Prompts

Which books made you think deeply about freedom, truth, and society?

Books have the power to challenge our perspectives, reveal hidden truths, and inspire us to think critically about the world around us. Stories—both real and imagined—can illustrate the importance of freedom, the consequences of unchecked power, and the resilience of those who fight for justice. Whether through dystopian fiction, historical accounts, or thought-provoking analysis, these books help us understand society in new ways. Which books have made you reflect deeply on freedom, truth, and the structures that shape our world?

1984
Fahrenheit 451
Animal Farm
The Handmaid's Tale
Brave New World
Night
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
We
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
On Tyranny
The Left Hand of Darkness
Lilith's Brood
Slaughterhouse 5
The Running Man
Kindred
Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
Vox
Caste
Tender Is the Flesh
Unwind
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
I Must Betray You
The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, books I-II
Chain Gang All Stars
Careless People
The Grapes of Wrath
The Plague
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
A People's History of the United States
How Fascism Works
The Federalist Papers
Ringworld
Somewhere Beyond the Sea
1Q84
All Systems Red
The Power
Break the Wheel: Ending the Cycle of Police Violence
The Water Dancer
Cyberspies
Internment
Libertie
On Freedom
The Picture of Dorian Grey
Education and Peace
Fascism: A Warning
The Torture Camp on Paradise Street
Angel of Greenwood
The New Flesh: Life and Death in the Data Economy
The Wanting Way: Poems
The Hunger Games
What Is a Girl Worth?: My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics
Hollow Fires
Mockingjay
The Inheritance Trilogy
We Should All Be Feminists
Indian Horse
The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine
Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Autocracy Inc.
The Jailing of Cecelia Capture
Girls' Last Tour, Vol. 6
Prophet Song
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
The Dispossessed
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Elijah of Buxton
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America
Teaching to Transgress
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
The 48 Laws of Power
A Time of Changes
Gravity's Rainbow
Catching Fire