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The following is a chronological list of books by Leon Trotsky, a Marxist theoretician, including hardcover and paperback books and pamphlets published during his life and posthumously during the years immediately following his assassination in the summer of 1940. Included are the original Russian or German language titles and publication information, as well as the name and publication information of the first English language edition.
Contents
- Books and pamphlets
- Pre revolutionary period 1903 1916
- Revolutionary period 1917 1928
- Exile period 1929 1940
- Posthumous publications
- References
This material represents a small fraction of the myriad of articles published by Trotsky during his life and afterwards, with the complete 1989 bibliography by Louis Sinclair running to nearly 1,100 printed pages.
Maxim Lieber was Trotsky's literary agent at the end of his life.
Books and pamphlets
Source (unless otherwise noted): Baruch Knei-Paz, The Social and Political Thought of Leon Trotsky. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1978; pp. 601-605, checked to Louis Sinclair, Trotsky: A Bibliography. In two volumes. London: Scolar Press, 1989.
Pre-revolutionary period (1903-1916)
1. Vtoroi S"ezd RSDRP: Otchet Sibirskoi Delegatsii (The Second Congress of the RSDRP: Report of the Siberian Delegation). Geneva: 1903.
2. Nashi Politicheskye Zadachi (Our Political Tasks). Geneva: 1904.
3. Do 9-go Ianvaria (Until the 9th of January). Geneva: 1905.
4. Nasha Revoliutsiia (Our Revolution). St. Petersburg: N. Glagolev, 1906.
5. Istoriia Soveta Rabochikh Deputatov v Gorode Sanktpeterburga (History of the Soviet of Workers' Deputies in the City of St. Petersburg). (Editor.) St. Petersburg: 1906.
6. V Zashchitu Partiii (In Defense of the Party). St. Petersburg: 1907.
7. Tuda i Obratno (There and Back Again). St. Petersburg: Shipovnik, 1907.
8. Der Krieg und die Internatsionale (The War and the International). Zurich: 1914.
Revolutionary period (1917-1928)
9. Programma Mira (The Program of Peace). Petrograd: 1917.
10. Istoriia Oktiabrskoi Revoliutsii (History of the October Revolution). Petrograd: 1918.
11. Itogi i Perspektivy (Results and Prospects). Moscow: 1919.
12. Godi Velikogo Pereloma: Liudi Staroi i Novoi Epokh (Years of the Great Break: The People of the Old and New Epochs). Moscow: 1919.
13. Terrorismus und Kommunismus: Anti-Kautsky (Terrorism and Communism: Against Kautsky). Hamburg: 1920.
14. Novyi Etap (The New Stage). Moscow: 1921.
15. Mezhdu Imperializmom i Revoiutsiei (Between Imperialism and Revolution). Moscow: 1922.
16. Voprosy Byta (Questions of Life). Moscow: 1923.
17. Kommunisticheskoe Dvizhenie v Frantsii (The Communist Movement in France). Moscow: 1923.
18. Literatura i Revoliutsiia (Literature and Revolution). Moscow: 1923.
19. Voina i Revoliutsiia (The War and the Revolution). In two volumes. Moscow: 1923-1924.
20. Kak Vooruzhalas' Revoliutsiia (How the Revolution Armed Itself). Three volumes in five parts. Moscow: 1923-1925.
21. Pokolenie Oktiabria (The October Generation). Moscow: 1924.
22. Zapad i Vostok (West and East). Moscow: 1924.
23. Piat' Let Kominterna (Five Years of the Comintern). Moscow: 1924.
24. Novyi Kurs (The New Course). Moscow: 1924.
25. O Lenine: Materialy dlia Biografa (On Lenin: Material for a Biography). Moscow: 1924.
26. Uroki Oktiabria (Lessons of October). Berlin: 1925.
27. 1905 goda (1905). Moscow: 1925.
28. Kuda Idet Angliia? (Where is England Going?) Moscow: 1925.
29. K Sotsializmu ili k Kapitaliszmu: Analiz Sovetskogo Khoziaistva i Tendentsii Ego Razvitiia (Toward Socialism or Capitalism? An Analysis of the Soviet Economy and Tendencies Toward Its Development) (Towards Socialism or Capitalism). Moscow: Gosizdat, 1925.
30. Evropa i Amerika (Europe and America). Moscow: 1926.
31. The Real Situation in Russia. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1928.
Exile period (1929-1940)
32. Chto i Kak Proizoshlo? (What Happened and How?) Paris: 1929.
33. Moia Zhizn' (My Life). Berlin: 1930.
34. Permanentnaia Revoliutsiia (The Permanent Revolution). Berlin: 1930.
35. Istoriia Russkoi Revoliutsii (History of the Russian Revolution). In two volumes. Berlin: 1931 and 1933.
36. Nemetskaia Revoliutsiia i Stalinskaia Biurokratiia (The German Revolution and the Stalinist Bureaucracy). Berlin: 1932.
37. Problems of Chinese Revolution. New York: Pioneer Publishers, 1932.
38. Stalinskaia Shkola Falsifikatsii (The Stalinist School of Falsification). Berlin: 1932.
39. What Hitler Wants. New York: John Day Company, 1933.
40. The Only Road. New York: Pioneer Publishers, 1933.
41. Chetvertyi Internatsional i Voina. (The Fourth International and War). Geneva: 1934.
42. Où va la France? Recueil d'articles. (Whither France? Collected Articles.) Paris: Librairie du travail, 1936.
43. Vie de Lenine: Jeunesse. Paris: 1936.
44. The Third International After Lenin. New York: Pioneer Publishers, 1936.
45. The Revolution Betrayed: What is the Soviet Union and Where is It Going? New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1937.
46. The Case of Leon Trotsky: Report of Hearings on the Charges Made Against Him at the Moscow Trials: Verbatum Transcript of Trotsky's Testimony Before the Dewey Commission, Coyoacan, Mexico, April 10-17, 1937. (John Dewey and Suzanne LaFollette et al., eds.). New York: Pioneer Publishers, 1937.
47. The Living Thoughts of Karl Marx: Based on Capital: A Critique of Political Economy. (Editor.) London: Cassell and Co., 1940.
Posthumous publications
48. Stalin: An Appraisal of the Man and His Influence [1941]. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1946.
49. In Defense of Marxism. New York: Pioneer Publishers, 1942.
50. The Trotsky Papers, 1917-1922. In two volumes. The Hague: Mouton and Co., 1964.
51. The Struggle Against Fascism in Germany. New York: Pathfinder Press, 1971. —Includes material not in Writings collection.
52. The Spanish Revolution (1931-39). New York: Pathfinder Press, 1973. —Includes material not in Writings collection.
53. Writings of Leon Trotsky. New York: Pathfinder Press, 19—. —Fourteen volume collection of articles and letters, 1929-1940.
54. The Challenge of the Left Opposition (1923-25). New York: Pathfinder Press, 1975.
55. Leon Trotsky on China. New York: Pathfinder Press, 1976. —Includes 53 articles not included in Problems of Chinese Revolution or Writings.
56. Trotsky's Diary in Exile, 1935. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1976.
57. The Crisis of the French Section (1935-36). New York: Pathfinder Press, 1977. —Includes material not in Writings collection.
58. The Balkan Wars, 1912-13: The War Correspondence of Leon Trotsky. New York: Monad Press, 1980.
59. The Challenge of the Left Opposition (1926-27). New York: Pathfinder Press, 1980.
60. The Challenge of the Left Opposition (1928-29). New York: Pathfinder Press, 1981.
61. Trotsky's Notebooks, 1933-1935: Writings on Lenin, Dialectics, and Evolutionism. New York: Columbia University Press, 1986.
62. Arkhiv Trotskogo: Iz Arkhivov revoliutsii, 1927-28. (The Trotsky Archive: From the Archives of the Revolution, 1927-28.) In two volumes. Kharkov, Ukraine: OKO, 1999, 2001.