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New to the genre? These 5 are the books to read first.
Animal Farm
George OrwellAn allegorical beast fable satirizing the rise of Stalinism and the betrayal of socialist ideals.
Catch-22
Joseph HellerAn anti-war novel exposing the self-serving, circular logic of military bureaucracy during World War II.
Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan SwiftA parody of travel writing that escalates into a comprehensive critique of human nature and European statecraft.
The Sellout
Paul BeattyA modern racial satire about an agrarian urbanite who reintroduces segregation in a Los Angeles suburb.
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Dead SoulsNikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ - Brave New World
Brave New WorldAldous Huxley - Cold Comfort Farm
Cold Comfort FarmStella Gibbons - Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-FiveKurt Vonnegut - A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of DuncesJohn Kennedy Toole - White Noise
White NoiseDon DeLillo - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMark Twain1876 - Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-FourGeorge Orwell1949 - Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451Ray Bradbury1953 - A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork OrangeAnthony Burgess1962 - The Colour of Magic
The Colour of MagicTerry Pratchett1983 - The Master and Margarita
The Master and MargaritaМихаил Афанасьевич Булгаков1966
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