1. 774
   Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (chrisharpe, zasmine, MinaKelly, li33ieg, hpfilho, Ludi_Ling, Anonymous user)

   zasmine: For Orwell was inspired by it. And Orwell's 1984 is as much of a prize as it.

   li33ieg: 1984, Brave New World and Fahrenheit 451: 3 essential titles that remind us of the need to keep our individual souls pure.

   Ludi_Ling: Really, the one cannot be mentioned without the other. Actually, apart from the dystopian subject matter, they are very different stories, but serve as a great counterpoint to one another.

   Anonymous user: It's essential to read Huxley's and Orwell's books together. Both present the ultimate version of the totalitarian state, but there the similarities end. While Orwell argues in favour of hate and fear, Huxley suggests that pleasure and drugs would be far more effective as controlling forces. Who was the more prescient prophet? That's what every reader should decide for him- or herself.… (more)

2. 521
   Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (phoenix7g, meggyweg, Babou_wk, hpfilho)

   Babou_wk: Contre-utopie, société future où l'unique but de la vie est le bonheur. Toute pratique requérant de la réflexion est bannie.

3. 282
   A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (MinaKelly)
4. 190
   The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (mcenroeucsb)

   mcenroeucsb: Both are benchmarks for dystopian literature.

5. 151
   The Giver by Lois Lowry (afyfe)
6. 163
   We: A Novel by Yevgeny Zamyatin (hippietrail, tehran)

   hippietrail: The original dystopian novel from which both Huxley and Orwell drew inspiration.

   tehran: Brave New World was largely inspired by Zamyatin's We.

7. 120
   Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley (pyrocow)
8. 70
   Animal Farm by George Orwell (sturlington)
9. 71
   Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (sanddancer)
10. 60
    The Tempest by William Shakespeare (Sylak)

    Sylak: Caliban in The Tempest has many parallels with John the Savage in Brave New World.

11. 50
    Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (mcenroeucsb)
12. 50
    The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster (artturnerjr, KayCliff)

    artturnerjr: If you read only one other dystopian SF story, make it this one (well, you should read 1984, too, but you knew that already, didn't you?).

13. 40
    This Perfect Day by Ira Levin (KayCliff)
14. 40
    Daedalus; or, Science and the Future by J. B. S. Haldane (leigonj)

    leigonj: Haldane's ideas of eugenics and ectogenesis, which are laid out alongside others including world government and psychoactive drugs, strongly influenced Huxley's novel.

15. 30
    Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm (rat_in_a_cage)

    rat_in_a_cage: Hinweis auf Rückentext bei »Hier sangen früher Vögel«.

16. 129
    Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (fundevogel)
17. 31
    Men Like Gods by H. G. Wells (Sylak)

    Sylak: Basically a parody of Wells' own book published seven years earlier.

18. 20
    Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut (Anonymous user)
19. 20
    Jennifer Government by Max Barry (fulner)

    fulner: Brave New world is a dystopian novel based on a world with too much enjoyment. Jennifer Government is a dystopian novel based on too much freedom.

20. 86
    Stranger in a Strange Land (Uncut Edition) by Robert A. Heinlein (meggyweg)

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