Carl Menger, which top 3 books should I read from the Austrian school ?

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For pure theory here are 3 good options:

Per Bylund's Primer: How to think about the economy (easy)

https://mises.org/library/book/how-think-about-economy-primer

Henry Hazlitt's Economics in one lesson (intermediate)

https://www.liberalstudies.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Economics-in-One-Lesson_2.pdf

Ludwig von Mises' Human Action (hard but great)

https://mises.org/library/book/human-action

A couple of honorable mentions:

I think Rothbard's economic history is also excellent, eg. America's Great Depression

https://mises.org/library/book/americas-great-depression

Finally Bohm-Bawerk's refutations are especially skillful, eg. Karl Marx and the Close of his System

https://mises.org/library/book/karl-marx-and-close-his-system

1) Principles of Economics by Menger

2) Human Action by Mises

3) Man. Economy and State by Rothbard

Add ON: The Road to Slavery by Hayek

This is the correct answer.

The road to Serfdom ?

Yes

Denationalisation of Money. Hayek.

Anarchy, State, and Utopia. Nozick

Studies on the Abuse and Decline of Reason. Hayek.

Yes, I am a hard Hayekian hh.

How are Choice in Currency and Denationalisation of Money different?

Choice in currency was a first touch of his idea on money, but denationalization is the final piece of his thoughts. I would recommend to read that one. For me, that’s one of the ideological base of Bitcoin (on the monetary field).