1984 (1949)

1. 832
   Le Meilleur des mondes par Aldous Huxley (nathanm, chrisharpe, MinaKelly, li33ieg, haraldo, Ludi_Ling, Morteana, Waldstein)

   li33ieg: 1984, Brave New World and Fahrenheit 451: 3 essential titles that remind us of the need to keep our individual souls pure.

   Ludi_Ling: Really, the one cannot be mentioned without the other. Actually, apart from the dystopian subject matter, they are very different stories, but serve as a great counterpoint to one another.

   Waldstein: It's essential to read Huxley's and Orwell's books together. Both present the ultimate version of the totalitarian state, but there the similarities end. While Orwell argues in favour of hate and fear, Huxley suggests that pleasure and drugs would be far more effective as controlling forces. Who was the more prescient prophet? That's what every reader should decide for him- or herself.… (plus d'informations)

2. 867
   La Ferme des animaux par George Orwell (JGKC, haraldo)
3. 726
   Fahrenheit 451 par Ray Bradbury (readafew, hipdeep, Booksloth, rosylibrarian, moietmoi, haraldo, BookshelfMonstrosity)

   readafew: Both books are about keeping the people in control and ignorant.

   hipdeep: 1984 is scary like a horror movie. Fahrenheit 451 is scary like the news. So - do you want to see something really scary?

   BookshelfMonstrosity: A man's romance-inspired defiance of menacing, repressive governments in bleak futures are the themes of these compelling novels. Control of language and monitors that both broadcast to and spy on people are key motifs. Both are dramatic, haunting, and thought-provoking.… (plus d'informations)

4. 401
   La servante écarlate par Margaret Atwood (citygirl, cflorente, wosret, norabelle414, readingwolverine)
5. 382
   L'orange mécanique par Anthony Burgess (wosret, Utilisateur anonyme)
6. 4112
   Sa Majesté des Mouches par William Golding (vegetarianflautist, avid_reader25)
7. 282
   Nous autres par Yevgeny Zamyatin (hippietrail, BGP, soylentgreen23, roby72, timoroso, MEStaton, Utilisateur anonyme, Sylak, humashaikh)

   hippietrail: The original dystopian novel from which both Huxley and Orwell drew inspiration.

   timoroso: Zamyatin's "We" was not just a precursor of "Nineteen Eighty-Four" but the work Orwell took as a model for his own book.

   Sylak: A great influence in the writing of his own book.

8. 224
   Vol au-dessus d'un nid de coucou par Ken Kesey (readerbabe1984)
9. 192
   V pour Vendetta, l'intégrale par Alan Moore (aethercowboy)

   aethercowboy: The world of V for Vendetta is very reminiscent of the world of 1984.

10. 206
    Le Passeur par Lois Lowry (cflorente, readerbabe1984)
11. 111
    Le meilleur des mondes. Retour au meilleur des mondes par Aldous Huxley (thebookpile)
12. 90
    Le Zéro et l'infini par Arthur Koestler (BGP, ivan.frade)

    ivan.frade: Both books talk about revolution and the people, individual rights vs. common wellness. "darkness at noon" is pretty similar to 1984, without the especulation/science-fiction ingredient.

13. 91
    Retour au meilleur des mondes par Aldous Huxley (pyrocow)
14. 91
    La Kallocaïne par Karin Boye (andejons, Utilisateur anonyme)

    andejons: The totalitarian state works very similar in both books, but the control in Kallocain seems more plausible, which makes it more frightening.

15. 102
    Little Brother par Cory Doctorow (infiniteletters, suzanney, JFDR)

    JFDR: 1984's Big Brother is Little Brother's namesake.

16. 40
    Swastika Night par Katharine Burdekin (Utilisateur anonyme)

    Utilisateur anonyme: Huxley and Zamyatin are practically the canon recommendations for this work, so much so that they hardly need to be mentioned, let alone mentioned again.. Therefore, let me instead recommend a lesser-known work that likewise influenced Orwell's work: Burdekin's dystopian future-history, Swastika Night… (plus d'informations)

17. 40
    The Archivist's Story par Travis Holland (catherinestead)

    catherinestead: Two very powerful stories of what happens when a very small cog in the machine of a dictatorship decides not to turn anymore.

18. 40
    Coeur de chien par Mikhail Bulgakov (BGP)
19. 40
    La Machine s'arrête par E. M. Forster (artturnerjr)

    artturnerjr: If you read only one other dystopian SF story, make it this one.

20. 74
    Panoptique par Jeremy Bentham (bertilak)

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