The is a bibliography of works by Mao Zedong.

Mao Zedong (26December 18939September 1976) was a Chinese revolutionary, political theorist, and dictator who founded the People's Republic of China (PRC) and served as its paramount leader from 1949 until his death in 1976 primarily through his role as the Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He led the Chinese Communist Party to victory in the Chinese Civil War and launched the Cultural Revolution. Mao Zedong Thought, which he advocated as a Chinese adaptation of Marxism–Leninism, influenced movements and Maoist organizations worldwide.

Individual works

Mao, Z. (1937). On guerrilla warfare. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 6). Marxists Internet Archive. Mao, Z. (1917, April). A study of physical education. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 6). Marxists Internet Archive. Mao, Z. (1919, November 16). Miss Chao's suicide. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 6). Marxists Internet Archive. Mao, Z. (1926, March). Analysis of the classes in Chinese society. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 1). Foreign Languages Press. Mao, Z. (1927, March). Report on an investigation of the peasant movement in Hunan. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 1). Foreign Languages Press. Mao, Z. (1928, October 5). Why is it that red political power can exist in China?. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 1). Foreign Languages Press. Mao, Z. (1929, December). On correcting mistaken ideas in the party. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 1). Foreign Languages Press. Mao, Z. (1930, January 5). A single spark can start a prairie fire. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 1). Foreign Languages Press. Mao, Z. (1930, May). Oppose book worship. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 6). Marxists Internet Archive. Mao, Z. (1936, December). Problems of strategy in China's revolutionary war. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 1). Foreign Languages Press. Mao, Z. (1937, July). On practice. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 1). Foreign Languages Press. Mao, Z. (1937, August). On contradiction. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 1). Foreign Languages Press. Mao, Z. (1937, September 7). Combat liberalism. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 2). Foreign Languages Press. Mao, Z. (1938, May). On protracted war. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 2). Foreign Languages Press. Mao, Z. (1938, November 6). Problems of war and strategy. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 2). Foreign Languages Press. Mao, Z. (1939, December). The Chinese revolution and the Chinese Communist Party. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 2). Foreign Languages Press. Mao, Z. (1939, December 21). In memory of Norman Bethune. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 2). Foreign Languages Press. Mao, Z. (1940, January). On new democracy. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 2). Foreign Languages Press. Mao, Z. (1942, February 1). Rectify the party's style of work. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 3). Foreign Languages Press. Mao, Z. (1942, February 8). Oppose stereotyped party writing. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 3). Foreign Languages Press. Mao, Z. (1942, May). Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 3). Foreign Languages Press. Mao, Z. (1944, September 8). Serve the people. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 3). Foreign Languages Press. Mao, Z. (1945, April 24). On coalition government. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 3). Foreign Languages Press. Mao, Z. (1945, June 11). The foolish old man who removed the mountains. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 3). Foreign Languages Press. Mao, Z. (1946, August). Talk with the American correspondent Anna Louise Strong. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 4). Foreign Languages Press. Mao, Z. (1949, March 5). Report to the Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 4). Foreign Languages Press. Mao, Z. (1949, June 30). On the people's democratic dictatorship. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 4). Foreign Languages Press. Mao, Z. (1949, August 18). Farewell, Leighton Stuart!. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 4). Foreign Languages Press. Mao, Z. (1949, September 21). The Chinese people have stood up!. In Selected works of Mao Tsetung (Vol. 5). Foreign Languages Press. Mao, Z. (1956, April 25). On the ten major relationships. In Selected works of Mao Tsetung (Vol. 5). Foreign Languages Press. Mao, Z. (1957, February 27). On the correct handling of contradictions among the people. In Selected works of Mao Tsetung (Vol. 5). Foreign Languages Press. Mao, Z. (1957, November 18). All reactionaries are paper tigers. In Selected works of Mao Tsetung (Vol. 5). Foreign Languages Press. Mao, Z. (1958, February 2). Sixty points on working methods: A draft resolution from the Office of the Centre of the CPC. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 8). Marxists Internet Archive. Mao, Z. (1959, July 23). Speech at the Lushan Conference. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 8). Marxists Internet Archive. Mao, Z. (1962, January 30). Talk at an enlarged working conference convened by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 8). Marxists Internet Archive. Mao, Z. (1963, May). Where do correct ideas come from?. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 9). Marxists Internet Archive. Mao, Z. (1964, August 18). Talk on questions of philosophy. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 9). Marxists Internet Archive. Mao, Z. (1966, August 5). Bombard the headquarters: My first big-character poster. In Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vol. 9). Marxists Internet Archive.

Collections and translations Mao, Z. (1961). Mao Tse-tung on guerrilla warfare (S. B. Griffith, Trans.). Praeger. (Original work published 1937) Mao, Z. (1963). Selected military writings of Mao Tse-tung. Foreign Languages Press. Mao, Z. (1965). Selected works of Mao Tse-tung (Vols. 1–4). Foreign Languages Press. Mao, Z. (1966). Basic tactics (S. R. Schram, Trans.). Praeger. (Original work published 1937) Mao, Z. (1966). Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung. Foreign Languages Press. Mao, Z. (1972). The poems of Mao Tse-tung (W. Barnstone & Ko C., Trans.). Harper & Row. Mao, Z. (1974). Chairman Mao talks to the people: Talks and letters, 1956–1971 (S. Schram, Ed.; J. Chinnery & Tieyun, Trans.). Pantheon. Mao, Z. (1977). A critique of Soviet economics (M. Roberts, Trans.). Monthly Review Press. Mao, Z. (1977). Selected works of Mao Tsetung (Vol. 5). Foreign Languages Press. Mao, Z. (1989). The secret speeches of Chairman Mao: From the Hundred Flowers to the Great Leap Forward (R. MacFarquhar, T. Cheek, & E. Wu, Eds.). Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University. Mao, Z. (1990). Report from Xunwu (R. R. Thompson, Trans.). Stanford University Press. Mao, Z. (1986–1992). The writings of Mao Zedong, 1949–1976 (M. Y. M. Kau & J. K. Leung, Eds.; Vols. 1–2). M. E. Sharpe. Mao, Z. (1992–2023). Mao's road to power: Revolutionary writings, 1912–1949 (S. R. Schram, N. J. Hodes, T. Cheek, N. Hearst, & J. Fewsmith, Eds.; Vols. 1–10). M. E. Sharpe; Routledge.

Further reading Published bibliographies Davin, D. (2013). Mao Zedong. In T. Wright (Ed.), Oxford bibliographies in Chinese studies. Oxford University Press. Lawson, K. M. (2024, August 30). Swimming in the sea of Mao's works. Frog in a Well. Marxists Internet Archive. (n.d.). Works of Mao Zedong by date. Retrieved October 5, 2026.

Published texts Marxists Internet Archive. (n.d.-a). Mao Zedong reference archive. Retrieved October 5, 2026. Marxists Internet Archive. (n.d.-b). Peking Review, 1958–2006. Retrieved October 5, 2026. Marxists Internet Archive. (n.d.-c). Works of Mao Zedong in PDF. Retrieved October 5, 2026. McDougall, B. S. (1980). Mao Zedong's "Talks at the Yan'an Conference on Literature and Art": A translation of the 1943 text with commentary. Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan. Wilson Center Digital Archive. (n.d.-a). 77 conversations. Wilson Center. Retrieved October 5, 2026. Wilson Center Digital Archive. (n.d.-b). Conversations with Mao Zedong. Wilson Center. Retrieved October 5, 2026.

Guides Asia for Educators. (n.d.). Mao Zedong on war and revolution. Columbia University. Retrieved October 5, 2026. Chinese Posters Foundation. (n.d.). Quotations from Chairman Mao. Chineseposters.net. Retrieved October 5, 2026. Schram, S. R. (n.d.). Mao Zedong. In Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved October 5, 2026. University of Southern California, East Asian Library. (n.d.). Mao Zedong Writings Project records, 1949–1993. Online Archive of California. Retrieved October 5, 2026.

See also Bibliography of the Chinese Civil War Outline of the Chinese Civil War Timeline of the Chinese Civil War

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Mao Zedong Reference Archive at the Marxists Internet Archive Works of Mao Zedong by date at the Marxists Internet Archive Works of Mao Zedong in PDF at the Marxists Internet Archive Poems of Mao Zedong at the Marxists Internet Archive Conversations with Mao Zedong, Wilson Center Digital Archive Mao Zedong on war and revolution, Asia for Educators, Columbia University Mao Zedong Writings Project records, 1949–1993, East Asian Library, University of Southern California (Online Archive of California) "Swimming in the sea of Mao's works" by K. M. Lawson, Frog in a Well (2024)