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Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Most influential books under 100 pages
251 books — 923 voters
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn1984 by George OrwellThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxManufacturing Consent by Edward S. Herman
Best Left-Texts
667 books — 360 voters

The Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxDas Kapital by Karl MarxThe State and Revolution by Vladimir LeninReform or Revolution by Rosa LuxemburgSocialism by Friedrich Engels
Socialist Classics
420 books — 326 voters
I Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy KalingLean In by Sheryl SandbergThe Reason I Jump by Naoki HigashidaDrift by Rachel Maddow
Books Rec'd By The Daily Show
339 books — 276 voters

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Left-wing Science Fiction and Fantasy
335 books — 253 voters
A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnAmerica (The Book) by Jon StewartMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling1776 by David McCullough
The Daily Show Reading Club
342 books — 234 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe House Divided by J.B. ManheimFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Political Novels
149 books — 187 voters
The House Divided by J.B. ManheimThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton
Recommended Political Reads
411 books — 137 voters

Homage to Catalonia by George OrwellFor Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayThe Battle for Spain by Antony BeevorThe Assassin's Mark by David EbsworthWinter in Madrid by C.J. Sansom
The Spanish Civil War (fiction and nonfiction)
166 books — 116 voters
A Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreIron Curtain by Anne ApplebaumThe Triumph of Improvisation by James Graham WilsonThe Billion Dollar Spy by David E. HoffmanThe Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre
The Cold War (nonfiction)
364 books — 106 voters

Stasiland by Anna FunderThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréThe Valley of Unknowing by Philip SingtonThe Triumph of Improvisation by James Graham WilsonIron Curtain by Anne Applebaum
The Former East Germany, GDR, DDR
177 books — 84 voters
Pro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyCollective Vengeance by Joseph StanleyAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb TsipurskyThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb Tsipursky
"Best" Political Reads
153 books — 73 voters

Understanding Power by Noam ChomskyThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinFailed States by Noam ChomskyHegemony or Survival by Noam ChomskyCapital by Karl Marx
Emancipatory Left
127 books — 61 voters
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynAnimal Farm by George OrwellBloodlands by Timothy SnyderGulag by Anne ApplebaumDarkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
Communist Genocide
202 books — 58 voters

The Coldest Winter by David HalberstamThe Korean War by Max HastingsOn Desperate Ground by Hampton SidesFrozen Chosin by Edwin H. SimmonsThis Kind of War by T.R. Fehrenbach
Korean War
136 books — 52 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellWhere Have All the Flowers Gone? by Ellen Emerson WhiteThe City of Earthly Desire by Francis BergerBottled Goods by Sophie van Llewyn
Communism in Fiction
189 books — 50 voters

Corrections in Ink by Keri BlakingerOrange Is the New Black by Piper KermanLeaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren Hough30 Years Behind Bars by Karen GedneyPrisoner of Tehran by Marina Nemat
Women's prison memoirs
68 books — 50 voters
Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiPink and Say by Patricia PolaccoThe Librarian of Basra by Jeanette WinterHow I Learned Geography by Uri ShulevitzThe Yellow Star by Carmen Agra Deedy
Picture Books About Times of War
225 books — 44 voters

1984 by George OrwellBottled Goods by Sophie van LlewynGulag by Anne ApplebaumOrdinary Men by Christopher R. BrowningThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
Best Books About Totalitarianism
184 books — 38 voters
Poorly Made in China by Paul MidlerAlibaba's World by Porter ErismanUnderstanding China by Stefan PiechAge of Ambition by Evan OsnosTiger Trap by David Wise
Business in CHINA & Chinese Corporate Culture Books
54 books — 27 voters

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck1984 by George OrwellThe Iron Heel by Jack LondonThe Jungle by Upton SinclairLes Misérables by Victor Hugo
Novels with Socialist undertones
62 books — 26 voters
Capitalist Realism by Mark FisherInventing the Future by Nick SrnicekBullshit Jobs by David GraeberPostcapitalism by Paul MasonFour Futures by Peter Frase
FALC
48 books — 23 voters

Poorly Made in China by Paul MidlerCHINA by Tom Carter(FACTORY GIRLS) FROM VILLAGE TO CITY IN A CHANGING CHINA BY C... by Leslie T. ChangMao by Jung ChangMr. China by Tim Clissold
Trump's Twenty Best China Books
29 books — 19 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellWitness by Whittaker ChambersThe Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. HayekThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Criticism of Socialism/Communism
160 books — 13 voters

When Secrets Bloom by Patricia FurstenbergA History of Eastern Europe by Vejas Gabriel LiuleviciusThe Troika of Osip Teitelbaum by Grant PattersonCome to This Court and Cry by Linda KinstlerMen As Friends by Irwin Epstein
A History of Eastern Europe Suggested Readings
57 books — 13 voters
The New Tsar by Steven Lee MyersRed Nations by Jeremy SmithSale of the Century by Chrystia FreelandMoscow, December 25th, 1991 by Conor O'CleryAll the Kremlin's Men by Михаил Зыгарь
Collapse & Aftermath of the Soviet Union
116 books — 10 voters

Lenin as Philosopher by Anton PannekoekThe Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distri... by Group of International Comm...Open Letter To Comrade Lenin by Herman GorterBordiga Beyond the Myth by Onorato DamenAnti-bolshevik communism by Paul Mattick
Left Communism
66 books — 10 voters
On Imperialist Globalization by Fidel CastroLights Out by Dania Rosa NascaThe Fight for Freedom by Marcus FerrarLeave Me My Spirit by Lawrence K. LuntReminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War by Ernesto Che Guevara
The Essential Fidel Castro (nonfiction)
16 books — 6 voters

Doctor Zhivago by Boris PasternakRed Harvest by Michael CherkasA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesThe Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo LeeMidnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham
Life under Communism
118 books — 6 voters
War and Revolution by Domenico LosurdoThe Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Friedrich EngelsSocialism by Friedrich EngelsNon-Violence by Domenico LosurdoLiberalism by Domenico Losurdo
Scientific Socialism
13 books — 3 voters

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