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Books like Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell: what to read next, and why.
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Brave New World The other great classic dystopia, where control comes from pleasure instead of fear.
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The Handmaid's Tale
A modern, intimate dystopia about a regime that controls bodies as well as language.
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The Giver A much gentler, shorter story of a controlled society and a young person who begins to see through it.