Best theory books on Reddit

"Socialism: Utopian and Scientific is probably the best book you could read at first."

"The Conquest of Bread, The Communist Manifesto, and Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and Practice were the first three that I read and are pretty easy reads."

"The Communist Manifesto is a surprisingly short and easy read. I wish I had read it when I was 13. Start there."

"In terms of understanding Marxist economics, *Wage Labour and Capital* is an excellent introduction."

"Principles of Communism, Engels is a straightforward read, almost like a Q&A for Marxism."

"Its a short work about 60 pages or so and it will give you a rough understanding of what scientific socialism is about."

"Principles of Communism is a very straightforward read, almost like a Q&A for Marxism."

"-The Foucault Reader by Rabinow."

"-Philosophy of Foucault by May."

"-How to Read Foucault by Oksala."

"To get started with Butler and Foucault, I would recommend: -A Very Short Introduction to Foucault by Gutting."

"I find the slim book, Foucault and Queer Theory is a fantastic and concise introduction to Foucault and Butler’s ideas."

"I suggest you ease yourself in first. Foucault and Butler are EXCRUCIATINGLY difficult reads."

"It’s by Engels."

"I recommend starting out with (in this order) 1.Principles of communism 2. Critique of the Gotha programme 3.Socialism: Utopian and Scientific 4.Wage-Labour and Capital/Value Price and Profit (two books but they're both very short and go best together) 5.State and revolution 6.Imperialism The highest stage of capitalism 7.What is to be done?"

""Socialism: Utopian and Scientific" by Friedrich Engels."

"Much shorter reads than Capital that made a big impact on me."

"Much shorter reads than Capital that made a big impact on me."

"State and Revolution, Lenin is also recommended."

"I also recommend the Guitar Grimoire books."

"One of the best resources I have used is a series of books known as the Guitar Grimoire!"

"Any Guitar Grimoir, check out the one on progressions and improvisation."

"Terry Eagleton: 'Why Marx was right' is great and it helped me to make sense of a lot of things."

"'Why Marx was right' by Terry Eagleton is a great book."

"***The Jazz Theory Book*** by Mark Levine."

"Try Mark Levine's jazz theory book or his jazz porno book."

"I like this one"

""Edly's Music Theory for Practical People" is a great book."

"One of the best theory books I have ever seen is called Harmonic Experience."

"One of my favorites and the one i’ve learned the most from is ‘harmonic experience’ by w a mathieu"

"A history of socialist thought and philosophy up until the time of Marx"

"I would really recommend Socialism Utopian and Scientific, it really made me understand socialism."

"Tonal Harmony- Stefan Kostka"

"Tonal Harmony is the standard for music students"

"For number theory- 'Elementary Number Theory' by David Burton."

"Is a really good choice, but it’s expensive."

"Bobby Fischer teaches chess and Chess Tactics for champions by Susan Polgar are good books for beginners."

"For beginners, but still one of the best chess books I ever read."

"The conquest of bread by kropotkin are my personal recommendations."

"Take a look at 'conquest of bread' by Kropotkin."

"There are 'Music Theory for Dummies' and 'The Idiot's Guide to Music Theory' that are actually quite good"

"Music theory for dummies is pretty good to start off on."

"Jack Halberstam: The Queer Art of Failure"

"Seconding Queer Art of Failure, as well as Female Masculinity also by Halberstam."

"I second Georgi's book. I also really like Naive Lie Theory."

"Georgi's book is very efficient at what it does... but has a idiosyncratic style and notation so it is not for everybody."

"The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard."

"The Image of the City by Kevin Lynch."

"Theory and concepts don't change (if they're correct) so a lot of the older books are just as good, and they're free online."

"Architecture, Form, Space & Order by Francis Ching."

"I second Christopher Alexander's work."

"Have an excellent book on group theory and abstract algebra"

"I would HIGHLY recommend reading through this."

"State and Revolution, by Lenin"

"Jazz Theory, Advancing Guitarist, and Modal Jazz would be my top three."

"Anything by Ted Greene."

"Transitional Program by Trotsky is a brilliant piece, regardless of what you think of the man."

""Simple Chess" by Michael Stean is very good also."

"Logical Chess Move By Move by Chernev is a great first book."

"I can't recommend Fretboard Mastery enough."

"'Blackshirts & Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism' by Michael Parenti"

"The book Number Theory Step by Step is a great book for self-study with complete solutions and videos."

"Just grab yourself a textbook (I like the Laitz or the Aldwell/Schacter), and read cover to cover."

"There's a huge variety."

"A very concise overview of his class on Capital."

"- The Spirit Level by Richard Wilkinson/Kate Picket A book basically showing how important equality is in society."

"Jumping into Marx directly wont get you very far. Its a somewhat recent and short book from David Harvey."

"Much shorter reads than Capital that made a big impact on me."

"It is ideally for self-study with complete solutions to all the set problems."

"Took me from 1000 elo OTB to 1700 OTB."

"It's taught me 90% of what I know about endgames."

"Westergaard, *An Introduction to Tonal Theory*. No previous music theory assumed."

"- The study of orchestration (Adler)"

"Curtis and Reiner. Also the ASS (Assem, Simson, Skowronski) book."

"Also the ASS (Assem, Simson, Skowronski) book."

"Women, Race, and Class by Angela Davis."

"Why socialism By Albert Einstein."

"I recommend Violin Theory by Dorothy Croft as a starting point."

"The Trouble With Normal by Michael Warner was one of my main intro texts to a lot of QT ideas and it's great!"

"The Marx Engels reader."

"The Jazz Harmony Book by David Berkman. Explains the chord construction..."

"The Jazz Bass Line Book by Mike Downes is one of my favorites and definitely helpful."

"The Data Warehouse Toolkit by Kimball has come highly recommended from several people I follow."

"While not theory per se, the autobiography of theorist McKenzie Wark is an interesting read."

"Here are some books on futurism and the binary within Queer Theory!"

"There is a book named 'Lie groups and Lie algebra for physicist' by Ashok Das and Susumo Okubo."

"Blackshirts and Reds by Michael Parenti (Marxism-Leninism)..."

"I haven't studied Zee's book in detail but it looks promising."

"Violin for dummies is actually quite good."

"Leslie Feinberg and Jack Halberstam are fantastic."

"I recently made a course on Udemy that covers the basics of music theory."

"Honestly, check out the lessons and interactive exercises at MusicTheory.net."

"I found the approach much more pedagogical than other books on the subject."

"Harmony and Voice Leading is pretty good"

"It does a good job of explaining some core principles of marxist thought and analysis!"

"In addition to Socialism: Utopian and Scientific, I would add the Conquest of Bread by Kropotkin."

"Wage Labour and Capital and Value, Price and Profit are good starts on economics, Imo."

"I think a good first book on openings is Fundamental Chess Openings."

"The advancing guitarist."

"Even as a someone with musical training I found it to be incredibly insightful."

"If pop music, then Pop Music Theory at www.drawmusic.com."

"He does have a music theory course on his website that includes a couple of ebooks."

"It has a nice intro to all kinds of things about notation, etc."

"Also Halperin’s Saint Foucault. A little more involved."

"Jose Esteban Munoz: In a Queer Time and Place"

"The preflop ranges he uses are woefully outdated... but his advice and pre-flop and post-flop strategy is generally good enough to beat your standard 1/3 or 2/5 live game."

"Is great for the, ‘I know the rules, now what should I be doing with my pieces’ area of learning."

"I think it is a great start for someone relatively young."

"But literally every book that has been recommended in this thread is really good."

"For an overview the book Groups, representations, and physics by Jones is not bad."

"The Manifesto is also a good book, tho for me it was kinda boring."

"Is a good choice because of how cheap it is."