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THEY THOUGHT THEY

WERE FREE

by Milton Mayer
What if the greatest danger wasn’t monsters - but ordinary people looking the other way? How do ordinary people become part of something unthinkable - and convince themselves it’s normal? In Nazi Germany, freedom didn’t vanish overnight but was traded away in whispers, compromises, and silence until it was too late to turn back.

THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS

by John Wyndham

The End Begins.
When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere.
No wheels rumbled, no buses roared, no sound of a car of any kind, in fact, was to be heard. No brakes, no horns. A nasty, empty feeling began to crawl up inside me.

THE THINGS WE

LEAVE BEHIND

by Clare Furniss
Civil unrest in London has reached an all-time high after years of a growing authoritarian regime, and it’s no longer safe for Clem and her sister Billie.

‘Compulsive, poignant YA dystopia’
–The Guardian
‘An exquisite, devastating read’
–The Irish Times

THE CARPET PEOPLE

by Terry Pratchett

In the beginning, there was nothing but endless flatness. Then came the Carpet . . .
They called themselves The True Human Beings. It’s what most people call themselves, to begin with. And then one day the tribe meets some other people, and gives them a name like The Other People or The Enemy. If only they’d think up a name like Some More True Human Beings, it’d save a lot of trouble later on.

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THE GOLDEN DREAM

by Joan Didion

“Here is the last stop for all those who come from somewhere else, for all those who drifted away from the cold and the past and the old ways. Here is where they are trying to find a new life, trying to find it in the only places they know to look: the movies and the newspapers."

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1984
by George Orwell

Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley

The Lost Cause
by Cory Doctorow

The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood

Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury

 "Then the King will say - 'Come, you who are blessed, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.'" 

"Then he will say - 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'   
 
[ -Matthew 25: verses 34 and 41 ]

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American Fight Against Fascism
by Rachel Maddow

Animal Farm
by George Orwell

The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins

The Wave
by Todd Strasser

The Plot Against America
by Philip Roth

The Iron Heel
by Jack London

Little Brother
by Cory Doctorow

It Can't Happen Here
by Sinclair Lewis

Alone in Berlin
by Hans Fallada

White Rose
by Kip Wilson

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