Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Set in a dystopian future, the novel explores a society where human beings are genetically bred and pharmaceutically conditioned to serve in a ruling order. The society is divided into five castes, each with its specific roles. The narrative follows a savage who rejects the norms of this new world order and struggles to navigate the clash between the values of his upbringing and the reality of this technologically advanced, emotionless society. His resistance prompts a deep examination of the nature of freedom, individuality, and happiness.
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- 5th on The Modern Library | 100 Best Novels (Modern Library)
- 6th on Top 200 Science Fiction Books (Pre-2000) (Sci-Fi Lists)
- 9th on Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books (NPR)
- 15th on Waterstone's Books of the Century (LibraryThing)
- 16th on The 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century (Folha de São Paulo)
- 16th on Radcliffe's 100 Best Novels (Radcliffe Publishing Course)
- 20th on The 25 Best Science-Fiction Books of All Time (Spy.com)
- 21st on Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century (Le Monde)
- 24th on Koen Book Distributors Top 100 Books of the Past Century (themodernnovel.com)
- 27th on The Complete 500: OCLC (OCLC)
- 31st on 50 Books to Read Before You Die (Complex)
- 32nd on 100 Essential Books (Bravo! Magazine)
- 33rd on Kanon na koniec wieku (Canon at the end of the century) (Rzeczpospolita (newspaper))
- 41st on The 50 best books of the past 100 years (The Times)
- 43rd on The 500 best books of all time from Culture Café users (Culture Café)
- 43rd on Top 50 Books (The Folio Society)
- 44th on 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction (Larry McCaffery)
- 53rd on The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time: The List (The Observer)
- 87th on The Big Read (BBC)
- 98th on The Greatest Books of All Time (Reader's Digest)
- 237th on Our Users' Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (The Guardian)
- The 100 Best Science Fiction Books of All Time (Tor)
- 50 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novels That Everyone Should Read (Flavor Wire)
- 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library (The Telegraph)
- The College Board: 101 Great Books Recommended for College-Bound Readers (The College Board, an American not-for-profit organization)
- The New Lifetime Reading Plan (The New Lifetime Reading Plan)
- The Book of Great Books: A Guide to 100 World Classics (Book)
- From Zero to Well-Read in 100 Books (Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com)
- The Graphic Canon (Book)
- The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written (Easton Press)
- Select 100 (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
- The 100 Best Books in the World (AbeBooks.de (in German))
- 100 Best Novels Written in English (The Guardian)
- 50 Books to Read Before You Die (Barnes and Noble)
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)
- 100 Novels That Shaped Our World (BBC)
- The New York Public Library's Books of the Century (New York Public Library)
- A Century of Reading (Lithub)
- Harold Bloom's The Western Canon (The Western Canon (Book) by Harold Bloom)
- The 50 Most Influential Books of All Time (Open Education Database)
- Daily Telegraph's 100 Books of the Century, 1900-1999 (Daily Telegraph)
- The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books for Every Kind of Reader (Men's Health)
- 100 Main Fantasy and Science-Fiction Books (www.mirf.ru (Russian))