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A Clockwork OrangeSeries
series4 books1962
completed
Challenging in tone, about surveillance, set in big city.
“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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Fahrenheit 451Series
series2 books1951
completed
About books and reading, set in north america.
“Set in a future where books are outlawed and firemen exist to burn them, it follows fireman Guy Montag as doubts about his job push him toward the very literature he's supposed to destroy.”
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The Handmaid's TaleSeries
series3 books1985
Tense in tone, about gender and society and rebellion and revolution, 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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The Children of MenNovel
P. D. Jamesstandalone novel1992
Tense in tone, about political intrigue and rebellion and revolution, set in british isles.
“Theo Faren, a cousin of the Warden, lives a solitary life in this ominous atmosphere.”
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The FutureNovel
Naomi Aldermanstandalone novel2023
Tense in tone, about ecological collapse.
The Wanting SeedNovel
Anthony Burgessstandalone novel1962
Satire, challenging in tone, about gender and society.