This is a good starting point! There's also no shame in reading annotated versions, where more accessible authors elaborate on the ideas present in the text. I can't recommend any in English because I've only read Gramsci in Spanish and Italian, but I'm sure there must be good translations of him in English, maybe even by ![pete-eat](https://www.hexbear.net/pictrs/image/1f8cf49e-5218-42a7-b110-063264f9e2ce.png "emoji pete-eat")'s dad.
Sorry, but I can't help you there… My philosophy professor just gave us photocopies of a book he knew was good, and I have no way of tracking those down.
The prison notebooks are the bulk of his available work. I'd say read one of the "selections from Gramsci's prison notebooks" books.
This is a good starting point! There's also no shame in reading annotated versions, where more accessible authors elaborate on the ideas present in the text. I can't recommend any in English because I've only read Gramsci in Spanish and Italian, but I'm sure there must be good translations of him in English, maybe even by ![pete-eat](https://www.hexbear.net/pictrs/image/1f8cf49e-5218-42a7-b110-063264f9e2ce.png "emoji pete-eat")'s dad.
Can you recommend some of the Spanish ones?
Sorry, but I can't help you there… My philosophy professor just gave us photocopies of a book he knew was good, and I have no way of tracking those down.