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The Communist Manifesto The Communist Manifesto (Paperback)
by (shelved 425 times as communism)
avg rating 3.70 — 212,579 ratings — published 1848
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 257 times as communism)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,863,628 ratings — published 1945
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The State and Revolution The State and Revolution (Paperback)
by (shelved 165 times as communism)
avg rating 4.28 — 20,809 ratings — published 1917
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Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism (Paperback)
by (shelved 117 times as communism)
avg rating 4.29 — 12,124 ratings — published 1917
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Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism (Paperback)
by (shelved 113 times as communism)
avg rating 4.41 — 11,728 ratings — published 1997
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Paperback)
by (shelved 101 times as communism)
avg rating 3.98 — 129,937 ratings — published 1962
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The Principles of Communism The Principles of Communism (ebook)
by (shelved 101 times as communism)
avg rating 4.13 — 6,645 ratings — published 1847
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Socialism: Utopian and Scientific Socialism: Utopian and Scientific (Paperback)
by (shelved 98 times as communism)
avg rating 4.26 — 9,967 ratings — published 1880
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Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1 Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 91 times as communism)
avg rating 4.31 — 15,329 ratings — published 1867
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 88 times as communism)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,827,986 ratings — published 1949
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What Is to Be Done? What Is to Be Done? (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as communism)
avg rating 4.13 — 6,176 ratings — published 1902
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Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 85 times as communism)
avg rating 4.46 — 106,648 ratings — published 2009
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The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (Abridged) The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (Abridged)
by (shelved 70 times as communism)
avg rating 4.33 — 36,517 ratings — published 1973
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Das Kapital Das Kapital (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as communism)
avg rating 3.92 — 12,920 ratings — published 1867
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Gulag: A History Gulag: A History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as communism)
avg rating 4.29 — 14,519 ratings — published 2003
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The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as communism)
avg rating 4.15 — 8,742 ratings — published 1884
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Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944 - 1956 Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944 - 1956 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as communism)
avg rating 4.08 — 7,588 ratings — published 2012
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Darkness at Noon Darkness at Noon (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as communism)
avg rating 4.12 — 35,401 ratings — published 1940
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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as communism)
avg rating 4.31 — 130,479 ratings — published 1991
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Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism!: The Marx Code—Socialism with a Human Face: A New World Order Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism!: The Marx Code—Socialism with a Human Face: A New World Order (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 60 times as communism)
avg rating 4.28 — 16,683 ratings — published 2017
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Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetung Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetung (Vinyl Bound)
by (shelved 58 times as communism)
avg rating 3.53 — 4,490 ratings — published 1964
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The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as communism)
avg rating 4.61 — 21,736 ratings — published 2020
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Ten Days that Shook the World Ten Days that Shook the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as communism)
avg rating 3.94 — 8,253 ratings — published 1919
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as communism)
avg rating 4.10 — 574,295 ratings — published 1984
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The Gulag Archipelago The Gulag Archipelago (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as communism)
avg rating 4.35 — 14,857 ratings — published 1973
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Reform or Revolution Reform or Revolution (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as communism)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,497 ratings — published 1900
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The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as communism)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,178 ratings — published 1997
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Critique of the Gotha Program Critique of the Gotha Program (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as communism)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,518 ratings — published 1875
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Wage Labour and Capital Wage Labour and Capital (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as communism)
avg rating 4.29 — 3,838 ratings — published 1891
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The Conquest of Bread (Working Classics) The Conquest of Bread (Working Classics)
by (shelved 51 times as communism)
avg rating 4.06 — 10,576 ratings — published 1892
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Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as communism)
avg rating 4.39 — 21,091 ratings — published 2010
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Homage to Catalonia Homage to Catalonia (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as communism)
avg rating 4.09 — 76,630 ratings — published
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Wage-Labour and Capital & Value, Price and Profit Wage-Labour and Capital & Value, Price and Profit (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as communism)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,208 ratings — published 1849
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A Gentleman in Moscow A Gentleman in Moscow (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as communism)
avg rating 4.31 — 717,118 ratings — published 2016
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Dialectical and Historical Materialism Dialectical and Historical Materialism (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as communism)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,475 ratings — published 1938
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The Lacuna The Lacuna (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as communism)
avg rating 3.83 — 77,014 ratings — published 2009
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Mao: The Unknown Story Mao: The Unknown Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as communism)
avg rating 3.84 — 14,331 ratings — published 2002
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Left-Wing Communism, an Infantile Disorder: A Popular Essay in Marxian Strategy and Tactics Left-Wing Communism, an Infantile Disorder: A Popular Essay in Marxian Strategy and Tactics (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as communism)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,575 ratings — published 1920
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I Must Betray You I Must Betray You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as communism)
avg rating 4.39 — 109,924 ratings — published 2022
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The Rise and Fall of Communism The Rise and Fall of Communism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as communism)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,251 ratings — published 2009
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Breaking Stalin's Nose Breaking Stalin's Nose (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as communism)
avg rating 3.85 — 10,277 ratings — published 2011
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Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as communism)
avg rating 4.39 — 9,972 ratings — published 2017
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Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 41 times as communism)
avg rating 4.45 — 23,609 ratings — published 2013
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Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62 Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as communism)
avg rating 4.07 — 5,470 ratings — published 2010
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The Master and Margarita The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as communism)
avg rating 4.27 — 457,590 ratings — published 1967
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The Foundations of Leninism The Foundations of Leninism (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as communism)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,929 ratings — published 1924
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October: The Story of the Russian Revolution October: The Story of the Russian Revolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as communism)
avg rating 3.91 — 7,123 ratings — published 2017
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Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as communism)
avg rating 4.15 — 14,014 ratings — published 2003
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Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as communism)
avg rating 4.14 — 26,162 ratings — published 1997
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The Naked Communist The Naked Communist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as communism)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,828 ratings — published 1960
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Todor Bombov
“There is no word that admits of more various significations, and has made more varied impressions on the human mind, than that of liberty.” (Montesquieu) In order to exist, liberty and justice in a society, there should be equality in this society before them and together with them. Only then can we speak of humanism. Only socially equal personalities are free. And only free and equal in rights personalities could “love each other like brothers.”
― Todor Bombov, Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism!: The Marx Code-Socialism with a Human Face

George Orwell
“In a way, the world−view of the Party imposed itself most successfully on people incapable of understanding it. They could be made to accept the most flagrant violations of reality, because they never fully grasped the enormity of what was demanded of them, and were not sufficiently interested in public events to notice what was happening. By lack of understanding they remained sane. They simply swallowed everything, and what they swallowed did them no harm, because it left no residue behind, just as a grain of corn will pass undigested through the body of a bird.”
― George Orwell, 1984

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