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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
264 books — 954 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
678 books — 361 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
422 books — 337 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
355 books — 288 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
363 books — 267 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
336 books — 252 voters

2062 by Emerson Littlefield1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Political Novels
156 books — 213 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
431 books — 138 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)
171 books — 121 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)
369 books — 111 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
156 books — 74 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 — 59 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 GedneyPrejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'Agostino MD
Women's prison memoirs
70 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
132 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
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
226 books — 45 voters

1984 by George OrwellBottled Goods by Sophie van LlewynAnimal Farm by George OrwellGulag by Anne ApplebaumOrdinary Men by Christopher R. Browning
Best Books About Totalitarianism
188 books — 39 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck1984 by George OrwellThe Jungle by Upton SinclairLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Iron Heel by Jack London
Novels with Socialist undertones
63 books — 29 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
55 books — 28 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. ChangBefriending China by Dee KnightMao by Jung Chang
Trump's Twenty Best China Books
31 books — 24 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
Who Hears Here? by Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr.Mythologies by Roland BarthesThe Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Friedrich EngelsThe Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Walter BenjaminCulture and Society, 1780-1950 by Raymond Williams
Critique of cultural studies from within.
110 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
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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