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1984 by George OrwellU.S. Constitution (Saddlewire) by Founding FathersFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeOn Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
Books to Read under the Trump Administration
9th out of 1,171 books — 520 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood1984 by George OrwellThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Post-Trump Big Questions Canon
14th out of 522 books — 276 voters

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. DickWatchmen by Alan MooreFatherland by Robert HarrisCoilhunter by Dean F. WilsonJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Best Alternate History
28th out of 369 books — 685 voters
Our Revolution by Bernie Sanders1984 by George OrwellA Fighting Chance by Elizabeth WarrenIt Can't Happen Here by Sinclair LewisThe New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Trump Resistance
4th out of 188 books — 79 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
1238th out of 7,890 books — 49,804 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryDivergent by Veronica RothBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
365th out of 3,897 books — 26,217 voters

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. DickWatchmen by Alan MooreFatherland by Robert HarrisThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeHis Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
Best Alternate History Novels and Stories
114th out of 779 books — 1,306 voters
The Stand by Stephen King1984 by George OrwellThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
This Is the End...
125th out of 1,005 books — 1,600 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books Ever
8940th out of 77,654 books — 289,912 voters
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieLes Miserables by Victor HugoThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
[ATY 2026] Resistance, Rebellion, Revolution
15th out of 353 books — 57 voters

1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyCatch-22 by Joseph HellerAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Political Novels
17th out of 147 books — 168 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Great American Novel
232nd out of 672 books — 1,093 voters

Everything Is Tuberculosis by John GreenA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesJames by Percival EverettThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne BrontëAll Systems Red by Martha Wells
[ATY 2025&2026] Best Books of the Month (2025)
23rd out of 551 books — 65 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Dystopia!
273rd out of 1,226 books — 2,770 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Dystopian Novels That May Soon Become Reality in Trump's America
19th out of 191 books — 96 voters
It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair LewisWe by Yevgeny ZamyatinThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodWinter Is Coming by Garry KasparovSuper Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
Let's Survive Trump
1st out of 25 books — 14 voters

Martyr! by Kaveh AkbarEverything Is Tuberculosis by John GreenThe A.B.C. Murders by Agatha ChristieIs a River Alive? by Robert MacfarlaneWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
[ATY 2026] Punctuation in Title
52nd out of 836 books — 61 voters
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie GarmusInvisible Women by Caroline Criado PérezWild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghyThe Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan KamaliThe Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
[ATY 2026] Cover Text that is NOT Black or White
59th out of 617 books — 54 voters

TWAS The Year 2020 by Karl Wiggins1984 by George OrwellIt Can't Happen Here by Sinclair LewisV for Vendetta by Alan MooreThe Iron Heel by Jack London
Books that represent Trump's America
3rd out of 32 books — 11 voters
Merchants of Doubt by Naomi OreskesHillbilly Elegy by J.D. VanceIt Can't Happen Here by Sinclair LewisFascism by Madeleine K. AlbrightGlass House by Brian Alexander
Trumpland
3rd out of 49 books — 14 voters

Christian Nation by Frederic C. RichIt Can't Happen Here by Sinclair LewisIf They Come in the Morning by Angela Y. DavisSettlers by J. SakaiThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Radical Reads for 2017
2nd out of 78 books — 17 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Vulture List of 100 Best Dystopian Books
20th out of 101 books — 23 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellCatch-22 by Joseph Heller1984 by George OrwellBrave New World and Brave New World Revisited by Aldous HuxleyAll the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
Political Novels
12th out of 91 books — 33 voters
Against the Fascist Creep by Alexander Reid RossThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodV for Vendetta by Alan MooreAntifa by Mark BrayThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Against the Fascist Creep
7th out of 173 books — 21 voters

Liv's Secrets by Janet LevineSet the Night on Fire by Mike DavisThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood1984 by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Reading the Resistance
57th out of 257 books — 60 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleySaint Richard Parker by Merlin FrancoThe Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man by Jonas Jonasson
Best Social and Political Satires
127th out of 509 books — 511 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerTender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Appendix D: The Chaotic Age, Pt 8: The United States (Harold Bloom's Western Canon)
35th out of 109 books — 16 voters
Our Revolution by Bernie SandersThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnIt Can't Happen Here by Sinclair LewisRules for Radicals by Saul D. Alinsky
Resistance Reading List
4th out of 37 books — 11 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellDivergent by Veronica RothBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyCatching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Best Dystopian Fiction of All Time
213th out of 460 books — 1,307 voters
Vicious by L.J. ShenShameless by Lisa Renee JonesDefy by L.J. ShenProvocative by Lisa Renee JonesA Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas
What We've Read So Far in 2017
669th out of 7,098 books — 873 voters

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