Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
In a dystopian future where books are banned and burned by the government to prevent dissenting ideas, a fireman named Guy Montag, whose job is to burn books, begins to question the society he serves. After a series of events, including meeting a free-thinking teenager and witnessing a woman choosing to die with her books, Montag begins to secretly collect and read books, leading to his eventual rebellion against the oppressive regime. The narrative serves as a critique of censorship, conformity, and the dangers of an illiterate society.
The 118th greatest book of all time
- Published
- 1953
- Nationality
- American
- Type
- Fiction
- Pages
- 158-190
- Words
- 46,000
- Original Language
- English
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- 4th on Top 200 Science Fiction Books (Pre-2000) (Sci-Fi Lists)
- 7th on Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books (NPR)
- 22nd on The Greatest Books of All Time (Reader's Digest)
- 27th on Koen Book Distributors Top 100 Books of the Past Century (themodernnovel.com)
- 71st on 100 Books of Classical and Modern Foreign Literature (The Union of Russian Writers)
- 73rd on The Complete 500: OCLC (OCLC)
- 77th on Big Read (Bulgarian) (Bulgaria)
- 89th on The 100 Favorite Novels of Librarians (Bookman.com)
- 133rd on The 500 best books of all time from Culture Café users (Culture Café)
- 478th on Our Users' Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- The Great American Novels (The Atlantic)
- Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (David Pringle)
- The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books for Every Kind of Reader (Men's Health)
- 100 Main Fantasy and Science-Fiction Books (www.mirf.ru (Russian))
- 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (The Guardian)
- Books That Shaped America (Library of Congress)
- The 100 Best Science Fiction Books of All Time (Tor)
- The Books You've Always Meant to Read (Waterstones)
- 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.com (USA))
- The 100 Greatest American Novels, 1893 – 1993 (Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com)
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- Best Books Ever (bookdepository.com)
- Select 100 (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
- The New York Public Library's Books of the Century (New York Public Library)
- Hugo Award for Best Novel (Hugo Awards)
- A Century of Reading (Lithub)
- The 75 Best Books of the Past 75 Years (Parade Magazine)