Livre d'Or

I highly recommend reading Capital. I don't think that political identities will be as relevant as one might think -- hard for me to explain why at the moment (not enough coffee) but it's really not a personal reflection type of text at all and even its descriptions/critique of the world are more mountains to be tackled and understood rather than statements with which to agree or disagree. I think you'll have a great time. You can also find free recordings of classes online by someone who read Capital every year for 20 years: http://davidharvey.org/reading-capital/ I greatly enjoyed listening to these as I went through Capital chapter by chapter.