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Political philosophy

The best books on political philosophy, ranked by quality.

  1. 1
    The people's Marx Karl Marx · 1867
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (25 ratings)
  2. 2
    A theory of justice John Rawls · 1971
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (10 ratings)
  3. 3
    The rebel Albert Camus · 1951
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (7 ratings)
  4. 4
    The Second Sex Simone de Beauvoir · 1949
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (18 ratings)
  5. 5
    The conquest of bread. by P. Kropotkin. Peter Kropotkin · 1892
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (15 ratings)
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  6. 6
    Common Sense Thomas Paine, Thomas Paine · 1776
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (11 ratings)
  7. 7
    How fascism works Jason Stanley · 2018
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (9 ratings)
  8. 8
    Mutual Aid Peter Kropotkin · 1891
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (6 ratings)
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    The Open Society and Its Enemies Karl Popper · 1945
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (5 ratings)
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    State and revolution Vladimir Il’ich Lenin · 1900
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (4 ratings)
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    Roads to Freedom Bertrand Russell · 1918
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (3 ratings)
  12. 12
    A history of political theory George Holland Sabine · 1937
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (2 ratings)
  13. 13
    The Servile State Hilaire Belloc · 1912
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (2 ratings)
  14. 14
    Machiavelli Niccolò Machiavelli · 1515
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.9 (121 ratings)
  15. 15
    On Liberty John Stuart Mill · 1859
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.9 (10 ratings)
  16. 16
    Unto This Last John Ruskin · 1860
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (1 ratings)
  17. 17
    Georgias Plato · 1827
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.8 (8 ratings)
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    The Public and Its Problems John Dewey · 1926
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.5 (2 ratings)
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    What Is Property? P.-J. Proudhon · 1840
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.5 (2 ratings)
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    The Communist Manifesto Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels · 1848
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.6 (80 ratings)
  21. 21
    Discourses on Livy Niccolò Machiavelli, Harvey C. Mansfield, Nathan Tarcov, Alissa Ardito, Ninian Hill Thomson, Henry Neville · 1531
  22. 22
    Essays Errico Malatesta · 2024
  23. 23
    Essays Thomas Paine · 2021
  24. 24
    The Age of Reason Thomas Paine · 2008
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