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
1226 What Is To Be Done? Vladimir Il’ich Lenin 1902 Russian Russian
1872 To the Finland Station Edmund Wilson 1940 American English
1927 Ten Days That Shook the World John Reed 1919 American English
3192 The Aesthetics Of Resistance Peter Weiss 1975 German German
3293 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
3813 Reflections On Violence Georges Sorel 1908 French French
4510 The Aula Hermann Kant 1965 German German
5851 Major Barbara George Bernard Shaw 1905 British English
6682 The Opium Of The Intellectuals Raymond Aron 1955 French French
6716 My Life Leon Trotsky 1930 Russian Russian
6794 An Analysis Of The Communist System Milovan Djilas 1957 Serbian Serbo-croatian
6995 Contours of American History William Appleman Williams 1961 American English
7215 What Is To Be Done? Nikolay Chernyshevsky 1863 Russian Russian
8105 Daughter Of Earth Agnes Smedley 1929 American English
8578 Socialism Is Great! Lijia Zhang 2008 Chinese English
10104 Orwell And Politics George Orwell 2001 British English
10305 The Conquest Of Bread Petr Kropotkin 1892 Russian French
10305 Reform Or Revolution? Rosa Luxemburg 1900 German German
10633 The Road to Wigan Pier George Orwell 1937 British English
11362 Tout Péguy Charles Péguy French French
11628 Political And Social Writings Cornelius Castoriadis 1988 French French
11660 Attlee Kenneth Harris 1982 British English
11923 Capitalism, Socialism, Ecology Andre Gorz 1991 French French
13583 A People's Tragedy Orlando Figes 1996 British English
13794 艷陽天 Hao Ran 1964 Chinese Chinese
14208 Awake And Sing! Clifford Odets 1935 American English
14713 The Iron Heel Jack London 1908 American English
14984 The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta Mario Vargas Llosa 1984 Peruvian Spanish
15790 World's End Upton Sinclair 1940 American English
15849 Fame Is The Spur Howard Spring 1940 Welsh English
16586 Salka Valka Halldor Laxness 1931 Icelandic Icelandic
16529 Oil! Upton Sinclair 1927 American English
17120 Looking Backward, From The Year 2000 Mack Reynolds 1987 American English
17120 If You're An Egalitarian, How Come You're So Rich? G. A. Cohen 2000 British English
17120 Collected Letters George Bernard Shaw 1972 British English
17120 Aneurin Bevan Michael Foot 1973 British English
17120 Corbyn Richard Seymour 2016 British English
17120 Karl Marx Francis Wheen 1999 British English
17120 Beyond The Wall Katja Hoyer 2023 Unknown English