10 best classic political novels

7. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley

Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 288 pp.

In the vein of "1984," Brave New World tells of a futuristic society where people are bred into different jobs and castes, family ties are eliminated, and complacency and consumption are encouraged. The government controls most of the world except for the "savage" territories, where people are left to their own devices. When one of those savages ventures into the government-controlled city of London, all hell breaks loose.

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