The Best Anarchist Fiction (33 books)

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This list is for fiction that explores or embodies anarchist principles—anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist, and opposed to all illegitimate hierarchies and forms of domination. Featured works should reflect values like mutual aid, direct action, autonomy, direct democracy, and horizontalism.

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This is not a space for anarcho-capitalist fiction (e.g., Ayn Rand), as anarcho-capitalism is fundamentally at odds with anarchist philosophy. Likewise, works promoting authoritarian socialism or Marxist-Leninist ideologies don't belong here. Let's keep the focus on genuinely anti-authoritarian, liberatory anarchist fiction.

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1	Her Name is Anarchy: a novella by Mason Carter (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	A Philosophy of Scars: A Story of Broken Hearts and Overthinking Minds by Mason Carter (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Tales from the Anarchist Commune of Zephara: Short Stories of Love, Broken Hearts, and Revolt by Mason Carter (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula K. Le Guin 4.26 avg rating — 150,462 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin 4.37 avg rating — 52,831 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin 4.07 avg rating — 4,615 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Fifth Sacred Thing (Maya Greenwood, #1) by Starhawk (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 7,864 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	V for Vendetta by Alan Moore (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 324,562 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Works of Voltairine de Cleyre by Voltairine de Cleyre 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Written In Red: Selected Poems (Poets of Revolt Series) by Voltairine de Cleyre 3.67 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Homage To Catalonia / Down And Out In Paris And London by George Orwell 4.26 avg rating — 616 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Iron Heel Jack London by Jack London 3.77 avg rating — 12,376 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	News from Nowhere (Wildside Classics) by William Morris (2007-05-10) by Unknown Author liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy 3.91 avg rating — 18,713 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) by Octavia E. Butler 4.19 avg rating — 261,320 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Walkaway by Cory Doctorow (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 9,067 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Anarchist Banker (8) (GWE Literature in Translation) by Fernando Pessoa 3.75 avg rating — 9,977 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching by Bill Haywood 4.04 avg rating — 170 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Bitch Planet, Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine (Bitch Planet Collected Editions, #1) by Kelly Sue DeConnick (Goodreads Author) (Writer) 4.02 avg rating — 24,904 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson 3.86 avg rating — 42,227 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	When Disaster Strikes - Extreme Fire and Flood by John Farndon 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Swastika Night by Katharine Burdekin 3.62 avg rating — 2,983 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1) by Edward Abbey 4.08 avg rating — 29,269 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Doctor Zhivago by Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (2000-04-03) by Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1) by Kim Stanley Robinson 3.86 avg rating — 88,562 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Green Mars (Mars Trilogy, #2) by Kim Stanley Robinson 3.96 avg rating — 40,877 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Blue Mars (Mars Trilogy, #3) by Kim Stanley Robinson 3.95 avg rating — 33,152 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	A Country of Ghosts by Margaret Killjoy (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 1,382 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	WE, Yevgeny Zamyatin And A modern Utopia, H. G. Wells (2 Books) by Yevgeny Zamyatin 3.82 avg rating — 149 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Animal Farm by George Orwell 4.02 avg rating — 4,533,997 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	1984: George Orwell (SparkNotes Literature Guide) by SparkNotes 4.30 avg rating — 10,024 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin 4.10 avg rating — 219,554 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Eleni 1 by Nicholas Gage 4.51 avg rating — 35 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars