Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto https://www.amazon.com/dp/1416562877/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_0t1cFbCQEP5JN
Plunder and Deceit: Big Government's Exploitation of Young People and the Future https://www.amazon.com/dp/1451606303/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_qu1cFb8MYA0PS
Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America https://www.amazon.com/dp/1439173249/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Fu1cFbY3ZNGEC
United States of Socialism: Who's Behind It. Why It's Evil. How to Stop It. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250163781/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Zu1cFbS1YEY18
Discrimination and Disparities https://www.amazon.com/dp/1541645634/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_pv1cFbR2PTFA7
Intellectuals and Society https://www.amazon.com/dp/0465025226/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Kv1cFb2FFVR92
Black Rednecks and White Liberals https://www.amazon.com/dp/1594031436/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_3v1cFbBJW03A9
Hope this gives you a place to start your journey.
Bye.
If you ever are interested in political philosophy:
Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto https://www.amazon.com/dp/1416562877/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_IBwzFbZRBNJFX
Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto https://www.amazon.com/dp/1416562877/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_toYfFbNNBNJ8K
Plunder and Deceit: Big Government's Exploitation of Young People and the Future https://www.amazon.com/dp/1451606303/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_OoYfFbJQ0VQPT
Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America https://www.amazon.com/dp/1439173249/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_2oYfFb796HD44
Discrimination and Disparities https://www.amazon.com/dp/1541645634/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_hpYfFbWBJGVBV
The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy https://www.amazon.com/dp/046508995X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_CpYfFbQZJ4H9J
Wealth, Poverty and Politics https://www.amazon.com/dp/046509676X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_SpYfFbP7Q3BX2
Intellectuals and Race https://www.amazon.com/dp/0465058728/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_6pYfFbJ68P6QY
Race & Economics: How Much Can Be Blamed on Discrimination? (Hoover Institution Press Publication) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0817912452/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_oqYfFbH938RWB
More Liberty Means Less Government: Our Founders Knew This Well (Hoover Institution Press Publication) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0817996125/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_LqYfFb6H0709H
Best of luck on your journey.
My only critique: Conservatism is not an ideology. It's based on history and experience.
I'm glad that you are open-minded enough to break out of the bounds of your comforts. There are a lot of voices in the conservative community. You'll get a lot of mixed answers. We are a diverse group of individuals. We are very much the melting pot. There is one subject in which we truly band together: The Constitution. Our Framers were not idiots. They knew what they were doing when they put together this Constitution. The obliteration of the Constitution by the Left and Right is exactly why we have an overreaching, soft-tyranny, and a lawless president.
The one thing conservatives have on their side is education. We are very, very educated people, no matter how hard the left tries to paint us as morons. So, instead of giving you my own thoughts to try to persuade you left or right, I'll give you to some voices in the conservative movement that are very, very smart and articulate:
Mark Levin: Liberty and Tyranny (The difference between liberty and tyranny, heavy read, about 300 pages)
Ben Shapiro: Primetime Propaganda
Interview of Ben Shapiro on CSPAN (3 hours) on his books. The first hour is all about his books and his viewpoints. Definitely something worth looking into.
That's a lot of books of Ben Shapiro. The dude was the youngest nationally syndicated columnist at the age of 17, wrote his first book in college at the age of 19 (Brainwashed, written in 3 weeks), graduated Harvard Law.
Mark Levin is considered The Great One of conservatism. He has his own radio show that is extremely educational, keeping Republicans and Democrats in check. www.marklevinshow.com
Mark Levin also has other books, but I believe Liberty and Tyranny does a great job.
If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please let me know. I'll be more than happy to assist you.