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Writers & Readers Documentary Comic Books in Order

Writers & Readers Documentary Comic contains 21 books, published between 1976 and 2021. The first book is Marx For Beginners (1976) and the newest is The Black Holocaust for Beginners (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
21
Published
1976–2021
Pages on record
2,075 in 12 of 21 books
Reading time
35–52 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,075 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 21 titles with a page count on record.

See all 21 books in order Printable Writers & Readers Documentary Comic checklist

Writers & Readers Documentary Comic is a 21-book series published between 1976 and 2021, presenting its subjects in comic-strip form. Marx For Beginners (1976) opens the run and The Black Holocaust for Beginners (2021) is the newest entry, with Trotsky for Beginners (1980), Capitalism for Beginners (1981), Darwin for Beginners (1982), Orwell for Beginners (1984) and The U.N. for Beginners (1995) among the titles. Joe Lee is credited on 5 books, Tariq Ali on 3, Rius and David Smith on 2 each, and Robert Lekachman, Jonathan Miller, Ian Williams and Christian Clark on 1 each. Subjects cover biography, history, politics and government, revolutionaries, Marxian economics and comic books.

How many Writers & Readers Documentary Comic books are there?

Writers & Readers Documentary Comic has 21 books, released between 1976 and 2021.

Writers & Readers Documentary Comic Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 21 Writers & Readers Documentary Comic books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Trotsky for Beginners by Tariq Ali, book 2 of the Writers & Readers Documentary Comic series (1980)
  2. Cover of Introducing Trotsky & Marxism by Tariq Ali, book 3 of the Writers & Readers Documentary Comic series (1980)
  3. Cover of Capitalism for Beginners by Robert Lekachman, book 5 of the Writers & Readers Documentary Comic series (1981)
  4. Cover of Orwell for Beginners by David Smith, book 7 of the Writers & Readers Documentary Comic series (1984)
  5. Cover of Reagan for Beginners by David Smith, book 8 of the Writers & Readers Documentary Comic series (1984)
  6. Cover of Nicaragua for Beginners by Rius, book 9 of the Writers & Readers Documentary Comic series (1984)
  7. Cover of The U.N. for Beginners, book 10 of the Writers & Readers Documentary Comic series (1995)
  8. Cover of I Ching for Beginners, book 12 of the Writers & Readers Documentary Comic series (1996)
  9. Cover of Adler for Beginners, book 15 of the Writers & Readers Documentary Comic series (1998)
  1. 1
    Marx For Beginners1976 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1976160
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  2. 2
    Trotsky for Beginners1980 · 174 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980174
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  3. 3
    Introducing Trotsky & Marxism1980 · 164 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980164
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  4. 4
    Leon Trotsky1980 · 175 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980175
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  5. 5
    Capitalism for Beginners1981 · 174 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1981174
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  6. 6
    Darwin for Beginners1982 · confirmed 1/4
    1982–
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  7. 7
    Orwell for Beginners1984 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984192
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  8. 8
    Reagan for Beginners1984 · 191 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984191
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  9. 9
    Nicaragua for Beginners1984 · 157 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984157
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  10. 10
    The U.N. for Beginners1995 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995160
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  11. 11
    Clowns for Beginners1995 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995160
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  12. 12
    I Ching for Beginners1996 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996176
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  13. 13
    Jung for Beginners1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  14. 14
    Shakespeare for Beginners1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  15. 15
    Adler for Beginners1998 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998192
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  16. 16
    Dante for Beginners1999 · confirmed 1/4
    1999–
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  17. 17
    Postmodernism for Beginners2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  18. 18
    DNA: A Graphic Guide to the Molecule that Shook the World2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  19. 19
    Buddha For Beginners2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  20. 20
    Black Panthers For Beginners2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  21. 21
    The Black Holocaust for Beginners2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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Where to start with Writers & Readers Documentary Comic

Start with Marx For Beginners (1976), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Writers & Readers Documentary Comic book?

The Black Holocaust for Beginners (2021) is the newest Writers & Readers Documentary Comic book released so far.

Is there a new Writers & Readers Documentary Comic book coming?

No next Writers & Readers Documentary Comic book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Writers & Readers Documentary Comic at a glance

Paused
No new Writers & Readers Documentary Comic title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Writers & Readers Documentary Comic books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,075 pages across the 12 of 21 books with a recorded length, a median of 174 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Writers & Readers Documentary Comic books, 8 of 21, were published in the 1980s.
Attribution
Of the 21 titles, 5 are credited to Joe Lee, 3 to Tariq Ali, 2 to Rius and 2 to David Smith. A further 10 writers are credited. 2 titles carry no credit.

What the Writers & Readers Documentary Comic books are about

10 of the 21 Writers & Readers Documentary Comic books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: biography is tagged on 4 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.