life. He was a government witness against Alger Hiss at the Hiss perjury trial. I named my website Witness for the Right in honor of Mr. Chambers.

I mentioned a couple of nonfiction books on the other thread, but I'll mention some fiction here. I enjoy the writing of Dean Koontz a great deal. I don't know what his poitical views are, but I think he is generally very respectful towards the conservative view. I like the fact that when he talks about history's all-time killers, he mentions Stalin in the same sentence with Hitler. I think it's good to remind people of the evils of communism. I review one of the more political of his books at Book Review: Dark Rivers of the Heart.

I'll mention others as I think of them.

[KC Burke]

Yes, Witness is certainly in the list of top conservative biographies. For a similar read from a generation later, try David Horowitz's autobiography, Radical Son.

[KC Burke]

I should have pinged you to this thread earlier. I hope to make it an on-going thread on the General Interest forum. I know you can give me a contribution every once in a while and I hope you bookmark it to do so.