Other than Juggernaut, there are plenty of good, substantive books out there for the economically and politically minded to delve into this summer–on the plane, at the beach, or just on a long afternoon. From Hayek to Keynes, from Plato to Tocqueville, there couldn’t be a better chance to dig into that classic you’ve always meant to read. And, as the Wall Street Journal points out, even the big names in politics are getting into the action.

(WSJ) In the past few years, it has become fashionable—almost de rigueur—among right-leaning politicians to be seen on the beach, often well after sunset, poring over weighty tomes by Montesquieu and David Hume and Alexis de Tocqueville, rather than devouring the usual trash by James Patterson and David Baldacci.

Allow us, here at the Daily Juggernaut, to recommend ten classics that are perfect for the summer. Happy reading!

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The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind by Gustave Le Bon

Fundamental look into collective thinking.

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The Revolt of the Masses by Jose OrtegaYGasset

A philosophical look at the consequences of modern interdependency.

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The Frontier in American History by Frederick Jackson Turner

Mind-blowing in its starkness.

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The Servile State by Belloc Hilaire

Brilliant survey of the transition from feudal economics to Capitalism to the Welfare State.

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The Rise and Fall of Elites: An Application of Theoretical Sociology by Vilfredo Pareto

Penetrating insight from one of the most well-renowned thinkers of his day.

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Democracy in America by Alexis De Tocqueville

Indispensable to any American library.

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The Republic Of Plato by Plato

One of the great pillars of Western Civilization.

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Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics by Henry Hazlitt

A concise and still monumental case against the Welfare State.

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The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek

Striking survey of the natural inclination toward totalitarianism and a new form of serfdom.

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Free to Choose: A Personal Statement by Rose Friedman

Magnificent survey of the value of economic and political freedom.

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Walden by Henry David Thoreau

Individualism encapsulated in a brilliant, lyrical study.