Verso Student Reading: 40% off
Build your radical left theory reading list for the year ahead with 40% off all books.

To mark the start of the academic year, we have 40% off all books until the end of September. This includes foundational works of left theory from Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities, to Ellen Meiksin Wood's The Origin of Capitalism, Adorno's Minima Moralia, and Søren Mau's Mute Compulsion.
Browse our Student Reading Guides here.
We bundle the ebook, for free, with every print book purchase! That means you can start reading your ebook straight away, whilst waiting for your book to arrive in the mail.
See all terms and conditions at the bottom of this post.
Reading Lists
Browse all our student reading guides here. Some highlights:
10 Books Every Student Should Read: must-read Verso classics.
Decolonise Your Bookshelf: books that challenge imperial narratives.
Key Debates in Theory: the most pressing debates in left theory from 50 years of radical publishing.
Western Marxist Theory: featuring Perry Anderson, Theodor Adorno, Fredric Jameson, and more.
Race, Class and History: featuring Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Angela Davis, Adolph Reed, and more.
Climate, Environment, and Ecology: from Andreas Malm to Noam Chomsky.
Should We All Log Off? Reflections on the politics of digital culture
Philosophy: Key Verso Reading: key Verso reading featuring Walter Benjamin, Judith Butler, and Alain Badiou.
Author Bookshelves
Browse all our authors here. You can also find a collection of author bookshelves here. Some highlights:
Walter Rodney: A Lightening Rod of Black Working Class Power
Nancy Fraser: Reframing our Understanding of Marxist Theory
Theodor Adorno: A Leading Figure of the Frankfurt School
Ellen Meiksins Wood: Groundbreaking Marxist Historian and Political Thinker
Erik Olin Wright: The Greatest Marxist Sociologist of His Time
Mike Davis: Prophetic Marxist Historian and Activist
Essential Verso Texts
Highlights from across our Student Reading:
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Terms and Conditions
40% off all books will end at midnight (EDT) on September 30, 2023. It applies to all available books and ebooks on our website.
Each individual book page shows the various available formats of a book. Typically there will be a print edition, and an ebook edition listed on the page.
Not all books are available in all regions: it will be clear on the book page whether something is available for you to purchase.
Some books may be out of stock or out of print in your region. We are unable to retrospectively apply the discount if these books come back into stock outside of the sale period.
All print book purchases will include the bundled ebook edition for free! See all our ebook FAQs here.
Some older titles are not yet available in ebook format. We're working on it!
If you experience any issues please email: orders@versobooks.com (for US and Canada customers) or orders@verso.co.