This is a chronological list of both fictional and non-fictional books written about anarchism. This list includes books that advocate for anarchism as well as those that criticize or oppose it. For ease of access, this list provides a link to the full text whenever possible, as well as the audiobook version as an aid for the visually impaired.
Published | Title | Author(s) | Genre | School of thought / Theme |
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1652 | The Law of Freedom in a Platform[1] | Gerrard Winstanley | Non-fiction | Christian anarchism, Diggers |
1793 | Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and its Influence on Morals and Happiness[2] | William Godwin | Non-fiction | Utilitarianism, Individualist anarchism |
1840 | What is Property? Or, an Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government[3] | Pierre-Joseph Proudhon | Non-fiction | "Property is theft" |
1844 | The Ego and Its Own[4] [5] | Max Stirner | Non-fiction | Individualist anarchism |
1846 | System of Economical Contradictions; Or, The Philosophy of Misery[6] | Pierre-Joseph Proudhon | Non-fiction | Mutualism |
1850 | The World's First Anarchist Manifesto[7] | Anselme Bellegarrigue | Non-fiction: Manifesto | Anarchism in France, Individualist anarchism |
1851 | The General Idea of the Revolution in the Nineteenth Century[8] | Pierre-Joseph Proudhon | Non-fiction | Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Mutualism |
1858 | The Humanisphere: Anarchic Utopia[9] | Joseph Déjacque | Non-fiction | Libertarian communism |
1867–1870 | No Treason[10] | Lysander Spooner | Non-fiction: Collection of essays | Anarchism in the United States, Abolitionism |
1873 | Statism and Anarchy[11] | Mikhail Bakunin | Non-fiction | Anarchism in Russia |
1882 | God and the State[12] | | Non-fiction | Anti-statism, Critical of Christianity |
1890 | News from Nowhere[13] | William Morris | Fiction | Libertarian socialism |
1890 | The Economics of Anarchy: A Study of the Industrial Type[14] | Dyer Lum | Non-fiction | Market anarchism |
1891 | L'anarchia (Anarchy)[15] | Errico Malatesta | Non-fiction | Anarchism in Italy, Anarcho-communism |
1891 | El Filibusterismo | Jose Rizal | Fiction | Revolutionary terror |
1891 | Contemporary Socialism[16] | John Rae | Non-fiction | Revolutionary socialism |
1891 | The Anarchists: A Picture of Civilization at the Close of the Nineteenth Century[17] | John Henry Mackay | Fiction | Anarchism in Germany, Individualist anarchism |
1892 | The Conquest of Bread[18] | Peter Kropotkin | Non-fiction | Anarcho-communism |
1893 | Moribund Society and Anarchy[19] [20] | Jean Grave | Non-fiction | Anarcho-communism |
1894 | The Kingdom of God Is Within You[21] | Leo Tolstoy | Non-fiction | Christian anarchism |
1896 | Voluntary Socialism[22] | Francis Dashwood Tandy | Non-fiction | Mutualism |
1899 | Fields, Factories, and Workshops[23] | Peter Kropotkin | Non-fiction | Anarcho-communism |
1899 | Memoirs of a Revolutionist[24] | Peter Kropotkin | Non-fiction: Autobiography | |
1900 | Anarchism[25] | Paul Eltzbacher | Non-fiction | History of anarchism |
1902 | [26] | Peter Kropotkin | Non-fiction: Essay collection | Anarcho-communism |
1902 | Anarchism and Other Essays[27] | Emma Goldman | Non-fiction: Collection of essays | Anarcha-feminism |
1908 | Modern Science and Anarchism[28] | Peter Kropotkin | Non-fiction | Anarcho-communism |
1919 | Proposed Roads to Freedom: Socialism, Anarchism, and Syndicalism[29] | Bertrand Russell | Non-fiction | Multiple approaches |
1920 | Our Revolution: Essays in Interpretation[30] | Victor S. Yarros | Non-fiction | Independent radicalism |
1923 | History of the Makhnovist Movement (1918–1921)[31] | Peter Arshinov | Non-fiction | Makhnovshchina |
1924 | Anarchism Or Socialism?[32] | Joseph Stalin | Non-fiction: Stalinist criticism of anarchism | Stalinism |
1925 | The Bolshevik Myth[33] | Alexander Berkman | Non-fiction | Anarchism in Russia |
1925 | The End of Anarchism?[34] | Luigi Galleani | Non-fiction | |
1927 | Programme of Anarcho-Syndicalism[35] | Grigori Petrovitch Maximov | Non-fiction | Anarcho-syndicalism |
1927 | What is Mutualism?[36] | Clarence Lee Swartz | Non-fiction | Mutualism |
1929 | [37] | Alexander Berkman | Non-fiction | Anarcho-communism |
1929 | The Conquest of Violence: an Essay on War and Revolution[38] | Bartholomeus de Ligt | Non-fiction | Anarcho-pacifism |
1932 | The Liberation of Society from the State: What is Communist Anarchism? | Erich Mühsam | Non-fiction | Anarcho-communism |
1938 | Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and Practice | Rudolf Rocker | Non-fiction | Anarcho-syndicalism |
1938 | The Kronstadt Commune[39] | Ida Mett | Non-fiction: History | Kronstadt rebellion |
1949 | Pioneers of American Freedom: Origin of Liberal and Radical Thought in America[40] | Rudolf Rocker | Non-fiction | Anarchism in the United States, History of anarchism |
Nineteen Eighty-Four | George Orwell | Fiction: Dystopian | Political geography of Nineteen Eighty-Four, History of anarchism |
1950 | The Anarchist Prince[41] | George Woodcock & Ivan Avakumović | Non-fiction: Biography | Peter Kropotkin |
1954 | Autobiography of a Catholic Anarchist[42] | Ammon Hennacy | Non-fiction | Christian anarchism |
Lord of the Flies | William Golding | Fiction | Morality, Immorality |
1956 | Anarchist Individualism and Amorous Comradeship[43] | Émile Armand | Non-fiction: Anthology | Free love, Individualist anarchism |
1956 | Pierre-Joseph Proudhon[44] | George Woodcock | Non-fiction: Biography | Pierre-Joseph Proudhon |
1959 | Libertarian socialism: a practical outline | Gaston Leval | Non-fiction | Libertarian socialism |
1961 | The Chinese Anarchist Movement[45] | Robert Scalapino & George T. Yu | Non-fiction | Anarchism in China |
1962 | Anarchism: A History of Libertarian Ideas and Movements[46] [47] | George Woodcock | Non-fiction: History | Mixed |
1962 | Compulsory Mis-Education and the Community of Scholars[48] | Paul Goodman | Non-fiction | Anarchism, Dumbing down of education |
1964 | The Anarchists[49] | James Joll | Non-fiction | History of anarchism |
1965 | [50] | Daniel Guérin | Non-fiction | Anarchism |
1966 | The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress[51] | Robert A. Heinlein | Fiction: Science fiction | Libertarianism |
1967 | The Russian Anarchists[52] | Paul Avrich | Non-fiction: History | Anarchism in Russia |
1970 | In Defense of Anarchism[53] | Robert Paul Wolff | Non-fiction | Individualist anarchism |
1970 | Kronstadt, 1921[54] | Paul Avrich | Non-fiction: History | The Kronstadt rebellion |
1970 | The Floodgates of Anarchy[55] | Stuart Christie & Albert Meltzer | Non-fiction | Class struggle, Anarchism |
1971 | Post-Scarcity Anarchism[56] | Murray Bookchin | Non-fiction | Communalism |
1971 | The Political Theory of Anarchism[57] | April Carter | Non-fiction | Anarchism |
1973 | Anarchy in Action[58] | Colin Ward | Non-fiction | Anarchism in the United Kingdom |
1973 | The Anarchists in the Russian Revolution[59] | Paul Avrich | Non-fiction | Anarchism in Russia |
1974 | Anatomy of the State[60] | Murray Rothbard | Non-fiction | Anarcho-capitalism, critique of government |
1974 | The Anarchist Collectives: Workers’ Self-management in the Spanish Revolution 1936–1939[61] | Sam Dolgoff (Editor) | Non-fiction | Anarchism in Spain |
1974 | The Dispossessed[62] [63] | Ursula K. Le Guin | Fiction: Science fiction | Individualist anarchism, Collectivist anarchism |
1975 | The Monkey Wrench Gang[64] | Edward Abbey | Fiction | Green anarchism |
1976 | Kropotkin[65] | Martin A. Miller | Non-fiction | Peter Kropotkin |
1976 | [66] | William O. Reichert | Non-fiction: History | Anarchism in the United States, History of anarchism |
1976 | The Anarchism of Nestor Makhno, 1918–1921[67] | Michael Palij | Non-fiction | Nestor Makhno, Anarcho-communism |
1976 | The Spanish Anarchists: The Heroic Years, 1868–1936[68] | Murray Bookchin | Non-fiction: History | Anarchism in Spain |
1978 | [69] | Paul Avrich | Non-fiction: Biography | Anarchism in the United States |
1978 | The Eye of the Heron[70] | Ursula K. Le Guin | Fiction: Science fiction | Anarcho-pacifism, Oligarchy |
1980 | The Modern School Movement: Anarchism and Education in the United States[71] | Paul Avrich | Non-fiction | Anarchism in the United States |
1982 | People Without Government: An Anthropology of Anarchy[72] | Harold Barclay | Non-fiction; History and anthropology | Anarchism |
1983 | Against His-Story, Against Leviathan![73] | Fredy Perlman | Non-fiction | Anarcho-primitivism |
1984 | The Haymarket Tragedy[74] | Paul Avrich | Non-fiction: History | Haymarket massacre, Anarchism |
1985 | Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching[75] | David Foreman and Bill Haywood (Editors) | Non-fiction | Green anarchism, Direct action |
1986 | The Abolition of Work and Other Essays | Bob Black | Non-fiction | Individualist anarchism |
1987 | Christian Anarchy: Jesus' Primacy Over the Powers[76] [77] | Vernard Eller | Non-fiction | Christian anarchism |
1988 | Anarchist Portraits[78] | Paul Avrich | Non-fiction | History of anarchism |
1988 | [79] | 'J. Daniels' (pseudonym) | Fiction: Parody | Anarchist parody of The Adventures of Tintin |
1989 | Anarchist Ideology and the Working-class Movement in Spain, 1868–1898[80] | George Richard Esenwein | Non-fiction | Anarchism in Spain |
1989 | For Anarchism[81] | David Goodway (Editor) | Non-fiction: Collection of essays | Mixed |
1989 | Kropotkin and the Rise of Revolutionary Anarchism[82] | Caroline Cahm | Non-fiction | Peter Kropotkin, Anarcho-communism |
1990 | Anarchism in Latin America[83] | Ángel Cappelletti | Non-fiction | History of anarchism |
1991 | Anarchy and Christianity | Jacques Ellul | Non-fiction | Christian anarchism |
1991 | Demanding the Impossible[84] | Peter Marshall | Non-fiction: History | History of anarchism |
1991 | [85] | Paul Avrich | Non-fiction | Anarchism |
1991 | Temporary Autonomous Zone | Peter Lamborn Wilson | Non-fiction | Individualist anarchism |
1993 | The Politics of Individualism: Liberalism, Liberal Feminism, and Anarchism[86] | L. Susan Brown | Non-fiction: Political science | Individualist anarchism, Liberal feminism |
1993 | Anarchism and the Black Revolution[87] | Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin | Non-fiction | Black anarchism |
1994 | Cyphernomicon[88] | Timothy C. May | Non-fiction | Crypto-anarchism |
1994 | Future Primitive and Other Essays[89] | John Zerzan | Non-fiction | Anarcho-primitivism |
1995 | Star Fraction[90] | Ken MacLeod | Fiction | Anarchism, Libertarian_science_fiction |
1995 | Anarchist Voices: An Oral History of Anarchism in America[91] | Paul Avrich | Non-fiction | Anarchism in the United States |
1995 | Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism: An Unbridgeable Chasm | Murray Bookchin | Non-fiction | Social anarchism |
1996 | Stone Canal[92] | Ken MacLeod | Fiction | Anarchism, Libertarian_science_fiction |
1996 | The Struggle Against the State and Other Essays[93] | Nestor Makhno, Alexandre Skirda (Editor), Paul Sharkey (Translator) | Non-fiction: History and collection of essays | Anarcho-communism, Collectivist anarchism |
1997 | African Anarchism: The History of A Movement[94] | Sam Mbah & I.E. Igariwey | Non-fiction | Anarchism in Africa |
1998 | Cassini Division[95] | Ken MacLeod | Fiction | Anarchism, Anarchist_communism |
1999 | Christi-Anarchy: Discovering a Radical Spirituality of Compassion | David Andrews | Non-fiction | Christian anarchism |
1999 | Sky Road[96] | Ken MacLeod | Fiction | Anarchism, Green_anarchism |
2000 | What is Green Anarchy?[97] | Green Anarchy (Anonymous editor) | Non-fiction | Green anarchism, Anarcho-primitivism |
2001 | [98] | Ann Hansen | Non-fiction | Squamish Five, Urban guerrilla warfare |
2003 | The Watch[99] | Dennis Danvers | Fiction | Anarchism |
2005 | | Robert Graham (Editor) | Non-fiction: Anthology | Mixed |
2005 | Chomsky on Anarchism[100] | Barry Pateman | Non-fiction | Noam Chomsky, Anarcho-syndicalism |
2005 | Gramsci Is Dead: Anarchist Currents in the Newest Social Movements[101] | Richard J. F. Day | Non-fiction | Post-anarchism |
2005 | Rebel Alliances: The Means and Ends of Contemporary British Anarchisms[102] | Benjamin Franks | Non-fiction | Anarchism in the United Kingdom, Autonomist Marxism |
2005 | Anarchism: A Beginner's Guide | Ruth Kinna | Non-fiction | Anarchism |
2006 | Anarchist Seeds Beneath the Snow[103] | David Goodway | Non-fiction | Anarchism in the United Kingdom |
2006 | Endgame[104] | Derrick Jensen | Non-fiction | Green anarchism |
2006 | History of anarchism | Jean Préposiet | Non-fiction | History of anarchism |
2007 | Anarchy Alive!: Anti-Authoritarian Politics from Practice to Theory[105] | Uri Gordon | Non-fiction | Anarchism |
2007 | Beer and Revolution: The German Anarchist Movement in New York City, 1880–1914[106] | Tom Goyens | Non-fiction: History | Anarchism in the United States |
2007 | How Nonviolence Protects the State[107] | Peter Gelderloos | Non-fiction | Antipacifism, Anarchism |
2007 | The Coming Insurrection | The Invisible Committee | Non-fiction | Insurrectionary anarchism |
2008 | Against the State: An Introduction to Anarchist Political Theory[108] | Crispin Sartwell | Non-fiction | Argument against state legitimacy |
2008 | An Agorist Primer | | Non-fiction | Agorism |
2008 | Social Anarchism and Organisation[109] | Anarchist Federation of Rio de Janeiro | Non-fiction | Social anarchism, Anarchism in Brazil |
2009 | A Living Revolution: Anarchism in the Kibbutz Movement[110] | James Horrox | Non-fiction | Jewish anarchism |
2009 | Anarcho-syndicalism in the 20th Century[111] | Vadim Damier | Non-fiction | Anarcho-syndicalism |
2009 | Black Flame: The Revolutionary Class Politics of Anarchism and Syndicalism (Counter-Power vol. 1)[112] | Lucien van der Walt & Michael Schmidt | Non-fiction: History and anthropology | Anarcho-communism, Anarcho-syndicalism |
2009 | [113] | David Graeber | Non-fiction: History and anthropology | Anarchism, Global justice movement |
2009 | The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia [114] | James C. Scott | Non-fiction: History and anthropology | Stateless society |
2010 | Anarchy Works[115] | Peter Gelderloos | Non-fiction | Violent anarchism, Individualist anarchism |
2010 | New Perspectives on Anarchism, Labour and Syndicalism: The Individual, the National and the Transnational[116] [117] | David Berry & Constance Bantman | Non-fiction | Anarcho-syndicalism, History of anarchism |
2010 | The World That Never Was: A True Story of Dreamers, Schemers, Anarchists, and Secret Agents[118] | Alex Butterworth | Non-fiction: History | History of anarchism |
2011 | Anarchism: A Marxist Criticism[119] | John Molyneux | Non-fiction: Marxist criticism of anarchism | Anarchism, Marxism |
2012 | Marx’s Economics for Anarchists[120] | Wayne Price | Non-fiction | Marxian economics, Anarchism |
2012 | Sasha and Emma: The Anarchist Odyssey of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman[121] | Paul Avrich | Non-fiction: History | Jewish anarchism |
2012 | That Holy Anarchist: Reflections on Christianity & Anarchism[122] | Mark Van Steenwyk | Non-fiction | Christian anarchism |
2012 | The Accumulation of Freedom: Writings on Anarchist Economics[123] | Deric Shannon, Anthony J. Nocella, II, & John Asimakopoulos (Editors) | Non-fiction | Anarchist economics |
2012 | Two Cheers for Anarchism: Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity, and Meaningful Work and Play[124] | James C. Scott | Non-fiction | Anarchism, Stateless society |
2012 | Queering Anarchism: Addressing and Undressing Power and Desire[125] | Deric Shannon, C. B. Daring, J. Rogue, Abbey Volcano (Editors) | Non-fiction: anthology | Queer anarchism |
2013 | The Democracy Project[126] | David Graeber | Non-fiction: History and anthropology | Occupy Wall Street |
2013 | The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey[127] | Michael Huemer | Non-fiction | Philosophical anarchism, Anarcho-capitalism |
2014 | Anarchism is Movement: Anarchism, Neoanarchism and Postanarchism[128] | Tomás Ibáñez | Non-fiction | Contemporary anarchism, Post-anarchism |
2014 | The Anthropology of Utopia: Essays on Social Ecology and Community Development[129] | Dan Chodorkoff | Non-fiction: History and anthropology | Green anarchism, History of anarchism |
2014 | To Our Friends[130] | The Invisible Committee | Non-fiction | Insurrectionary anarchism |
2015 | Ecology or Catastrophe: The Life of Murray Bookchin[131] | Janet Biehl | Non-fiction: Biography | Green anarchism, Communalism |
2015 | Living Anarchism: José Peirats and the Spanish Anarcho-Syndicalist Movement[132] | Chris Ealham | Non-fiction: Biography | Anarchism in Spain, Anarcho-syndicalism |
2015 | Immigrants Against the State: Yiddish and Italian Anarchism in America[133] | Kenyon Zimmer | Non-fiction | Anarchism in the United States |
2017 | Radical Gotham: Anarchism in New York City from Schwab's Saloon to Occupy Wall Street[134] | Tom Goyens | Non-fiction: History | Anarchism in the United States |
2017 | Walkaway[135] | Cory Doctorow | Fiction | Anarchism, Post-capitalism |
2019 | The Palgrave Handbook of Anarchism[136] | Carl Levy, Matthew S. Adams | Academic work | |
2019 | The Government of No One: The Theory and Practice of Anarchism | Ruth Kinna | Non-fiction | Anarchism |
2021 | The Anarchist Handbook | Michael Malice | Non-fiction | Anarchism, Stateless society |
2021 | Anarcho-transcreation | Mirna Wabi-Sabi | Non-fiction | Anarchism, Anarchism in Brazil, Anarchism in Indonesia |
2022 | After the Revolution | Robert Evans | Fiction | Anarchism, Post-Apocalism |
2022 | [137] | Shane Burley (Editor), David Renton (Afterword), Tal Lavin (Foreword), Institute for Anarchist Studies | Non-fiction | Anarchism, Anti-fascism |
2023 | Means and Ends: The Revolutionary Practice of Anarchism in Europe and the United States | Zoe Baker | Non-fiction | History of anarchism, Anarchism in the United States |
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