Featured pick
5.0 / 5
Year
1949
Publisher
Secker & Warburg
ISBN
978-0452284234
Fiction
Core shelf
1984
by George Orwell
A dystopian masterpiece about totalitarianism, surveillance, and the power of language. Orwell's vision remains disturbingly relevant.
Geek’s cut
Not just a dystopia, but a user manual for how truth can be version-controlled. The horror isn’t the torture, it’s how easy the brain hotfixes itself to survive.
Deeper dive
Orwell's chilling vision of a totalitarian future where Big Brother watches everything. This novel explores themes of surveillance, propaganda, and the manipulation of truth in ways that remain deeply relevant today.