Open Option
Glory (NoViolet Bulawayo)
Glory Author: NoViolet Bulawayo List: Recent Prize Short List (Man Booker 2022) Year of publication: 2022 Pages: 416 Goodreads: Glory
freedom
Open Option
Elmet (Fiona Mozley)
Elmet Author: Fiona Mozley Year of publication: 2017 List: Recent Prize Winner (2017) Pages: 312 Goodreads: Elmet
Open Option
The French Lieutenant’s Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant’s Woman Author: John Fowles Year of publication: 1969 Pages: 470 Goodreads: The French Lieutenant’s Woman
War
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America Author: Philip Roth Project: war – World War II Year of publication: 2004 Pages: 391 Goodreads: The Plot Against America “What if not Roosevelt but an anti-Semitic, popular man […]
Identity
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
Set in the United States during the 19th century, a young slave named Cora escapes from a Georgia plantation and embarks on a perilous journey through the Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes and […]
Dystopia
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm Author: George Orwell List: Open Option Project: dystopia – government / social injustice Year of publication: 1945 Pages: 144 [½] Goodreads: Animal Farm
Open Option
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence Author: Edith Wharton List: Modern Classic Year of publication: 1920 Pages: 304 Goodreads: The Age of Innocence
Dystopia
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World is a dystopian novel set in a futuristic society where citizens are genetically engineered and conditioned for conformity and pleasure. The story follows a man named Bernard Marx who challenges the societal […]
Dystopia
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange Author: Anthony Burgess List: Modern Classic Project: dystopia – government / social injustice Year of publication: 1962 Pages: 149 Goodreads: A Clockwork Orange
Recent Prize Winner
The Long Take (Robin Robertson)
The Long Take Author: Robin Robertson List: Open Option (Man Booker 2018 Longlist) Year of publication: 2018 Pages: 256 Goodreads: The Long Take