Anthem Quote by Sara Shepard

I've always been interested in those Orwellian dystopian novels, like 'Fahrenheit 451,' 'Brave New World,' and obviously Orwell's '1984.'

— Alexander Skarsgard

I majored in English in college, so I read the classic dystopian novels like '1984' and 'Brave New World.'

— Lois Lowry

One of my favorite books is 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' by George Orwell, and 'Catcher in the Rye,' obviously, is a big influence and is one…

— Hozier

The kind of dystopian books that I've always loved the most are the ones where you find yourself in a world that's less scorched-earth…

— Laura van den Berg

I encourage everyone to read James Baldwin and Malcom X and Aldous Huxley. To read Primo Levi. To read 'Silent Spring.' To read Toni…

— Zoe Kazan

[George] Orwell's essays. It's got it all. Great writing, a worldview that I find interesting and useful, and most of it timelessly true.

— Anthony Bourdain

Until I was 16, I read nothing but science fiction. I loved William Gibson and I still do. But my favourite book when I…

— Ned Beauman

Books that kids read should be about what is going on in the world.

— Michael Morpurgo

“What book(s) changed your life and why? I could probably list books for days, so I’ll just list a few favorites: The Giver by…

— Veronica Roth

My English teachers gave me a copy of Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale' when I left high school, which has always been very special to…

— Samantha Shannon

I read anything I could get my hands on: science fiction, fantasy, horror, thrillers. I even became hooked on the Bantam reprints of the…

— James Rollins

I want to read Keats and Wordsworth, Hemingway, George Orwell.

— Aravind Adiga