We is officially my new favorite dystopia novel. Serving as clear inspiration for both Brave New World and 1984, this 1921 Russian novel manages to warn readers about both Big Brother surveillance and hedonistic erosion of freedom. Following a mathematician as he develops the “illness” of a soul that causes him friction with the religious and political force of the One State, it is both a gripping romantic drama and poignant piece of political satire. If you read one dystopia novel on my recommendation, it should be this one.
