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Let them start with these books before reading theory.

1. Why Socialism by Albert Einstein.
2. BlackShirts & Reds.
3. The Jakarta method.
4. Killing hope.
5. Confessions of an economic hitman.
6. Against Empire.

Then give them this marxist theory reading list. Preferably, in this order. [Page count in (brackets)]

1. Principles of communism by Engels. ( 40 pages)
2. Wage, labor, and Capital by Marx. (62)
3. Value, price, and profit by Marx (64)
4. Socialism: Utopian and scientific by Engels(96)
5. The three sources and three component parts of Marxism by Lenin(84)
6. Theses on Feurbach by Marx (3)
7. The German ideology: Chapter 1 by Marx and Engels (120)
8. Das Kapital: Chapter 1 by Marx (20)
9. Imperialism: The Highest stage of capitalism by Lenin (128) 10: On Practice by Mao Zedong (16)
10. On contradiction by Mao (38)
11. Oppose book worship by Mao (17)
12. Combat liberalism by Mao (8)
13. The civil war in France by Marx (35)
14. The communist Manifesto by Marx (40-65)
15. The critique of the Gotha programme by Marx ( 116)
16. What is to be done? by Lenin (110)
17. State & Revolution by Lenin (103)
18. Anti-duhring by Engels (350)
19. Towards new Socialism by Paul Cockshott (240)

Note: It is optional but you can read Georges Politzer's "Elementary principles of philosophy" (171) to understand the philosophical part of Marxism i.e. Dialectical Materialism after reading the first 4-5 books on the list.