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Orwellian Books
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by (shelved 19 times as orwellian)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,306,635 ratings — published 1949

by (shelved 15 times as orwellian)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,421,682 ratings — published 1945

by (shelved 7 times as orwellian)
avg rating 3.43 — 228,693 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 5 times as orwellian)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,038,205 ratings — published 1932

by (shelved 4 times as orwellian)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,758,115 ratings — published 1953

by (shelved 4 times as orwellian)
avg rating 4.09 — 69,409 ratings — published 1938

by (shelved 4 times as orwellian)
avg rating 4.09 — 98,856 ratings — published 1933

by (shelved 4 times as orwellian)
avg rating 3.78 — 20,930 ratings — published 1939

by (shelved 3 times as orwellian)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,318,475 ratings — published 2011

by (shelved 3 times as orwellian)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,757,536 ratings — published 1993

by (shelved 3 times as orwellian)
avg rating 3.87 — 31,691 ratings — published 1934

by (shelved 3 times as orwellian)
avg rating 3.89 — 24,723 ratings — published 1936

by (shelved 2 times as orwellian)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,043,603 ratings — published 1866

by (shelved 2 times as orwellian)
avg rating 4.16 — 4,556 ratings — published 2021

by (shelved 2 times as orwellian)
avg rating 3.91 — 27,744 ratings — published 1937

by (shelved 2 times as orwellian)
avg rating 3.54 — 11,443 ratings — published 1935

by (shelved 2 times as orwellian)
avg rating 3.60 — 1,129,447 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 2 times as orwellian)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,605,816 ratings — published 2012

by (shelved 2 times as orwellian)
avg rating 4.00 — 283,851 ratings — published 2003

by (shelved 2 times as orwellian)
avg rating 4.26 — 322,323 ratings — published 1990

by (shelved 2 times as orwellian)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,698,945 ratings — published 2008

by (shelved 1 time as orwellian)
avg rating 3.76 — 42 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as orwellian)
avg rating 4.01 — 6,637 ratings — published 2012

by (shelved 1 time as orwellian)
avg rating 4.29 — 8,499 ratings — published 1946

by (shelved 1 time as orwellian)
avg rating 3.83 — 8,497 ratings — published 1946

by (shelved 1 time as orwellian)
avg rating 4.30 — 8,014 ratings — published 1941

by (shelved 1 time as orwellian)
avg rating 4.01 — 14,593 ratings — published 1946

by (shelved 1 time as orwellian)
avg rating 4.06 — 11,031 ratings — published 1936

by (shelved 1 time as orwellian)
avg rating 4.07 — 103,384 ratings — published 2012

by (shelved 1 time as orwellian)
avg rating 4.23 — 268,221 ratings — published 2012

by (shelved 1 time as orwellian)
avg rating 4.00 — 243 ratings — published 2024

by (shelved 1 time as orwellian)
avg rating 3.78 — 357,984 ratings — published 2017

by (shelved 1 time as orwellian)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,732,438 ratings — published 2012

by (shelved 1 time as orwellian)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,111,454 ratings — published 2020

by (shelved 1 time as orwellian)
avg rating 3.93 — 252,446 ratings — published 2014

by (shelved 1 time as orwellian)
avg rating 3.53 — 123,317 ratings — published 2022

by (shelved 1 time as orwellian)
avg rating 3.78 — 24,629 ratings — published 1968

by (shelved 1 time as orwellian)
avg rating 3.84 — 4,109 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 1 time as orwellian)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,357,863 ratings — published 1985

by (shelved 1 time as orwellian)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,639,902 ratings — published 2010

by (shelved 1 time as orwellian)
avg rating 3.85 — 828,491 ratings — published 2005

by (shelved 1 time as orwellian)
avg rating 4.37 — 10,474 ratings — published 2018

by (shelved 1 time as orwellian)
avg rating 3.94 — 22,075 ratings — published 1958

by (shelved 1 time as orwellian)
avg rating 4.06 — 12,979 ratings — published 2018

by (shelved 1 time as orwellian)
avg rating 4.05 — 10,090 ratings — published 2006

by (shelved 1 time as orwellian)
avg rating 3.69 — 1,406 ratings — published 1946

“...one ought to recognize that the present political chaos is connected with the decay of language, and that one can probably bring some improvement by starting at the verbal end....Political language -- and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists -- is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
-- 'Politics and the English Language,' 1946”
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-- 'Politics and the English Language,' 1946”
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“Winston kept his back turned to the telescreen. It was safer, though, as he well knew, even a back can be revealing.”
― 1984
― 1984