Comments on: Novels of the Right

By: Cliff Ball - Author

Cliff Ball - Author — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 20:30:00 +0000

I wrote a political suspense thriller called The Usurper, which basically parallels what’s going on now, but I take it even further, and eventually, the remaining Conservatives in the country rally to bring down the left-wing President. I wrote a lot of it before the election, but didn’t finish it and put it on Amazon & B&N until mid-2010. Reviews have said it’s The Manchurian Candidate meets Tom Clancy.

By: Gordie

Gordie — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:12:00 +0000

Across a Harvested field by Robert Goble has quite a few conservative themes weaved through the story, including the importance of family, individualism, and the failure of the Hollywood culture. It’s a great book.

By: James Walter

James Walter — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:17:00 +0000

David Lehner’s “Unwelcome Light: a novel” published in 2010. One of the few conservative novelists I know of still active today.

By: From the Far Left to the Far Right « Repressed Rage

From the Far Left to the Far Right « Repressed Rage — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 18:56:46 +0000

[...] carries an article on great conservative novels. It builds on the discussion started by NRO readers here. It offers a list of ten great conservative novels, written by Americans since the 1950s, plus a [...]

By: Mark Shoup

Mark Shoup — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:53:41 +0000

Mr. Miller,
Sorry I got in on this thread way too late. I saw the list and went through all that I hadn’t read. (Helprin is the most brilliant writer of our time, IMHO. Please ask him to write another novel!) Now that I’ve found this site, however, I have even more good recommendations from which to stock my library.

I’ve little else to add except that I look forward to the next installment of this topic in NR.

By: PolicyGuy › Is “conservative art” an oxymoron?

PolicyGuy › Is “conservative art” an oxymoron? — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:13:19 +0000

[...] You can find the list here, and many more suggestions, from readers of his personal website, here. I’m surprised there aren’t any Russian novels on his [...]

By: Jerry

Jerry — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:51:00 +0000

M.P.Shiel-The Purple Cloud. One of the most entertaining last man on earth novels. Also, his “Lord of the Sea”. Talk about free enterprise!

Wyndham Lewis–The Apes of God (His non-fiction is interesting. In “Men Without Art” he has a chapter entitled “William Faulkner:Moralist With A Corncob”)

Sarban-Ringstones. A compelling work of fiction.

George S. Schuyler-Black No More (a card carrying conservative)

Stella Gibbon-Cold Comfort Farm (self-possessed heroine)

Auguste Villiers de l’Isle-Adam–Axel (Casting a cold eye…)

Heinrich von Kleist-Michael Kohlhaas John Wayne ain’t got
nothing on him

Donatien Alphonse Francois De Sode-Philosophy In The Boardroom

Lion Feuchtwanger-Power (English title of the novel which
became a Right Wing film classic)

Thomas Dixon-The Leopard’s Spots (one of this author’s other novels became a highly praised movie. Birth of the Republic)

By: Paul Janos

Paul Janos — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:37:30 +0000

I’m late to this discussion, but a book that belongs on a list of conservative titles is And Ladies Of The Club by Helen Hooven Santmyer. I read it several years ago but the book has stayed in my mind. The story takes place in a small Ohio town in the years after the Civil War and follows the lives of a circle of friends.
The main values of these people are loyalty, faith, custom, and hard work. And there are some pretty interesting observations about national politics. T.R. is seen as a dangerous radical and Woodrow Wilson is beyond the pale. A long but rewarding read.

By: Lincoln Hunter

Lincoln Hunter — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:26:09 +0000

I dragged my aching eyes through 128 comments and, as I expected, I did not find the names of two truly great conservative American novelists who continue to be either ignored or forgotten:
James Gould Cozzens
Wallace Stegner

By: Penny Leinwander

Penny Leinwander — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:44:05 +0000

There is a new novel about nuclear power that provides a conservative view.

“An entertaining, inventive mystery.” Kirkus Discoveries

It provides a lot of detail about nuclear power and the power supply business in the US in a compelling murder mystery format.

Murder in Containment by me, Penny Leinwander.