Genre :: Dystopia (18 books)

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  #3

  Nineteen Eighty-Four

  by George Orwell

  (69 Reviews)

  946 Points

  "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."

  

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  #13

  Brave New World

  by Aldous Huxley

  (30 Reviews)

  664 Points

  "A squat grey building of only thirty-four stories."

  

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  #20

  Lord of the Flies

  by William Golding

  (45 Reviews)

  537 Points

  "The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon."

  

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  #23

  Animal Farm

  by George Orwell

  (46 Reviews)

  495 Points

  "Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the popholes."

  

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  #50

  The Handmaid’s Tale

  by Margaret Atwood

  (14 Reviews)

  316 Points

  "We slept in what had once been the gymnasium."

  

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  #57

  The Trial

  by Franz Kafka

  (10 Reviews)

  304 Points

  "Someone must have been telling lies about Joseph K., for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine morning.Jemand mußte Josef K. verleumdet haben, denn ohne daß er etwas Böses..."

  

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  #59

  A Clockwork Orange

  by Anthony Burgess

  (20 Reviews)

  295 Points

  "'What's it going to be then, eh?'"

  

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  #202

  Cat's Cradle

  by Kurt Vonnegut

  (7 Reviews)

  97 Points

  "Call me Jonah."

  

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  #214

  Darkness at Noon

  by Arthur Koestler

  (3 Reviews)

  93 Points

  "The cell door slammed behind Rubashov."

  

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  #290

  Fahrenheit 451

  by Ray Bradbury

  (23 Reviews)

  74 Points

  "It was a pleasure to burn."

  

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