Books like Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
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Genre
Story type
What it is about
- Totalitarianism
- Freedom of thought
- Surveillance state
- Human rights
Where it happens
- Oceania
- London
When it happens
- 1984
Kind of book
- Novel
Ages
- Adult
About this book
Its subjects in Wikidata: totalitarianism, freedom of thought, surveillance state, human rights. It is set in Oceania and listed for an audience of adults.
Where this comes from: Wikidata · Open Library subject
Books like this one
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Why: Both are dystopian and science fiction books about totalitarianism, set in London.
- Dystopian
- Science fiction
- Totalitarianism
- London
What both books share
- dystopian
Nineteen Eighty-Four: "Fiction, dystopian" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (WD genre)
Brave New World: "Dystopian" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (WD genre); "Dystopian fiction" (LoC 655) - science fiction
Nineteen Eighty-Four: "Science Fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, general" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
Brave New World: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Science-fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, general" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre) - totalitarianism
Nineteen Eighty-Four: "Totalitarianism" (OL subject); "Totalitarianism and literature" (OL subject); "Totalitarianism--fiction" (OL subject); "totalitarianism" (WD main subject)
Brave New World: "Totalitarianism" (OL subject); "Totalitarianism" (LoC 650) - London
Nineteen Eighty-Four: "London (england), fiction" (OL subject); "London" (OL place); "London (England)" (OL place); "London" (WD narrative location)
Brave New World: "London" (OL subject); "London" (OL place); "London" (WD narrative location)
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Why: Both are dystopian and science fiction books about totalitarianism.
- Dystopian
- Science fiction
- Totalitarianism
What both books share
- dystopian
Nineteen Eighty-Four: "Fiction, dystopian" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (WD genre)
Fahrenheit 451: "Fiction, dystopian" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (WD genre) - science fiction
Nineteen Eighty-Four: "Science Fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, general" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
Fahrenheit 451: "science fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, general" (OL subject); "Science fiction, american" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre) - totalitarianism
Nineteen Eighty-Four: "Totalitarianism" (OL subject); "Totalitarianism and literature" (OL subject); "Totalitarianism--fiction" (OL subject); "totalitarianism" (WD main subject)
Fahrenheit 451: "Totalitarianism" (OL subject); "Totalitarianisms" (OL subject); "Totalitarianism--fiction" (OL subject); "Totalitarianism -- Fiction" (LoC 650)
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Why: Both are dystopian and science fiction books.
What both books share
- dystopian
Nineteen Eighty-Four: "Fiction, dystopian" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (WD genre)
The Handmaid's Tale: "Dystopian fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, dystopian" (OL subject); "FICTION / Dystopian" (OL subject); "Dystopian" (OL subject) - science fiction
Nineteen Eighty-Four: "Science Fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, general" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
The Handmaid's Tale: "science fiction" (OL subject); "FICTION / Science Fiction" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
- dystopian
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What they share, at a glance
Nineteen Eighty-Four next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Science fiction | Dystopian | Totalitarianism | London |
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| Brave New World | shared | shared | shared | shared |
| Fahrenheit 451 | shared | shared | shared | not shared |
| The Handmaid's Tale | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Road | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Ready Player One | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Hunger Games | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Divergent | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Flowers for Algernon | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| A Clockwork Orange | not shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Foundation | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Foundation and Empire | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
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