As Aeon Skoble pointed out (thank you Aeon), I completely missed the point of what it meant to be tagged! John Moser over at No Left Turns awarded me that honor. Let me answer in kind.

How many books do I own? I have no idea. Probably three thousand, divided about equally between home and work.

2. What’s the last book I bought? Myrlie Evers, The Autobiography of Medgar Evers. Actually, the publisher sent it to me because of my bio (co-authored with Linda Royster Beito) of Evers’ mentor, T.R.M. Howard.

3. What’s the last book I read? Thomas Reeves, The Life and Times of Joe McCarthy.

4. What are the five books that mean the most to me? This is a tough one.

Some of these books are currently are on mind as important...so my answer may be quite different a year from now. I am including For A New Liberty because of the tremendous influence it had on my political development.

Jane Jacobs, Death and Life of the Great American Cities.

Jeffrey Hummel, Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men.

Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Murray Rothbard, For a New Liberty.

David E. Bernstein, Only One Place of Redress.

I will tag Tom G. Palmer, David Hart, Jeffrey Hummel, Matt Barganier, and John Majewski.