Series
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess · 1 novel · 3 short stories · 1962–2013
Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel is narrated by Alex, a teenage gang leader in a near-future Britain gripped by a youth subculture of extreme violence, recounting his crimes in Nadsat, an invented slang blending English with Russian-derived words. 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. It is a standalone novel.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
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A Clockwork Orange at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
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By decade
- 1960s1
- 1970s0
- 1980s1
- 1990s0
- 2000s0
- 2010s2
Shape
1 novel · 3 short stories
1 author · completed series
reads like:dystopiatotalitarianismour worldnear futuredarkadult
Mood
Grim and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book2 of 4 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- A Clockwork Orangedarkest · calmest
- A Clockwork Orange: A Play with Musicbrightest · most intense