Witness by Whittaker Chambers
A Soviet spy who renounced Communism and named names. Whittaker Chambers was an icon of the right throughout the mid-20th century. In Witness he writes his autobiography explaining how he became interested in Communism and why he gave it up. This book frequently lands near the top of lists about the most influential conservative books written in the US.
Why this is libertarian/conservative: Ronald Reagan was such a huge fan of Chambers' that in 1984 he awarded Chambers a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom. Reagan said that reading Witness inspired him to give up being a New Deal Democrat to become a conservative Republican.
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