Here is a list of the best Communism books, some I have read myself, some that I did research on, and all have great reviews!
- The Principles of Communism (2013)
- Communism: A History (Modern Library Chronicles) (2003)
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to Communism (The Politically Incorrect Guides) (2017)
- Communism for Kids (2017)
- The Naked Communist: Exposing Communism and Restoring Freedom (Freedom in America) (Volume 2) (2017)
- The Rise and Fall of Communism (2011)
- How We Survived Communism & Even Laughed (2016)
- Communism: The Great Misunderstanding (2019)
- Central and East European Politics: From Communism to Democracy (2018)
- The Romance of American Communism (2020)
The Principles of Communism (2013)
In 1847 Friedrich Engels, lifelong friend and collaborator of Karl Marx, was commissioned to write a catechism for the Communist League. He produced the “Draft of A Communist Confession of Faith.” The draft, which expressed the outlook developed by Marx and Engels, was not published.
Communism: A History (Modern Library Chronicles) (2003)
With astonishing authority and clarity, Richard Pipes has fused a lifetime’s scholarship into a single focused history of Communism, from its hopeful birth as a theory to its miserable death as a practice. At its heart, the book is a history of the Soviet Union, the most comprehensive reorganization of human society ever attempted by a nation-state.
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Communism (The Politically Incorrect Guides) (2017)
The worst idea in history is back.Communism has wrecked national economies, enslaved whole peoples, and killed more than a hundred million men and women. What’s not to like? Too many young Americans are supporting communism. Millennials prefer socialism to capitalism, and 25 percent have a positive view of Lenin. One in four Americans believe that George W. Bush killed more people than Josef Stalin.
Communism for Kids (2017)
Once upon a time, people yearned to be free of the misery of capitalism. How could their dreams come true? This little book proposes a different kind of communism, one that is true to its ideals and free from authoritarianism.
The Naked Communist: Exposing Communism and Restoring Freedom (Freedom in America) (Volume 2) (2017)
A timely update to the phenomenal national bestseller.Soon after its quiet release during the height of the Red Scare in 1958, The Naked Communist: Exposing Communism and Restoring Freedom exploded in popularity, selling almost two million copies to date and finding its way into the libraries of the CIA, the FBI, the White House, and homes all across the United States.
The Rise and Fall of Communism (2011)
“A work of considerable delicacy and nuance….Brown has crafted a readable and judicious account of Communist history…that is both controversial and commonsensical.”—Salon.com“Ranging wisely and lucidly across the decades and around the world, this is a splendid book.”—William Taubman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Khrushchev: The Man and His EraThe Rise and Fall o…
How We Survived Communism & Even Laughed (2016)
This essay collection from renowned journalist and novelist Slavenka Drakulic, which quickly became a modern (and feminist) classic, draws back the Iron Curtain for a glimpse at the lives of Eastern European women under Communist regimes. Provocative, often witty, and always intensely personal, How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed cracks open a paradoxical world that through its rejection of capitalism and commoditization ends up fetishizing both.
Communism: The Great Misunderstanding (2019)
This important volume clarifies Marxism, defines communism, and distinguishes the latter from collectivism. It effectively analyzes why communism (and socialism with it) has historically been so misunderstood, where we are now, and where the world will go from here. #639,332 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #623 in Social Philosophy #682 in Political Ideologies #1054 in Sociology of Class Would you like to ?If you are a seller for this product, would you like to ?
Central and East European Politics: From Communism to Democracy (2018)
Now in a fully updated edition, this essential text explores the other half of Europe—the new and future members of the European Union along with the problems and potential they bring to the region and to the world stage.
The Romance of American Communism (2020)
“Before I knew that I was Jewish or a girl I knew that I was a member of the working class.” So begins Vivian Gornick’s exploration of how the world of socialists, communists, and progressives in the 1940s and 1950s created a rich, diverse world where ordinary men and women felt their lives connected to a larger human project.
Best Communism Books that Should be on Your Bookshelf
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Marx in the Anthropocene: Towards the Idea of Degrowth Communism
Author(s): Kohei Saito
ID: 3608437, Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Year: 2023, Size: 1 Mb, Format: pdf
Communism's Public Sphere: Culture as Politics in Cold War Poland and East Germany
Author(s): Kyrill Kunakhovich
ID: 3626884, Publisher: Cornell University Press, Year: 2023, Size: 7 Mb, Format: pdf
East Central Europe and Communism: Politics, Culture, and Society, 1943–1991
Author(s): Sabrina P. Ramet
ID: 3675009, Publisher: Routledge, Year: 2023, Size: 3 Mb, Format: pdf
Please note that this booklist is not definite. Some books are absolutely hot items according to Washington Post, others are written by unknown writers. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant books you could recommend? Drop a comment if you have any feedback on the list.