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Munmun
by Jesse Andrews
In a society where a person's size is directly proportional to his or her wealth, littlepoor Warner, thirteen, and Prayer, fifteen, struggle to improve their lot in a world built against them
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2084 : the end of the world
by Boualem Sansal
Ati, wandering through the kingdom of Abistan, a place where autonomous thought has been banned, encounters people who think differently and begins to question his overseers, the groupthink imposed by Abistans totalitarian government and his god, which causes him to defend his thoughts with his life.
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Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
A totalitarian regime has ordered all books to be destroyed, but one of the book burners, Guy Montag, suddenly realizes their merit
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The year 200
by Agustín de Rojas
In a world in which civilians choose to forego technology or receive cybernetic implants, the fate of the world falls into the hands of two women when an Empire torturer returns to infect the minds of unsuspecting citizens
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Normal
by Warren Ellis
In a world dominated by strategists who would safeguard and prepare against a vague and imminent apocalypse, burned-out strategist Adam Dearden is swept up by the mysterious disappearance of a locked-in patient and a conspiracy that challenges his society's entire way of life.
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A clockwork orange
by Anthony Burgess
Presents Burgess' satire of the present inhumanity of man to man through a futuristic culture where teenagers rule with violence, and includes the final chapter deleted from the first American edition
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Darkness at noon
by Arthur Koestler
A first paperback edition of the seminal work of twentieth-century literature is a sobering portrait of totalitarianism that follows the harrowing experiences of a Soviet revolutionary who endures imprisonment and torture at the hands of Stalin's regime.
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The gift
by James Patterson
Wanted by their evil governing regime for practicing witchcraft, Wisty and Whit Allgood struggle to master their evolving magical abilities in order to find their missing parents, save their best friends and rescue other imprisoned kids.
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Brave new world
by Aldous Huxley
Huxley's classic prophetic novel describes the socialized horrors of a futuristic utopia devoid of individual freedom
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The road to Wigan Pier
by George Orwell
George Orwell's observations on the appalling living conditions of the unemployed of northern England in 1937, includes evaluations of middle class prejudice and apathy, and a criticism of socialism
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Animal farm
by George Orwell
A satire on totalitarianism in which farm animals overthrow their human owner and set up their own government
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1984 : a novel
by George Orwell
Portrays a terrifying vision of life in the future when a totalitarian government, considered a "Negative Utopia," watches over all citizens and directs all activities, becoming more powerful as time goes by.
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Blindness
by José Saramago
In a provocative parable of loss, disorientation, and weakness, a city is hit by an epidemic of "white blindness" whose victims are confined to a vacant mental hospital, while a single eyewitness to the nightmare guides seven oddly assorted strangers through the barren urban landscape.
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The land of green plums : a novel
by Herta Müller
Set in Romania at the pinnacle of Ceausescu's reign, the tale of a group of young people who leave the impoverished provinces for the city in search of better prospects describes how they must face betrayal, suicide, and the reality that even the strongest must bend to the oppressors or resist and die.
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The giver
by Lois Lowry
Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade.
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The comedians
by Graham Greene
Three men who meet on a ship bound for Haiti are ruined by their own apathy as they attempt to destroy the tyranny of the corrupt regime of "Papa Doc" Duvalier and his sinister Haitian secret police, the Tontons Macoute.
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The gate to Women's Country
by Sheri S. Tepper
In a futuristic society where the sexes are separated, men are warriors, and women cultivate the arts, Stavia disobeys the group's prohibitions by loving a man forbidden to her, setting the stage for a momentous decision
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