Novels that changed how I think

Ranked list by Nia Okafor · 18 items · 0 likes

Science fiction sits next to the classics here because both ask what a person is. I rank by how often an idea comes back to me.

1. 1984 Book

   The doublethink chapters feel more current each year.

2. Dune Book

   Ecology as plot, still not matched in science fiction.

3. One Hundred Years of Solitude Book
4. Solaris Book

   About a mind that cannot be understood, not about aliens.

5. Brave New World Book

   Reads more like a news summary every year.

6. The Left Hand of Darkness Book

   Le Guin on gender, written in 1969.

7. Frankenstein Book

   The original warning about building something you cannot control.

8. Catch-22 Book

   Circular logic as comedy, then as horror.

9. The Trial Book
10. The Master and Margarita Book
11. War and Peace Book
12. Pride and Prejudice Book
13. Moby-Dick Book
14. Anna Karenina Book
15. Crime and Punishment Book
16. The Great Gatsby Book
17. Middlemarch Book
18. The Lord of the Rings Book

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