Authoritarianism: A Very Short Introduction James Loxton
Dictatorships
- Riding the Tiger: Vladimir Putin's Russia and Uses of War Leon Aron
- Under The Axe Of Fascism Gaetano Salvemini
- Stalin as Revolutionary 1879-1929: A Study in History and Personality Robert C. Tucker
- Stalin in Power: The Revolution from Above, 1928-1941 Robert C. Tucker
- Fascism 2025 Geoffrey Giuliano
- Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China Jung Chang
- Indian Democracy: Origins, Trajectories, Contestations
- Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe: From the Ancien Régime to the Present Day Sheri Berman
- State and Revolution Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
- Dictator Robert Harris
- The Personality of Power: A Theory of Fascism for Anti-Fascist Life Brian Massumi
- Late Fascism: Race, Capitalism and the Politics of Crisis Alberto Toscano
- The Western Crisis: Democracy, Identity, and the Ideological Woke War Peter J. Sandys
- Barth, Bonhoeffer, and Modern Politics Josh Mauldin
- Animal Farm George Orwell
- Fateful Hours: The Collapse of the Weimar Republic Volker Ullrich
- De sterren boven Bagdad Gina Wilkinson
- Mussolini's Grandchildren: Fascism in Contemporary Italy David Broder
- Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics alexander cooley, Alexander Dukalskis
- PC on Earth: The Beginnings of the Totalitarian Mindset Jabbar Moradi
- Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society: 2017/2: Special section: Issues in the History and Memory of the OUN I Andreas Umland
- Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society: 2017/1: A New Land: Rediscovering Agency in Belarusian History, Politics, and Society Andreas Umland
- Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society: 2015/2: Double Special Issue: Back from Afghanistan: The Experiences of Soviet Afghan War Veterans and: Martyrdom & Memory in Post-Socialist Space Andreas Umland
- Nazarbayev – Our Friend the Dictator: Kazakhstan`s Difficult Path to Democracy Viktor Khrapunov
- Machiavelli: On Politics and Power Niccolò Machiavelli
- Trajectory of Power: The Rise of the Strongman Presidency William G. Howell, Terry M. Moe
- For The People: Fighting Authoritarianism, Saving Democracy A. C. Grayling
- Escape from Freedom Erich Fromm
- Movement Parties of the Far Right: Understanding Nativist Mobilization Pietro Castelli Gattinara, Andrea L. P. Pirro
- The War Against the Jew Dagobert D. Runes
- Assassins of the Turquoise Palace Roya Hakakian
- Gaddafi's Harem: The Story of a Young Woman and the Abuses of Power in Libya Annick Cojean
- My Crazy Century Ivan Klíma
- Totalitarianism: Part Three of The Origins of Totalitarianism Hannah Arendt
- To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right Christopher Mathias
- The Tyranny of the Politically Correct Keith Preston
- Ideology and the Rationality of Domination: Nazi Germanization Policies in Poland Gerhard Wolf
- Thirteenth State of the Nation Address: A Dictator's Vision: Progress and Propaganda in Philippine History Ferdinand Marcos
- Sacrifice: My Life in a Fascist Militia Alessandro Orsini
- Planning for Empire: Reform Bureaucrats and the Japanese Wartime State Janis A. Mimura
- Black Vienna: The Radical Right in the Red City, 1918–1938 Janek Wasserman
- Holy Legionary Youth: Fascist Activism in Interwar Romania Roland Clark
- Working through the Past: Labor and Authoritarian Legacies in Comparative Perspective
- Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice Jack Donnelly
- The Fascist Effect: Japan and Italy, 1915–1952 Reto Hofmann
- Excavating Modernity: The Roman Past in Fascist Italy Joshua Arthurs
- Imperial Japan at Its Zenith: The Wartime Celebration of the Empire's 2,600th Anniversary Kenneth J. Ruoff
- Imagining a Greater Germany: Republican Nationalism and the Idea of Anschluss Erin R. Hochman
- Thomas Mann's War: Literature, Politics, and the World Republic of Letters Tobias Boes
