Nineteen Eighty-Four (originale 1949; edizione 1964)

1. 822
   Il mondo nuovo di 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.… (altro)

2. 877
   La fattoria degli animali di George Orwell (JGKC, haraldo)
3. 726
   Fahrenheit 451 di 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.… (altro)

4. 401
   Il racconto dell'ancella di Margaret Atwood (citygirl, cflorente, wosret, norabelle414, readingwolverine)
5. 382
   Arancia meccanica di Anthony Burgess (wosret, Utente anonimo)
6. 4013
   Il signore delle mosche di William Golding (vegetarianflautist, avid_reader25)
7. 282
   Noi di Yevgeny Zamyatin (hippietrail, BGP, soylentgreen23, roby72, timoroso, MEStaton, Utente anonimo, 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. 235
   Qualcuno volò sul nido del cuculo di Ken Kesey (readerbabe1984)
9. 192
   V per vendetta di Alan Moore (aethercowboy)

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

10. 206
    Il donatore di Lois Lowry (cflorente, readerbabe1984)
11. 90
    Buio a mezzogiorno di 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.

12. 112
    Il mondo nuovo / Ritorno al mondo nuovo di Aldous Huxley (thebookpile)
13. 101
    Kallocaina di Karin Boye (andejons, Utente anonimo)

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

14. 91
    Ritorno al mondo nuovo di Aldous Huxley (pyrocow)
15. 102
    X di Cory Doctorow (infiniteletters, suzanney, JFDR)

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

16. 40
    La notte della svastica di Katharine Burdekin (Utente anonimo)

    Utente anonimo: 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… (altro)

17. 40
    The Machine Stops di E. M. Forster (artturnerjr)

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

18. 40
    Cuore di cane di Mikhail Bulgakov (BGP)
19. 40
    Storia di un archivista di 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.

20. 74
    Panopticon, ovvero La casa d'ispezione di Jeremy Bentham (bertilak)

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