Issue Monday: 13 Novels Conservatives Will Love (but Probably Haven’t Read)
November 10 from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Join Centennial Institute for a special conversation with Dr. Christopher J. Scalia, senior fellow in the Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies department at the American Enterprise Institute and son of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, about his new book, 13 Novels Conservatives Will Love (but Probably Haven’t Read).
Throughout the ages, novels have been a crucial tool to ask important questions, explore major ideas, and, ultimately, shape culture. Scalia has observed that many right-of-center readers tend to only focus on a specific handful of impactful stories, overlooking a vast array of additional books that speak to topics like national identity, tradition, religion, human nature, and more. He is on a mission to challenge readers to engage with these great works and learn how these stories can be used to teach principles central to conservatism.
Issue Monday: 13 Novels Conservatives Will Love (but Probably Haven’t Read)
Monday, November 10, 2025
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm MT
McDonald Performance Hall
Armstrong Center
Colorado Christian University
8787 W. Alameda Ave.
Lakewood, CO 80226
About Dr. Christopher J. Scalia
Christopher J. Scalia is a senior fellow in the Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies department at the American Enterprise Institute, where he focuses on literature, culture, and higher education.
A former English professor, Dr. Scalia specialized in 18th-century and early 19th-century British literature. He also spent three years as director of AEI’s Academic Programs department, where he led educational and professional-development programs and events for college students around the country. His articles, essays, and reviews on literature, music, higher education, and other topics have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, USA Today, Commentary, National Review, First Things, the Washington Free Beacon, the Times Literary Supplement, the Spectator World, and FoxNews.com, among other outlets.
Dr. Scalia is the coeditor of On Faith: Lessons from an American Believer (Crown Forum, 2019), and Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived (Crown Forum, 2017). His latest book, Thirteen Novels Conservatives Will Love (But Probably Haven’t Read), was published by Regnery Publishing in May 2025.
Dr. Scalia has a PhD and MA in English from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He has a BA in English with a minor in history from the College of William & Mary.
