Marx Returns is the debut novel by the British writer and filmmaker Jason Barker.

It tells the story of the German philosopher Karl Marx and his struggle to complete his magnum opus Capital.

[3] Writing for The Australian, Peter Beilharz declared that "The story that Barker tells is incredibly witty, clever, and creative.

"[4] Barker discussed his novel at the British Library’s Karl Marx bicentennial event on 5 May 2018.

In an interview with Marx200, a German commemorative website set up by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Barker observes that "Marx Returns is not a philosophical novel" and is "an adventure story.