Just wanted to celebrate a bit. I had a lot of help from @ReadFanon@hexbear.net and @Edie@lemmy.ml when making it, and seeing it slowly but steadily get more upvotes as more people saw it felt pretty satisfying. It’s hosted over here, on Lemmy.ml. It’s very much influenced by my own tastes, such as featuring Red Sails prominently.
Future plans include a dedicated section on historical materialism, one on culture, art, and propaganda, and fleshing out the audiobooks and trimming back redundant or low-value add entries (such as Ian Wright’s essay, which is valuable but not in the scope of a beginner list).
Thanks for any of you that gave feedback, such as @PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml, @yogthos@lemmygrad.ml, and @thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net!
I wonder if it’s fine to read theory in an asymmetrical order, was the list made with that thought or would you go through it one by one?
It’s totally fine to read it out of order. If you want to focus on, say, philosophy, you can start right there. However, it’s also designed to be read in order for best effect.
Honestly, what matters is that you’re reading theory. A well laid out reading list to follow in order can be useful, and most beginners’ reading lists are laid out the way they are for good reasons, but just pick up something on the list and read and you’ll be doing better than a lot of leftists out there.