Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand, is a must read. Forget the blather of the left and the right and religious wackos. This novel is an in-your-face analysis of what's going on -- why this economy and political system is collapsing.
It was science fiction in the 1950s. It's reality today.
For other hard-hitting in-your-face unconventional wisdom books, see
libertarian objectivist book list