essential texts. I’ll add more sometime. other recs include starting Capital Vol 1. David Harvey has a companion to Capital if you don’t want to go at that alone as well as some lectures online.
Other guides:
shortest read - should take you 30 min to 1 hour; precursor to the manifesto. If you’re planning on reading the manifesto skip this and go to that first.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmtQcXhAWwo
Necessary no matter what kind of communist you are. Outlines the historical development of class struggle and calls for the revolutionary overthrow of capitalist systems, advocating for the establishment of a classless society based on collective ownership of the means of production.
Manifesto of the Communist Party
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdYLRTGmQ3c
These are the two I recommend if you don’t want to tackle Capital at the moment …