A Non-Exhaustive List of Some Books Worth Reading (Not Written by Orwell)
W/R/T to Current Events
“1984”
I get it.
It’s useful.
It’s also the earl-grey of books of a similar ilk. It’s ubiquitous enough that most everyone knows what one is referring to. It’s also sort of bland. Not really that memorable if it weren’t drilled repeatedly into one’s head in high-school. It’s sort of unremarkable. It gets the job done. I could never write it.
Nevertheless.
Here’s a few recommendations sort of in that region. I guess:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_(novel)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_Time-Slip
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe_Central
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Noise_of_Time
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35103277-zone-23?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=rRWCmxqLUG&rank=1
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23012591-top-10
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trial
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Faustus_(novel)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tender_Is_the_Flesh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Street_of_Crocodiles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Meridian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderful,_Wonderful_Times
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reader
Of course:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mephisto_(novel)
Non-fiction. Curiously no wikipidia page. Make of that what you will . . .
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/634998.War_Against_the_Weak?
ac=1&from_search=true&qid=N0IUKauooA&rank=1
100-percent unrelated. But it never hurts to mention . . .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goethe%27s_Faust
Some people thought I was being serious here.
I wasn’t.
It was a jest. Not only is it the greatest work of fiction it is also 100-percent related to current events.