writings

This is a collection of important works by Mao Zedong, which ought to be studied extensively. First there are works that are composed from multiple texts. The main list of individual works is down below. A bolded title or exclamation marks means there is special importance to that work. This list doesn't include everything. As mentioned below it is mainly based on work by the PCP. For some works there are highlighted chapters which are the most important, though it never hurts to read all chapters.

Some collections of works

Some of these are also linked down below as individual texts

Five Essays on Philosophy (!!)

https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/S15-Five-Essays-on-Philosophy-8th-Printing-FINAL.pdf

A Critique of Soviet Economics (!!)

• Reading Notes on the Soviet Text Political Economy
• Concerning Economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR
• Critique of Stalin's Economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR

http://www.marx2mao.com/Mao/CSE58.html

Selected Military Writings of Mao Zedong

https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/military-writings/

The Five Golden Rays is composed of five short articles:

These articles were written by Comrade Mao Zedong during the period when the Chinese people were advancing their National Democratic Revolution under the leadership of the Communist Party of China.

• Serve the People
• In Memory of Comrade Norman Bethune
• The Foolish Old Man Who Removed the Mountains
• Combat Liberalism
• On Correcting Mistaken Ideas in the Party

https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/S22-Activist-Study-ARAK-11th-Printing.pdf

The Main List

Based on the PCP's study plan for training it's “Mariátegui intellectual center” https://www.pagina-libre.org/MPP-A/Textos/Marxismo/Esquema.html and other recommendations by various comrades. You might find value in reading the PCP's study plan yourself as it is categorised according to each topic of study (e.g. The party, materialist philosophy, etc.) and works by other authors (Marx, Engels, Lenin, etc.) for the purpose of this catalogue, only works by Mao were selected.

• On Contradiction https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_17.htm
• On Practice https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_16.htm
• Where do correct ideas come from? https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-9/mswv9_01.htm

• Reform Our Study [specifically chapters I. and III.] https://www.marxists.org/reference//archive//mao/selected-works/volume-3/mswv3_02.htm

• Our Study And The Current Situation https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-3/mswv3_18.htm

• Rectify the Party's style of work https://www.marxists.org/reference//archive//mao/selected-works/volume-3/mswv3_06.htm

• Combat Liberalism https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_03.htm

• Some questions concerning methods of leadership https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-3/mswv3_13.htm

• The Chinese Revolution And The Chinese Communist Party https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_23.htm

• The Question Of Independence And Initiative Within The United Front https://www.marxists.org/reference//archive//mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_11.htm

• Current Problems Of Tactics In The Anti-Japanese United Front https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_34.htm

• On Policy https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_37.htm

• Introducing The Communist https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_20.htm

• Problems Of Strategy In China's Revolutionary War [specifically chapter I.] https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_12.htm

• Problems Of Strategy In Guerrilla War Against Japan https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_08.htm

• On protracted War [Chapters Statement of the Problem; Why is it a Prolonged War?; The Three Stages of Prolonged War; War for Lasting Peace; Conscious Attitude in War; and War and Politics.] https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_09.htm

• On Coalition Government [specifically chapter III.] https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-3/mswv3_25.htm

• Freely Expand The Anti-Japanese Forces And Resist The Onslaughts Of The Anti-communist Die-hards https://www.marxists.org/reference//archive//mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_35.htm

• Quotations from Mao Zedong, most importantly chapters:

  • 1. The Communist Party
  • 2. Classes and Class Struggle
  • 3. Socialism and Communism
  • 5. War and Peace
  • 6. Imperialism and All Reactionaries are Paper Tigers
  • 8. People's War
  • 9. The People's Army
  • 10. Leadership of Party Committees
  • 11. The Mass Line
  • 12. Political Work
  • 16. Education and the Training of Troops
  • 23. Investigation and Study
  • 25. Unity
  • 28. Communists
  • 29. Cadres

https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/works/red-book/index.htm

• Oppose book worship https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-6/mswv6_11.htm

• Speech At The Chinese Communist Party's National Conference On Propaganda Work https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-5/mswv5_59.htm

• On The Correct Handling Of Contradictions Among The People https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-5/mswv5_58.htm

• Preface And Postscript To Rural Surveys https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-3/mswv3_01.htm

• Analysis Of The Classes In Chinese Society https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_1.htm