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    Naomi Alderman · standalone novel · 2016

    Dystopia, about class conflict, set in our world.

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    Anthony Burgess · standalone novel · 1962

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    series · 4 books · 1962

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    Dystopia, about totalitarianism, set in our world.

    “After his crimes catch up with him, Alex is made the subject of a controversial state program meant to forcibly reform his behavior, and the novel uses his ordeal to question whether imposed goodness is worth the loss of free will.”

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    “Theo Faren, a cousin of the Warden, lives a solitary life in this ominous atmosphere.”

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    The Handmaid's TaleSeries

    series · 3 books · 1985

    Dystopia, tense in tone, about totalitarianism, set in north america.

    “The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”

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