Essential Books on Communism

1.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,357,418 ratings
2.
The Communist Manifesto
The Communist Manifesto
by: Karl Marx
3.67 avg rating — 189,296 ratings
3.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,227,585 ratings
4.
Bottled Goods
Bottled Goods 3.66 avg rating — 1,995 ratings
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The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression
The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression 4.01 avg rating — 1,118 ratings
6.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 3.98 avg rating — 122,147 ratings
7.
October: The Story of the Russian Revolution
October: The Story of the Russian Revolution 3.91 avg rating — 6,621 ratings
8.
The Secret Behind Communism
The Secret Behind Communism 4.30 avg rating — 80 ratings
9.
The Principles of Communism
The Principles of Communism 4.09 avg rating — 5,072 ratings
10.
Why Socialism?
Why Socialism? 4.14 avg rating — 1,837 ratings
11.
Darkness at Noon
Darkness at Noon 4.12 avg rating — 32,889 ratings
12.
Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism 4.26 avg rating — 9,469 ratings
13.
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 4.33 avg rating — 33,413 ratings
14.
War and Revolution: Rethinking the Twentieth Century
War and Revolution: Rethinking the Twentieth Century 4.46 avg rating — 236 ratings
14.
Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism
Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism 4.40 avg rating — 8,495 ratings
16.
Marx
Marx 3.83 avg rating — 95 ratings
17.
Reform or Revolution
Reform or Revolution 4.21 avg rating — 4,610 ratings
18.
Homage to Catalonia
Homage to Catalonia 4.09 avg rating — 68,335 ratings
18.
Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine
Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine 4.02 avg rating — 619 ratings
20.
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky 3.86 avg rating — 44 ratings
20.
Hotel Lux: An Intimate History of Communism's Forgotten Radicals
Hotel Lux: An Intimate History of Communism's Forgotten Radicals 4.28 avg rating — 69 ratings
22.
Dialectical and Historical Materialism
Dialectical and Historical Materialism 3.91 avg rating — 2,031 ratings
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Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse: Inside the Collapse of Venezuela
Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse: Inside the Collapse of Venezuela 4.12 avg rating — 985 ratings
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The State and Revolution
The State and Revolution 4.25 avg rating — 17,448 ratings
25.
Witness
Witness 4.38 avg rating — 2,266 ratings
26.
Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression
Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression 4.37 avg rating — 1,287 ratings
27.
Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat from Mayflower to Modern
Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat from Mayflower to Modern
by: J. Sakai
4.18 avg rating — 1,027 ratings
28.
Broken Earth: The Rural Chinese
Broken Earth: The Rural Chinese 4.11 avg rating — 28 ratings
28.
Review of 1984
Review of 1984 3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Trotsky for Beginners
Trotsky for Beginners
by: Tariq Ali
3.73 avg rating — 379 ratings
31.
Trotsky in New York, 1917: A Radical on the Eve of Revolution
Trotsky in New York, 1917: A Radical on the Eve of Revolution 3.92 avg rating — 233 ratings
32.
A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto
A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto 3.95 avg rating — 927 ratings
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The Anti-Capitalist Chronicles
The Anti-Capitalist Chronicles 4.14 avg rating — 183 ratings
34.
Marx, Capital, and the Madness of Economic Reason
Marx, Capital, and the Madness of Economic Reason 4.09 avg rating — 692 ratings
35.
Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion
Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion 3.63 avg rating — 267 ratings
35.
The Ways of the World
The Ways of the World 3.99 avg rating — 69 ratings
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A Companion to Marx's Capital
A Companion to Marx's Capital 4.26 avg rating — 1,913 ratings
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Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine
Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine 4.39 avg rating — 8,871 ratings
39.
Understanding Marxism
Understanding Marxism 4.14 avg rating — 1,076 ratings
40.
Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956
Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956 4.08 avg rating — 7,069 ratings
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Gulag: A History
Gulag: A History 4.28 avg rating — 12,845 ratings
41.
Wage Labour and Capital
Wage Labour and Capital
by: Karl Marx
4.27 avg rating — 2,953 ratings
43.
Russia's War: A History of the Soviet Effort, 1941-1945
Russia's War: A History of the Soviet Effort, 1941-1945 4.21 avg rating — 2,548 ratings
43.
The First International and After
The First International and After
by: Karl Marx
4.10 avg rating — 50 ratings
45.
How to Change the World: Tales of Marx and Marxism
How to Change the World: Tales of Marx and Marxism 3.88 avg rating — 966 ratings
46.
Wages, Price and Profit
Wages, Price and Profit
by: Karl Marx
4.30 avg rating — 1,791 ratings
47.
Music and Revolution: Cultural Change in Socialist Cuba (Music of the African Diaspora) (Volume 9)
Music and Revolution: Cultural Change in Socialist Cuba (Music of the African Diaspora) (Volume 9) 4.04 avg rating — 24 ratings
48.
Critical Notes on Political Economy: A Revolutionary Humanist Approach to Marxist Economics
Critical Notes on Political Economy: A Revolutionary Humanist Approach to Marxist Economics 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings
49.
Marxism and the Oppression of Women: Toward a Unitary Theory
Marxism and the Oppression of Women: Toward a Unitary Theory 4.30 avg rating — 227 ratings
50.
A People's History of the Russian Revolution
A People's History of the Russian Revolution 3.65 avg rating — 302 ratings
51.
Marxism and Film Activism: Screening Alternative Worlds
Marxism and Film Activism: Screening Alternative Worlds 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Never Go With Your Gut: How Pioneering Leaders Make the Best Decisions and Avoid Business Disasters
Never Go With Your Gut: How Pioneering Leaders Make the Best Decisions and Avoid Business Disasters 4.14 avg rating — 252 ratings
51.
Naked Earth
Naked Earth 3.90 avg rating — 399 ratings
51.
Socialism with Chinese Characteristics. A Guide for Foreigners
Socialism with Chinese Characteristics. A Guide for Foreigners 4.43 avg rating — 90 ratings
51.
Why Marx Was Right
Why Marx Was Right 3.88 avg rating — 5,316 ratings
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The Commissar Vanishes: The Falsification of Photographs and Art in Stalin's Russia
The Commissar Vanishes: The Falsification of Photographs and Art in Stalin's Russia 4.45 avg rating — 322 ratings
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Comrades : The Rise and Fall of World Communism
Comrades : The Rise and Fall of World Communism 3.34 avg rating — 32 ratings
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The Red Web
The Red Web 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The Collapse of the Soviet Union: Causes and Lessons: For the Revolutionary Revival of the International Communist Movement
The Collapse of the Soviet Union: Causes and Lessons: For the Revolutionary Revival of the International Communist Movement really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Marx
Marx 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Marxism: A Graphic Guide
Marxism: A Graphic Guide 3.53 avg rating — 1,443 ratings
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The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia
The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia 4.26 avg rating — 3,108 ratings
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The Web of Subversion
The Web of Subversion 3.72 avg rating — 18 ratings
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USSR: The Velvet Counter Revolution
USSR: The Velvet Counter Revolution really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Mao: The Unknown Story
Mao: The Unknown Story 3.83 avg rating — 13,572 ratings
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Seeds of Treason: The True Story of the Chambers-Hiss Tragedy
Seeds of Treason: The True Story of the Chambers-Hiss Tragedy really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Perestroika: The Complete Collapse of Revisionism
Perestroika: The Complete Collapse of Revisionism 4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Farewell to Marx: An Outline and Appraisal of His Theories
Farewell to Marx: An Outline and Appraisal of His Theories 3.62 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Red Scarf Girl
Red Scarf Girl 3.79 avg rating — 16,937 ratings
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Another View of Stalin
Another View of Stalin 4.01 avg rating — 378 ratings
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The End of Social Inequality? Class, Status and Power Under State Socialism
The End of Social Inequality? Class, Status and Power Under State Socialism really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Trotsky: A Graphic Biography
Trotsky: A Graphic Biography 3.57 avg rating — 486 ratings
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Journey to the Forbidden China
Journey to the Forbidden China 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Shanghai Conspiracy: The Sorge Spy Ring
Shanghai Conspiracy: The Sorge Spy Ring 3.27 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Soviet Democracy
Soviet Democracy
by: Pat Sloan
4.30 avg rating — 105 ratings
76.
The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves and Why It Matters
The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves and Why It Matters 3.91 avg rating — 2,075 ratings
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While You Slept
While You Slept 3.90 avg rating — 20 ratings
76.
Socialism with Chinese Characteristics: Marketization of the Chinese Economy
Socialism with Chinese Characteristics: Marketization of the Chinese Economy 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings
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The Lenin Plot: The Untold Story of America's Midnight War Against Russia
The Lenin Plot: The Untold Story of America's Midnight War Against Russia 3.20 avg rating — 70 ratings
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None Dare Call It Treason
None Dare Call It Treason 3.58 avg rating — 167 ratings
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Lenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror
Lenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror 4.24 avg rating — 2,652 ratings
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When Huai Flowers Bloom: Stories of the Cultural Revolution
When Huai Flowers Bloom: Stories of the Cultural Revolution 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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None Dare Call It Conspiracy
None Dare Call It Conspiracy 4.04 avg rating — 2,011 ratings
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Bourgeois Democracy and Fascism
Bourgeois Democracy and Fascism 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire
Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire 4.26 avg rating — 5,209 ratings
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Revisionism and the Demise of the USSR
Revisionism and the Demise of the USSR 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
86.
Lenin for Beginners
Lenin for Beginners 3.53 avg rating — 346 ratings
88.
China Virus: How Justin Trudeau's Pro-Communist Ideology Is Putting Canadians in Danger
China Virus: How Justin Trudeau's Pro-Communist Ideology Is Putting Canadians in Danger 4.37 avg rating — 188 ratings
88.
Stalin and the Struggle for Democratic Reform
Stalin and the Struggle for Democratic Reform 4.13 avg rating — 23 ratings
90.
Irresistible Revolution: Marxism's Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of the American Military
Irresistible Revolution: Marxism's Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of the American Military 4.55 avg rating — 554 ratings
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Piggy Foxy and the Sword of Revolution: Bolshevik Self-Portraits (Annals of Communism Series)
Piggy Foxy and the Sword of Revolution: Bolshevik Self-Portraits (Annals of Communism Series) 3.67 avg rating — 24 ratings
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The Left Side of History: World War II and the Unfulfilled Promise of Communism in Eastern Europe
The Left Side of History: World War II and the Unfulfilled Promise of Communism in Eastern Europe 3.89 avg rating — 73 ratings
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The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism
The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism 4.04 avg rating — 562 ratings
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The Undefeated
The Undefeated 4.63 avg rating — 19 ratings
95.
From Major Jordan's Diaries
From Major Jordan's Diaries really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Old Gods, New Enigmas: Marx's Lost Theory
Old Gods, New Enigmas: Marx's Lost Theory 3.97 avg rating — 299 ratings
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I Saw Poland Betrayed: an American Ambassador Reports to the American People
I Saw Poland Betrayed: an American Ambassador Reports to the American People 4.30 avg rating — 37 ratings
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America's Retreat From Victory
America's Retreat From Victory 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Marx's 'Das Kapital' For Beginners
Marx's 'Das Kapital' For Beginners 3.86 avg rating — 163 ratings
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The Whole of Their Lives
The Whole of Their Lives really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
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