looking for books that aren’t strenuous to read, but have strong anti-authoritarian messaging.
not peaceful revolution, but by brute strength and force and organization.
in a non-fiction book i’d be looking for play-by-play of a revolution, understanding the steps leaders took to gain influence. i don’t want to read theory, i want insight on the actual effective actions taken.
i haven’t read much fiction but i finished the hunger games series this year and loved it… i’d enjoy something like that but darker, more hopeless, gruesome.
taboo topics preferred, i want the authoritarian in the book to be the worst of the worst. the dystopia they live in to make you question if people are even worth saving.
prefer a strong MC with moral conviction.
deter from romance, okay if its a side-narrative relevant to story.
occult, horror, female-centric +++
by JesseTodoroki
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*Black against empire* by Bloom and Martin
*The black Jacobins* by CLR James
*Red star over the third world* by Vijay Prashad
*The Russian revolution* by Walter Rodney
And because counterrevolution inevitably accompanies revolution:
*The Jakarta method* by Vincent Bevins
*Washington bullets* by Vijay Prashad
h{{The Moon is a Harsh Mistress}}.
h{{Wasp by Eric Russell}}.