>>2189452Marx is definetely a given, but just remember to pace yourself- especially when it comes to Das Kapital.
If there anon's who can provide a reading supplement in understanding it, this would probably aid OP. Lord knows it's a headspin.
From the one's I've read/ in the process of reading
Franz Fanon- wretched of the earth is a damn good book, but somewhat outdated and limited in certain areas of its scope. While Fanon does a great job in pointing out how Settler Colonialism psychologically and politically effects its victims and participants and even offer critiques of nationalism as well as the need for a workers party- it is written in a time where the Peasant masses were still a main part of the population- not exactly relevant to today in settler colonies such as Australia, Canada or even parts of the USA. A lot has also evolved since the books publications- with certain "decolonial governments" and Marxist-Leninist states either being dismantled or have their ruling bodies abandon Communist thought as a whole.
>Fredrick Engels origin of the family and stateOutdated in a good chunk of anthropological circles, and is probably his second most poorly aged work. If you want to read some top tier Engels- look into Socialism, Utopian and Scientific.
>Society of the SpectacleA damn fine read, in so far that it can used as a nice follow up to Gramsci's study of "cultural hegemony". And I say this as someone who takes their que from someone who Debord fucking hated- which brings me to my next book
>The Murray Bookchin ReaderNot much to say but a good overall introduction and summary in Bookchin's teachings of Social Ecology, Anthropology, and Communalism- honestly probably one of the more relevant texts of the 21st century- in so far that Bookchin very well knew the danger of the current climate crisis, the psychological impotence the state can inflict on its citizens, as well as just being a damn fine text to pile drive any schmuck who thinks Ted Kazinsky was some sort of visionary. Without a doubt, Bookchin's ideas have garnered a steady and ever growing international following from Europe to the Middle East and especially in America.
However, I'd go a step further and say that if you want some prime Bookchin- I'd thoroughly recommend reading "Urbanisation without Cities: The Rise and decline of citizenship". Also- in general any of the books in the communalist library.
https://communalistlibrary.carrd.co/
>Blackshirts and RedsSome would say this book has some problems regarding historical sources or even "making excuses" for the excesses of the Red-Terror. I say this book is probably one of the most important for any Socialist to dabble in- that being said, you're better off listening to a lot of Michael Parenti's lectures.
Has some of what Partenti said aged well? No. Are there mistakes he made in the rhetoric of "they had no other choice but to do x, y and z" a somewhat valid critique, but even he doesn't sugar coat what went wrong- it's interesting that you do have Stalin dickriders like this book, despite the fact that Parenti dedicates a segment of this text to dunking on Stalin.
Parenti is probably one of the greatest orators, writers and thinkers to still be alive today.
>Reform or revolution I'd argue that most people who call themselves Communist would already come to the same conclusions that this book has made without even reading it. A solid text that crystalises a revolutionary analysis and conclusion and makes the solid argument that Social Democracy can only take you so far.
As for the rest- I can't exactly say I've read them, but I've heard both positive and negative aspects of Deleuze/Guattari and Adorno- though I'd take them with a grain of salt. From what I've ascertained from Adorno- he's not exactly saying anything new that either Gramsci or Debord have put down.
Also NGL, I'm not brave enough to get my brain wrapped around in Hegelian dialectics- in what I know he seems to argue that it's ideas that shape history not material conditions/ class struggle. I'll stick with Dialectic Materialism/ Naturalism thank you.