More in depth anarchist reading

[Idealism]

So i finished reading peter kropotkins "conquest of bread", which is the first anarchist book ive read. What would you guys recommend as a next step to that in anarchist literature, instead of just another introductory book?

[Raúl Duke]

So i finished reading peter kropotkins "conquest of bread", which is the first anarchist book ive read. What would you guys recommend as a next step to that in anarchist literature, instead of just another introductory book?

Daniel Guerin's "Anarchism"?

Stuff written by Malatesta?

Murray Bookchin's work?

Field, Factories, and Workshops? (Never read it myself though...; heard there's a version with notes from Colin Ward that seems interesting) from Kropotkin

Anarcho-Syndicalism from Rudolph Rocker (haven't gotten around to read it)

[Knight of Cydonia]

Here (http://nestormakhno.info/english/index.htm) for the next step:)

[which doctor]

You might want to try finding a copy of Corinne Jacker's The Black Flag of Anarchy. Although I'm not sure if it's quite what you're looking for, it provides a great synopsis of early American anarchism, which is something that you don't see much about. The book goes into detail about mutualism and individualist anarchism, in addition to the more classical anarchism of Emma Goldman. I found the section on how labor-time vouchers functioned in early America to be quite interesting.

[Dóchas]

some people have mentioned bookchin, iv heard that he isnt that great because he tends to twists things out of context so it fits in with what he belives in. im not sure maybe im completely wrong :confused:

[nuisance]

So i finished reading peter kropotkins "conquest of bread", which is the first anarchist book ive read. What would you guys recommend as a next step to that in anarchist literature, instead of just another introductory book?
After reading 'Conquest of Bread', I'd suggest Kropotkins subsequent book 'Fields, Factories and Workshops'. Also, if you can get hold of it, 'Kropotkins Revolutionary Pamphlets' (this is a collection of various shorter works) is enjoyable.

[choff]

I don't know how on the mark these are, considering both authors are considered green anarchists and as such discluded from many conversations, but Fredy Perlman's "Against His-Story, Against Leviathan" and John Zerzan's "Twilight of the Machines" are both very interesting reads.

[Black Sheep]

Has anyone read anarchosyndicalism? - by bookchin i think.

Views?

[autotrophic]

Has anyone read anarchosyndicalism? - by bookchin i think.

Views?
Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and Practice was written by Rudolf Rocker, and is definitely a good read to understand anarcho-syndicalism.

I would also suggest:
God and the State by Bakunin
What is Class-Struggle Anarchism @ http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=2008032415300327
Post-Scarcity Anarchism by Murray Bookchin (or anything on Social Ecology by Bookchin)
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell - This was one of the first books about anarchism that I read. It definitely helped me believe anarchism is possible
Also check out Origins of the Family, Private Property, and the State by Friedrich Engels. Though it's not anarchist, its a good read for any socialist

[Os Cangaceiros]

Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and Practice was written by Rudolf Rocker, and is definitely a good read to understand anarcho-syndicalism.

Indeed...it's one of my favorites, as far as the classical anarchist works are concerned. It has one of the best and most concise histories of anarchism in the beginning of the book.

[Absolut]

Bakunin isnt that good of a read, read a few of his books and I didnt like them. He was nowhere near as good a writer as Kropotkin and the other old anarchists. These are the books Id recommend, and that Ive read as well:

Anarchy, Errico Malatesta.
Anarchism and Anarcho-Syndicalism, Rudolf Rocker.
Anarchism, Daniel Guerin.
The Dispossessed, Ursula K LeGuin.

Any one of these should give a pretty good introduction to anarchism and to some extent anarcho-syndicalism. :)

[FreeFocus]

The main problem with Bookchin, although he is a great thinker, is how verbose he is.