Recommend Me A Book?

Question

Can someone please recommend me a book similar to nineteen eighty four, animal farm or catch 22 etc

Answer 1

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess has a similar angle to 1984 -- a science fiction fantasised future setting that uses that future situation to explore the relationship between government power and individual will. It has a similar tone to Animal Farm or Catch 22 -- sort of bright feeling, but laced all through with dark, dark humour and razor-sharp irony. The theme of madness and sanity you find in Catch 22, and the extreme behaviour of some of the characters, also matches Catch 22. It's also been made into a film (a brilliant dark comedy, at that), like Catch 22.

One thing that's really fun about A Clockwork Orange is that it's all written in Alex DeLarge's speaking dialect. It's loaded with interesting slangs and rhythms and vocabulary you have to simply guess about at first, and it helps you to really get inside Alex's head.

Fascinating, fascinating book. Can't believe I found it more intriguing than the movie, because it's one of my favourite movies, but there you have it.

Answer 2

Brave New World by: Aldous Huxley It's a great read, and is along the lines of 1984, and Animal Farm.

Answer 3

Looks as if you are interested in post-apocalyptic authoritarian fiction. Try Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale", or Harry Harrison's "Soylent Green" (don't bother with the latter's lousy movie adaptation!). Or maybe Stephen King's "The Stand", or Richard Matheson's "i Am Legend". All those are pretty good to read, and have all been made into movies, also.

Answer 4

The Road Less Travelled. Great book!

Answer 5

Have you tried the trilogy by Bill Pullman? First book is called Northern Lights, Second called The Subtle Knife, Third called The Amber Spyglass. I thought these were fantastic.

Answer 6

Read "Conversations With God" by Neale Donald Walsch. it is NOT a religious book, and it actually refers to the book 1984 more than a few times. This book will change your life like no book ever has, and the best part is... it's all common sense and NOT a bunch of relgious crap. It deals with many societal issues and such. verrrrry interesting reading

Answer 7

Fahrenheit 451

Answer 8

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Good luck.

Kevin, Liverpool, England.

Answer 9

William Golding's Lord of the Flies.

Answer 10

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.