Back to University Sale: Up to 40% off
Build your radical reading list for the academic year with up to 40% off all our books.
As the new academic year approaches, we’re launching our site-wide Back to University Sale. You can save up to 40% off all titles through September 15th.
20% off when you order 2 books
30% off when you order 3 books
40% off when you order 4 or more books
Sale ends September 15th 2025 11:59pm ET
Discount applied at checkout.
As a friendly reminder: Verso Book Club members enjoy 50% off all titles year-round on all our books! It's the best way to support the future of Verso's radical publishing and our authors!
Ten Books Every Student Should Read
Whether you’re just starting out, or you’ve been a lifelong student, these are books you need to read to build an understanding of how capitalism began, how it shaped every facet of our lives, and how we fight back. Shop the full list
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Books in Solidarity with Student Protesters
Following the organizing of encampments calling for an end to universities’ complicity in Israel’s ongoing genocide, it is clear that students are taking charge of their own political education. Shop the full list
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Decolonize Your Bookshelf
Decolonization was the major historical process of the twentieth century. Its unfinished projects continue to shape our present. These books challenge imperial narratives and offer a history of anti-colonial, anti-racist struggle. Shop the full list
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Books That Scare the Far-Right
As book-banning becomes more prevalent, books on race, colonialism, gender politics and leftist politics are being removed from curriculums and public libraries. These are the books that terrify the far right! Shop the full list
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Student Reading – Essential Theory
Critique your critical theory reading with this crucial list of books, including Anna Kornbluh’s analysis of contemporary cultural style, Marx’s writings on Indigenous communism, and never forgetting Henri Lefebvre's richest, most prescient work about modern capitalism. Shop the full list
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Student Reading – Essential Philosophy
Whether you are au fait with the heady conundrums of philosophical thought, or are are just starting down the road, this reading list is designed to introduce new ideas and intervene in key philosophical debates. Shop the full list
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Student Reading – Essential History
For radicals, the best guide to the present is our past successes and failures. Use this list to navigate our wide array of books on global histories of revolutions, colonial plunder, and class struggle. Shop the full list
Author Bookshelves
Walter Rodney: A Lightning 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
Walter Benjamin: An Indispensable Philosopher-Critic
Fredric Jameson: A Giant of Literary and Cultural Theory
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