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Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Her epic novel describing the plight of the free man in a sacrificial world controlled by socialists. Simply the greatest philosophical treatise of all time. More by Ayn Rand.
George Orwell's Classic novel, first published in 1949. Depicting a world with no personal freedom, George Orwell wrote this novel to speak out against the societal trends of the time. This novel is especially applicable today, with respect to the current issues of Homeland Security and Gun fingerprinting.
Aldous Huxley's disturbing tale of a world in which your place in society is foreordained. Nonconformance is unheard of and any new idea is quickly suppressed. The "Brave New World" Aldous speaks of is intended as a warning against excessive government control.