In response to Stephen Kinsella, since the comments section was getting a little bogged down in other matters:
The Top 12 History Books for Libertarians
- The Rise and Decline of the State, Martin Van Creveld
- Conceived in Liberty, Murray Rothbard
- The Triumph of Liberty, Jim Powell
- Modern Times, Paul Johnson
- Reassessing the Presidency, John Denson (editor)
- Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Murray Rothbard
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History, Thomas Woods
- How Capitalism Saved America, Thomas DiLorenzo
- Capitalism and the Historians, FA Hayek
- Crisis and Leviathan, Robert Higgs
- The Costs of War, John Denson (editor)
- The Illusion of Victory, Thomas Fleming
The Top 12 Proto-Libertarian Works
- The Law, Frederic Bastiat
- Discourse of Voluntary Servitude, Etienne de la Boetie
- The Production of Security, Gustave de Molinari
- Our Enemy, The State, Albert Jay Nock
- The Right and Wrong of Compulsion by the State, Auberon Herbert
- No Treason, Lysander Spooner
- Social Statics, Herbert Spencer
- The Rights of War and Peace, Hugo Grotius
- Les Soirées de la Rue Saint-Lazare, Gustave de Molinari
- On the Law of Nature and of Nations, Samuel Pufendorf
- On Power: The Natural History of its Growth, Bertrand de Jouvenal
- The State, Franz Oppenheimer
Quibble over the ranking if you must, but I had a hard enough time trying to limit the lists to twelve.