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The Communist Manifesto The Communist Manifesto (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.70 — 210,150 ratings — published 1848
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Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 44,440 ratings — published 2009
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The State and Revolution The State and Revolution (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.27 — 20,463 ratings — published 1917
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The Wretched of the Earth The Wretched of the Earth (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.35 — 35,030 ratings — published 1961
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 41,096 ratings — published 1968
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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)
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avg rating 4.41 — 11,430 ratings — published 1997
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 56,443 ratings — published 2007
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Socialism: Utopian and Scientific Socialism: Utopian and Scientific (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 9,769 ratings — published 1880
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Are Prisons Obsolete? Are Prisons Obsolete? (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.50 — 32,060 ratings — published 2003
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A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 274,327 ratings — published 1980
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Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 25,684 ratings — published 1988
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How Europe Underdeveloped Africa How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.40 — 9,301 ratings — published 1971
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Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 11,909 ratings — published 1917
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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)
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avg rating 4.14 — 8,617 ratings — published 1884
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Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1 Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.31 — 15,115 ratings — published 1867
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Reform or Revolution Reform or Revolution (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 5,404 ratings — published 1900
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What Is to Be Done? What Is to Be Done? (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 6,044 ratings — published 1902
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The Conquest of Bread (Working Classics) The Conquest of Bread (Working Classics)
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avg rating 4.06 — 10,474 ratings — published 1892
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Capital in the Twenty First Century Capital in the Twenty First Century (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 35,432 ratings — published 2013
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Debt: The First 5,000 Years Debt: The First 5,000 Years (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 28,458 ratings — published 2011
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The Society of the Spectacle The Society of the Spectacle (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 24,512 ratings — published 1967
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Women, Race & Class Women, Race & Class (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.59 — 36,843 ratings — published 1981
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Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.44 — 37,713 ratings — published 2015
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The Principles of Communism The Principles of Communism (ebook)
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avg rating 4.13 — 6,461 ratings — published 1847
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Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.55 — 15,800 ratings — published 2004
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A Brief History of Neoliberalism A Brief History of Neoliberalism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 7,534 ratings — published 2005
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.37 — 300,216 ratings — published 1965
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Anarchism and Other Essays Anarchism and Other Essays (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 7,435 ratings — published 1910
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Why Marx Was Right Why Marx Was Right (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 5,749 ratings — published 2011
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This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 28,195 ratings — published 2014
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Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.40 — 9,734 ratings — published 2002
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The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.39 — 8,011 ratings — published 1938
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Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 4,224 ratings — published 1891
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Dialectical and Historical Materialism Dialectical and Historical Materialism (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 2,434 ratings — published 1938
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Chomsky On Anarchism Chomsky On Anarchism (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.82 — 11,892 ratings — published 2005
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Selections from the Prison Notebooks Selections from the Prison Notebooks (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 5,373 ratings — published 1947
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Assata: An Autobiography Assata: An Autobiography (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.60 — 33,532 ratings — published 1987
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The Soul of Man Under Socialism The Soul of Man Under Socialism (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 6,720 ratings — published 1891
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.52 — 120,567 ratings — published 2010
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Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.32 — 29,855 ratings — published 1971
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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)
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avg rating 4.61 — 20,972 ratings — published 2020
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Liberalism: A Counter-History Liberalism: A Counter-History (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.40 — 1,223 ratings — published 2005
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Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 8,845 ratings — published 2018
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The End of Policing The End of Policing (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.18 — 12,710 ratings — published 2017
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Economic & Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 Economic & Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 4,744 ratings — published 1844
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Homage to Catalonia Homage to Catalonia (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 75,841 ratings — published 1938
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History and Class Consciousness: Studies in Marxist Dialectics History and Class Consciousness: Studies in Marxist Dialectics (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as left)
avg rating 4.07 — 3,760 ratings — published 1923
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Washington Bullets Washington Bullets (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as left)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,614 ratings — published 2020
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Blood in My Eye Blood in My Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as left)
avg rating 4.56 — 2,861 ratings — published 1972
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Carrie Ryan
“I don't understand how I can know so little about love and how it works. How I can be so bad at it when it's all I've ever wanted.
All I've ever known is about leaving or being left.”
― Carrie Ryan, The Dark and Hollow Places

Denis Johnson
“When I reached the street I didn't know whether to go right or left. Soon I'd have to start acting like a person who cared about what happened to him.”
― Denis Johnson, The Name of the World

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