The Greatest Books of All Time on Socialism

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
183 The Jungle Upton Sinclair 1906 American English
324 Communist Manifesto Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels 1848 German German
492 The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Robert Tressell, Peter Miles 1914 British English
664 Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy Joseph A. Schumpeter 1942 Austrian English
764 Mother Maxim Gorky 1906 Russian Russian
787 Quotations from Chairman Mao Mao 1964 Chinese Chinese
829 The Road to Serfdom Friedrich von Hayek 1944 Austrian English
980 News from Nowhere William Morris 1890 British English
1227 What Is To Be Done? Vladimir Il’ich Lenin 1902 Russian Russian
1872 To the Finland Station Edmund Wilson 1940 American English
1928 Ten Days That Shook the World John Reed 1919 American English
3193 The Aesthetics Of Resistance Peter Weiss 1975 German German
3294 Looking Backward, 2000 1887 Edward Bellamy 1888 American English
3427 The Great Transformation Karl Polanyi 1944 Canadian English
3518 Bureaucracy Ludwig von Mises 1944 Austrian English
3812 Reflections On Violence Georges Sorel 1908 French French
4511 The Aula Hermann Kant 1965 German German
5854 Major Barbara George Bernard Shaw 1905 British English
6683 The Opium Of The Intellectuals Raymond Aron 1955 French French
6717 My Life Leon Trotsky 1930 Russian Russian
6795 An Analysis Of The Communist System Milovan Djilas 1957 Serbian Serbo-croatian
6995 Contours of American History William Appleman Williams 1961 American English
7216 What Is To Be Done? Nikolay Chernyshevsky 1863 Russian Russian
8107 Daughter Of Earth Agnes Smedley 1929 American English
8580 Socialism Is Great! Lijia Zhang 2008 Chinese English
10109 Orwell And Politics George Orwell 2001 British English
10309 The Conquest Of Bread Petr Kropotkin 1892 Russian French
10309 Reform Or Revolution? Rosa Luxemburg 1900 German German
10623 The Road to Wigan Pier George Orwell 1937 British English
11366 Tout Péguy Charles Péguy French French
11631 Political And Social Writings Cornelius Castoriadis 1988 French French
11663 Attlee Kenneth Harris 1982 British English
11925 Capitalism, Socialism, Ecology Andre Gorz 1991 French French
13584 A People's Tragedy Orlando Figes 1996 British English
13795 艷陽天 Hao Ran 1964 Chinese Chinese
14209 Awake And Sing! Clifford Odets 1935 American English
14714 The Iron Heel Jack London 1908 American English
14985 The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta Mario Vargas Llosa 1984 Peruvian Spanish
15781 World's End Upton Sinclair 1940 American English
15827 Fame Is The Spur Howard Spring 1940 Welsh English
16621 Salka Valka Halldor Laxness 1931 Icelandic Icelandic
16548 Oil! Upton Sinclair 1927 American English
17163 Looking Backward, From The Year 2000 Mack Reynolds 1987 American English
17163 If You're An Egalitarian, How Come You're So Rich? G. A. Cohen 2000 British English
17163 Collected Letters George Bernard Shaw 1972 British English
17163 Aneurin Bevan Michael Foot 1973 British English
17163 Corbyn Richard Seymour 2016 British English
17163 Karl Marx Francis Wheen 1999 British English
17163 Beyond The Wall Katja Hoyer 2023 Unknown English