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."

"I’d recommend starting with “Marx’s Capital Illustrated.” It does a really good job of translating dense academic text into easily digestible language."

"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."

"Wage, Labour and Capital, Marx is essential reading."

"Value, Price and Profit, Marx is also significant."

"First Chapter of Capital, Marx is a must-read."

"Critique of the Gotha Program, Marx is another important work."

"-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."

"Yasser’s Winning Chess series might be a bit ahead of your level for now but it’s an excellent stepping stone."

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

"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."

"Hal lenoard bass method is pretty good."

"The Hal Leonard series has really helped me out."

"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."

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

"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)"

"The complete musician by Steven laitz"

"- Musical Composition : Craft and Art (Belkin)"

"This is really good and not that dry."

"Highly recommend Harmony & Theory from MI."

"Methodical, and also emphasizes technique while learning to apply theory."

"- Introduction to Post-Tonal Theory (Straus)"

"The interactive books by hooktheory.com."

"- Analyzing Classical Form (Caplin)"

"- 20th century harmony (Persichetti)"

"I learned music theory from The Practice of Harmony."

""Jazzology" is the book I picked up to learn theory inside and out."

"The Evolving Bassist, by Rufus Reid. Hands down one of the most useful books."

"Try Aldwell and Schacter’s Harmony and Voice Leading (more thorough) or the Musicians Guide to Theory and Analysis(more approachable)."

"One theory book I would suggest is Walter Piston's Harmony, it is very comprehensive and the excesses at the end of each chapter I very useful!"

"That's the best music theory workbook I have ever used."

"Openmusictheory.com is a great and free resource."

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

"The Circle of Fifths by Joseph Alexander."

"Without a doubt the best and most informative text about political economy."

"Anything by Losurdo, particularly Stalin: history and critique and Liberalism: a counter history."

"Music in Theory and Practice, by Bruce Benward."

"Music theory for ukulele by David Shipway is really good."

"Music Principles for the Skeptical Guitarist vol I: The Big Picture."

"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."

"Jack Halberstam: The Queer Art of Failure"

"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."

"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."

"This book got me into musical theory and explained LOTS of things."

"The required textbook for class is really easy to understand and affordable."

"Both "Music Theory for Dummies" and "The complete idiot's guide to music theory" are excellent books."

"Barron's makes a good music theory textbook!"

"I've found Udemy.com to be a helpful resource for music theory lessons."

"ABRSM's Music Theory Guide Part 1 and Part 2."

"Guitar theory for dummies by desi serna."

"A great theory book for guitarists (starting from the basics) is this."

"Chord chemistry is great, it takes you through chord theory from the basics up to more complex stuff."

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

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