Karl Rove's 6 favorite books

The GOP strategist recommends works by Adam Smith, Michael Novak, and more

Author Karl Rove suggests some of his favorite books.
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The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison (Signet, $8). In a series of 85 letters sent anonymously to New York newspapers in the late 1780s, some of America's greatest Founders explain the theory behind, and genius of, our Constitution.

The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism by Michael Novak (Madison, $21). This 1982 book presents a powerful moral argument. The combination of free societies and free markets, political scientist Michael Novak contends, creates the best possible social system not just because the system is efficient but also because it's the fairest and respects every person's right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

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