List of books about anarchism


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.

Chronological list

PublishedTitleAuthorGenreSchool of thought / Theme
1652The Law of Freedom in a PlatformGerrard WinstanleyNon-fictionChristian anarchism, Diggers
1793Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and its Influence on Morals and HappinessWilliam GodwinNon-fictionUtilitarianism, Individualist anarchism
1840What is Property? Or, an Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of GovernmentPierre-Joseph ProudhonNon-fiction"Property is theft"
1844The Ego and Its OwnMax StirnerNon-fictionEgoism
1846System of Economical Contradictions; Or, The Philosophy of MiseryPierre-Joseph ProudhonNon-fictionMutualism
1850The World's First Anarchist ManifestoAnselme BellegarrigueNon-fiction: ManifestoAnarchism in France, Individualist anarchism
1851The General Idea of the Revolution in the Nineteenth CenturyPierre-Joseph ProudhonNon-fictionPierre-Joseph Proudhon, Mutualism
1858The Humanisphere: Anarchic UtopiaJoseph DéjacqueNon-fictionLibertarian communism
1867–1870No TreasonLysander SpoonerNon-fiction: Collection of essaysAnarchism in the United States, Abolitionism
1870Mutual BankingWilliam Batchelder GreeneNon-fictionMutualism
1873Statism and AnarchyMikhail BakuninNon-fictionAnarchism in Russia
1879Karl Marx’s CapitalCarlo CafieroNon-fictionMarxism
1882God and the StateMikhail Bakunin Non-fictionAnti-statism, Critical of Christianity
1887Economic Equities: A Compend of the Natural Laws of Industrial Production Joshua K. IngallsNon-fictionMutualism
1890News from NowhereWilliam MorrisFictionLibertarian socialism
1890The Economics of Anarchy: A Study of the Industrial TypeDyer LumNon-fictionMarket anarchism
1891L'anarchia (Anarchy)Errico MalatestaNon-fictionAnarchism in Italy, Anarcho-communism
1891El FilibusterismoJose RizalFictionRevolutionary terror
1891Contemporary SocialismJohn RaeNon-fictionRevolutionary socialism
1891The Anarchists: A Picture of Civilization at the Close of the Nineteenth CenturyJohn Henry MackayFictionAnarchism in Germany, Individualist anarchism
1892The Conquest of BreadPeter KropotkinNon-fictionAnarcho-communism
1893Moribund Society and AnarchyJean GraveNon-fictionAnarcho-communism
1894The Kingdom of God Is Within YouLeo TolstoyNon-fictionChristian anarchism
1896Voluntary SocialismFrancis Dashwood TandyNon-fictionMutualism
1899Fields, Factories, and WorkshopsPeter KropotkinNon-fictionAnarcho-communism
1899Memoirs of a RevolutionistPeter KropotkinNon-fiction: AutobiographyAnarchism in Russia, Anarcho-communism
1900AnarchismPaul EltzbacherNon-fictionHistory of anarchism
1902Mutual Aid: A Factor of EvolutionPeter KropotkinNon-fiction: Essay collectionAnarcho-communism
1902Anarchism and Other EssaysEmma GoldmanNon-fiction: Collection of essaysAnarcha-feminism
1908Modern Science and AnarchismPeter KropotkinNon-fictionAnarcho-communism
1912SabotageÉmile PougetNon-fictionRevolutionary syndicalism
1919Critique of the German IntelligentsiaHugo BallNon-fictionChristian anarchism
1919Proposed Roads to Freedom: Socialism, Anarchism, and SyndicalismBertrand RussellNon-fictionMultiple approaches
1920Our Revolution: Essays in InterpretationVictor S. YarrosNon-fictionIndependent radicalism
1923History of the Makhnovist Movement Peter ArshinovNon-fictionMakhnovshchina
1924Anarchism Or Socialism?Joseph StalinNon-fiction: Stalinist criticism of anarchismStalinism
1925The Bolshevik MythAlexander BerkmanNon-fictionAnarchism in Russia
1925The End of Anarchism?Luigi GalleaniNon-fiction
1927Programme of Anarcho-SyndicalismGrigori Petrovitch MaximovNon-fictionAnarcho-syndicalism
1927What is Mutualism?Clarence Lee SwartzNon-fictionMutualism
1929Now and After: The ABC of Communist AnarchismAlexander BerkmanNon-fictionAnarcho-communism
1929The Conquest of Violence: an Essay on War and RevolutionBartholomeus de LigtNon-fictionAnarcho-pacifism
1932The Liberation of Society from the State: What is Communist Anarchism?Erich MühsamNon-fictionAnarcho-communism
1935A Short History of AnarchismMax NettlauNon-fiction; HistoryHistory of anarchism
1938Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and PracticeRudolf RockerNon-fictionAnarcho-syndicalism
1938The Kronstadt CommuneIda MettNon-fiction: HistoryKronstadt rebellion
1940Why We Lost the War: A Contribution to the History of the Spanish TragedyDiego Abad de SantillánNon-fiction: HistoryAnarchism in Spain
1949Pioneers of American Freedom: Origin of Liberal and Radical Thought in AmericaRudolf RockerNon-fictionAnarchism in the United States, History of anarchism
1949Nineteen Eighty-FourGeorge OrwellFiction: DystopianPolitical geography of Nineteen Eighty-Four, History of anarchism
1950The Anarchist PrinceGeorge Woodcock & Ivan AvakumovićNon-fiction: BiographyPeter Kropotkin
1954Autobiography of a Catholic AnarchistAmmon HennacyNon-fictionChristian anarchism
1954Lord of the FliesWilliam GoldingFictionMorality, Immorality
1956Anarchist Individualism and Amorous ComradeshipÉmile ArmandNon-fiction: AnthologyFree love, Individualist anarchism
1956Pierre-Joseph ProudhonGeorge WoodcockNon-fiction: BiographyPierre-Joseph Proudhon
1959Libertarian socialism: a practical outlineGaston LevalNon-fictionLibertarian socialism
1961The Chinese Anarchist MovementRobert Scalapino & George T. YuNon-fictionAnarchism in China
1962Anarchism: A History of Libertarian Ideas and MovementsGeorge WoodcockNon-fiction: HistoryMixed
1962Compulsory Mis-Education and the Community of ScholarsPaul GoodmanNon-fictionAnarchism, Dumbing down of education
1964The AnarchistsJames JollNon-fictionHistory of anarchism
1965Anarchism: From Theory to PracticeDaniel GuérinNon-fictionAnarchism
1966The Moon Is a Harsh MistressRobert A. HeinleinFiction: Science fictionLibertarianism
1967The Russian AnarchistsPaul AvrichNon-fiction: HistoryAnarchism in Russia
1970In Defense of AnarchismRobert Paul WolffNon-fictionIndividualist anarchism
1970Kronstadt, 1921Paul AvrichNon-fiction: HistoryThe Kronstadt rebellion
1970The Floodgates of AnarchyStuart Christie & Albert MeltzerNon-fictionClass struggle, Anarchism
1971Post-Scarcity AnarchismMurray BookchinNon-fictionCommunalism
1971The Political Theory of AnarchismApril CarterNon-fictionAnarchism
1973Anarchy in ActionColin WardNon-fictionAnarchism in the United Kingdom
1973The Anarchists in the Russian RevolutionPaul AvrichNon-fictionAnarchism in Russia
1974Anatomy of the StateMurray RothbardNon-fictionAnarcho-capitalism, critique of government
1974The Anarchist Collectives: Workers’ Self-management in the Spanish Revolution 1936–1939Sam Dolgoff Non-fictionAnarchism in Spain
1974The DispossessedUrsula K. Le GuinFiction: Science fictionIndividualist anarchism, Collectivist anarchism
1975The Monkey Wrench GangEdward AbbeyFictionGreen anarchism
1976KropotkinMartin A. MillerNon-fictionPeter Kropotkin
1976Partisans of Freedom: A Study in American AnarchismWilliam O. ReichertNon-fiction: HistoryAnarchism in the United States, History of anarchism
1976The Anarchism of Nestor Makhno, 1918–1921Michael PalijNon-fictionNestor Makhno, Anarcho-communism
1976The Spanish Anarchists: The Heroic Years, 1868–1936Murray BookchinNon-fiction: HistoryAnarchism in Spain
1976Housing: An Anarchist ApproachColin WardNon-fiction: ArchitectureAnarchist architecture
1978An American Anarchist: The Life of Voltairine de CleyrePaul AvrichNon-fiction: BiographyAnarchism in the United States
1978The Eye of the HeronUrsula K. Le GuinFiction: Science fictionAnarcho-pacifism, Oligarchy
1980The Modern School Movement: Anarchism and Education in the United StatesPaul AvrichNon-fictionAnarchism in the United States
1980New Libertarian ManifestoSamuel Edward Konkin IIINon-fictionAgorism
1982People Without Government: An Anthropology of AnarchyHarold BarclayNon-fiction; History and anthropologyAnarchism
1983Against His-Story, Against Leviathan!Fredy PerlmanNon-fictionAnarcho-primitivism
1984The Haymarket TragedyPaul AvrichNon-fiction: HistoryHaymarket massacre, Anarchism
1985Ecodefense: A Field Guide to MonkeywrenchingDavid Foreman and Bill Haywood Non-fictionGreen anarchism, Direct action
1986The Abolition of Work and Other EssaysBob BlackNon-fictionIndividualist anarchism
1987Christian Anarchy: Jesus' Primacy Over the PowersVernard EllerNon-fictionChristian anarchism
1988Anarchist PortraitsPaul AvrichNon-fictionHistory of anarchism
1988The Adventures of Tintin: Breaking Free'J. Daniels' Fiction: ParodyAnarchist parody of The Adventures of Tintin
1989Anarchist Ideology and the Working-class Movement in Spain, 1868–1898George Richard EsenweinNon-fictionAnarchism in Spain
1989For AnarchismDavid Goodway Non-fiction: Collection of essaysMixed
1989Kropotkin and the Rise of Revolutionary AnarchismCaroline CahmNon-fictionPeter Kropotkin, Anarcho-communism
1990Anarchism in Latin AmericaÁngel CappellettiNon-fictionHistory of anarchism
1991Anarchy and ChristianityJacques EllulNon-fictionChristian anarchism
1991Demanding the ImpossiblePeter MarshallNon-fiction: HistoryHistory of anarchism
1991Sacco and Vanzetti: The Anarchist BackgroundPaul AvrichNon-fictionAnarchism
1991Temporary Autonomous ZonePeter Lamborn WilsonNon-fictionIndividualist anarchism
1993The Politics of Individualism: Liberalism, Liberal Feminism, and AnarchismL. Susan BrownNon-fiction: Political scienceIndividualist anarchism, Liberal feminism
1993Anarchism and the Black RevolutionLorenzo Kom'boa ErvinNon-fictionBlack anarchism
1994CyphernomiconTimothy C. MayNon-fictionCrypto-anarchism
1994Future Primitive and Other EssaysJohn ZerzanNon-fictionAnarcho-primitivism
1995Star FractionKen MacLeodFictionAnarchism, Libertarian science fiction
1995Anarchist Voices: An Oral History of Anarchism in AmericaPaul AvrichNon-fictionAnarchism in the United States
1995Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism: An Unbridgeable ChasmMurray BookchinNon-fictionSocial anarchism
1996Stone CanalKen MacLeodFictionAnarchism, Libertarian science fiction
1996The Struggle Against the State and Other EssaysNestor Makhno, Alexandre Skirda, Paul Sharkey Non-fiction: History and collection of essaysAnarcho-communism, Collectivist anarchism
1997African Anarchism: The History of A MovementSam Mbah & I.E. IgariweyNon-fictionAnarchism in Africa
1998Cassini DivisionKen MacLeodFictionAnarchism, Anarchist communism
1999Christi-Anarchy: Discovering a Radical Spirituality of CompassionDavid AndrewsNon-fictionChristian anarchism
1999Sky RoadKen MacLeodFictionAnarchism, Green anarchism
2000What is Green Anarchy?Green Anarchy Non-fictionGreen anarchism, Anarcho-primitivism
2001Direct Action: Memoirs of an Urban GuerrillaAnn HansenNon-fictionSquamish Five, Urban guerrilla warfare
2003The WatchDennis DanversFictionAnarchism
2005Anarchism: A Documentary History of Libertarian IdeasRobert Graham Non-fiction: AnthologyMixed
2005Chomsky on AnarchismBarry PatemanNon-fictionNoam Chomsky, Anarcho-syndicalism
2005Gramsci Is Dead: Anarchist Currents in the Newest Social MovementsRichard J. F. DayNon-fictionPost-anarchism
2005Rebel Alliances: The Means and Ends of Contemporary British AnarchismsBenjamin FranksNon-fictionAnarchism in the United Kingdom, Autonomist Marxism
2005Anarchism: A Beginner's GuideRuth KinnaNon-fictionAnarchism
2006Anarchist Seeds Beneath the SnowDavid GoodwayNon-fictionAnarchism in the United Kingdom
2006EndgameDerrick JensenNon-fictionGreen anarchism
2006History of anarchismJean PréposietNon-fictionHistory of anarchism
2007Anarchy Alive!: Anti-Authoritarian Politics from Practice to TheoryUri GordonNon-fictionAnarchism
2007Beer and Revolution: The German Anarchist Movement in New York City, 1880–1914Tom GoyensNon-fiction: HistoryAnarchism in the United States
2007How Nonviolence Protects the StatePeter GelderloosNon-fictionAntipacifism, Anarchism
2007The Coming InsurrectionThe Invisible CommitteeNon-fictionInsurrectionary anarchism
2008Against the State: An Introduction to Anarchist Political TheoryCrispin SartwellNon-fictionArgument against state legitimacy
2008An Agorist PrimerSamuel Edward Konkin III Non-fictionAgorism
2008Social Anarchism and OrganisationAnarchist Federation of Rio de JaneiroNon-fictionSocial anarchism, Anarchism in Brazil
2009A Living Revolution: Anarchism in the Kibbutz MovementJames HorroxNon-fictionJewish anarchism
2009Anarcho-syndicalism in the 20th CenturyVadim DamierNon-fictionAnarcho-syndicalism
2009Black Flame: The Revolutionary Class Politics of Anarchism and Syndicalism (Counter-Power vol. 1)Lucien van der Walt & Michael SchmidtNon-fiction: History and anthropologyAnarcho-communism, Anarcho-syndicalism
2009Direct Action: An EthnographyDavid GraeberNon-fiction: History and anthropologyAnarchism, Global justice movement
2009The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast AsiaJames C. ScottNon-fiction: History and anthropologyStateless society
2009A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in DisasterRebecca SolnitNon-fiction: History and anthropologyMutual aid
2010Anarchy WorksPeter GelderloosNon-fictionViolent anarchism, Individualist anarchism
2010New Perspectives on Anarchism, Labour and Syndicalism: The Individual, the National and the TransnationalDavid Berry & Constance BantmanNon-fictionAnarcho-syndicalism, History of anarchism
2010The World That Never Was: A True Story of Dreamers, Schemers, Anarchists, and Secret AgentsAlex ButterworthNon-fiction: HistoryHistory of anarchism
2011Anarchism: A Marxist CriticismJohn MolyneuxNon-fiction: Marxist criticism of anarchismAnarchism, Marxism
2012Marx’s Economics for AnarchistsWayne PriceNon-fictionMarxian economics, Anarchism
2012Sasha and Emma: The Anarchist Odyssey of Alexander Berkman and Emma GoldmanPaul AvrichNon-fiction: HistoryJewish anarchism
2012That Holy Anarchist: Reflections on Christianity & AnarchismMark Van SteenwykNon-fictionChristian anarchism
2012The Accumulation of Freedom: Writings on Anarchist EconomicsDeric Shannon, Anthony J. Nocella, II, & John Asimakopoulos Non-fictionAnarchist economics
2012Two Cheers for Anarchism: Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity, and Meaningful Work and PlayJames C. ScottNon-fictionAnarchism, Stateless society
2012Queering Anarchism: Addressing and Undressing Power and DesireDeric Shannon, C. B. Daring, J. Rogue, Abbey Volcano Non-fiction: anthologyQueer anarchism
2013The Democracy ProjectDavid GraeberNon-fiction: History and anthropologyOccupy Wall Street
2013The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to ObeyMichael HuemerNon-fictionPhilosophical anarchism, Anarcho-capitalism
2014Anarchism is Movement: Anarchism, Neoanarchism and PostanarchismTomás IbáñezNon-fictionContemporary anarchism, Post-anarchism
2014The Anthropology of Utopia: Essays on Social Ecology and Community DevelopmentDan ChodorkoffNon-fiction: History and anthropologyGreen anarchism, History of anarchism
2014To Our FriendsThe Invisible CommitteeNon-fictionInsurrectionary anarchism
2015Ecology or Catastrophe: The Life of Murray BookchinJanet BiehlNon-fiction: BiographyGreen anarchism, Communalism
2015Living Anarchism: José Peirats and the Spanish Anarcho-Syndicalist MovementChris EalhamNon-fiction: BiographyAnarchism in Spain, Anarcho-syndicalism
2015Immigrants Against the State: Yiddish and Italian Anarchism in AmericaKenyon ZimmerNon-fictionAnarchism in the United States
2017Radical Gotham: Anarchism in New York City from Schwab's Saloon to Occupy Wall StreetTom GoyensNon-fiction: HistoryAnarchism in the United States
2017WalkawayCory DoctorowFictionAnarchism, Post-capitalism
2019The Palgrave Handbook of AnarchismCarl Levy, Matthew S. AdamsAcademic work
2019The Government of No One: The Theory and Practice of AnarchismRuth KinnaNon-fictionAnarchism
2021The Anarchist HandbookMichael MaliceNon-fictionAnarchism, Stateless society
2021Anarcho-transcreationMirna Wabi-SabiNon-fictionAnarchism, Anarchism in Brazil, Anarchism in Indonesia
2021Glenn WallisNon-fictionAnarchism for liberals
2022After the RevolutionRobert EvansFictionAnarchism, Post-Apocalism
2022No Pasarán!: Antifascist Dispatches from a World in CrisisShane Burley, David Renton, Tal Lavin, Institute for Anarchist StudiesNon-fictionAnarchism, Anti-fascism
2023Means and Ends: The Revolutionary Practice of Anarchism in Europe and the United StatesZoe BakerNon-fictionHistory of anarchism, Anarchism in the United States
2025How to Build Municipalist Communes: Prefigurative Politics, Economy, Social Ecology, Education & Self-GovernanceMason CarterNon-fictionHistory of anarchism, Anarchism in the United States
2025Dictionary of Anarchist Thought: The First-Ever Comprehensive Lexicon of AnarchismMason CarterNon-fictionDictionary of Anarchist Thought, Anarchism in the United States