Books like…

Books Like 1984

by George Orwell · about this book

Loved 1984 by George Orwell? If its dystopian, classics and surveillance state hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with 1984 : George Orwell, Brave New World / Brave New World Revisited and A Clockwork Orange. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside 1984: Dystopian · Classics · Surveillance State · Dark · Propaganda

1. 

   1984 : George Orwell

   George GEORGE ORWELL

   Propaganda · Censorship · Surveillance State · Freedom vs Control · Torture

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   Brave New World / Brave New World Revisited

   Aldous Huxley

   Propaganda · Freedom vs Control · Dystopian · Psychological Manipulation · Censorship

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   A Clockwork Orange

   Anthony Burgess

   Freedom vs Control · Dystopian · Psychological Manipulation · Rebellion Against Authority · Torture

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   We

   Yevgeny Zamyatin

   Surveillance State · Censorship · Freedom vs Control · Dystopian · Propaganda

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5. 

   Fahrenheit 451

   Ray Bradbury

   Censorship · Propaganda · Freedom vs Control · Dystopian · Surveillance State

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   The Orphan Master's Son

   Adam Johnson

   Propaganda · Surveillance State · Freedom vs Control · Bleak · Torture

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   Darkness at Noon

   Arthur Koestler

   Propaganda · Surveillance State · Freedom vs Control · Torture · Psychological Manipulation

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8. 

   Anthem

   Ayn Rand

   Censorship · Freedom vs Control · Dystopian · Propaganda · Surveillance State

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9. 

   The Handmaid's Tale

   Margaret Atwood

   Propaganda · Surveillance State · Freedom vs Control · Dystopian · Bleak

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    Delirium

    Lauren Oliver

    Censorship · Propaganda · Surveillance State · Freedom vs Control · Dystopian

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11. 

    V for Vendetta

    Alan Moore

    Propaganda · Surveillance State · Freedom vs Control · Dystopian · Torture

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12. 

    Mockingjay

    Suzanne Collins

    Propaganda · Dystopian · Rebellion Against Authority · Torture · Tragic

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13. 

    Brave New Worlds

    Cory Doctorow, Paolo Bacigalupi, Orson Scott Card, Ursula K. Le Guin, M. Rickert, Kate Wilhelm, Geoff Ryman, Neil Gaiman, Bryan Talbot, J.G. Ballard, Carrie Vaughn, James K. Morrow, Alex Irvine, Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison, Genevieve Valentine, Sarah Langan, Kim Stanley Robinson, Matt Williamson, P

    Surveillance State · Freedom vs Control · Dystopian · Censorship · Rebellion Against Authority

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    1984

    Andy Hopkins, Jocelyn Potter

    Surveillance State · Freedom vs Control · Dystopian · Censorship · Propaganda

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15. 

    Witch & Wizard

    James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet

    Censorship · Propaganda · Surveillance State · Freedom vs Control · Rebellion Against Authority

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16. 

    Matched

    Ally Condie

    Censorship · Propaganda · Surveillance State · Freedom vs Control · Dystopian

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17. 

    The Man in the High Castle

    Philip K. Dick

    Propaganda · Freedom vs Control · Surveillance State · Dystopian · Bleak

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18. 

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    Ken Kesey

    Freedom vs Control · Psychological Manipulation · Bleak · Torture · Rebellion Against Authority

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19. 

    Child 44

    Tom Rob Smith

    Propaganda · Censorship · Surveillance State · Freedom vs Control · Torture

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20. 

    The Giver

    Lois Lowry

    Freedom vs Control · Dystopian · Censorship · Rebellion Against Authority · Surveillance State

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