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Adam Strassberg Author Of December on 5C4

From Adam's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Adam's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Adam Strassberg Why Adam loves this book

I hated reading 1984 and I loved hating it! What a chilling and coherent vision of an impossibly totalitarian society that seems all too possible and all too prescient more and more each day now. Orwell explores the foundations of truth as the government of Big Brother uses their control of language and information to manipulate the thoughts of their populace and thus the fundamental realities experienced by all.
The novel was published over 75 years ago, and sadly is more relevant today than ever.

By George Orwell ,

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58 authors picked 1984 as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU . . .

1984 is the year in which it happens. The world is divided into three superstates. In Oceania, the Party's power is absolute. Every action, word, gesture and thought is monitored under the watchful eye of Big Brother and the Thought Police. In the Ministry of Truth, the Party's department for propaganda, Winston Smith's job is to edit the past. Over time, the impulse to escape the machine and live independently takes hold of him and he embarks on a secret and forbidden love affair. As he writes the words 'DOWN WITH BIG…


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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

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Matthew Arnold Stern Author Of Amiga

From Matthew's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Author Technophile Creative Intellectually curious Dodgers fan Southern Californian

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Matthew Arnold Stern Why Matthew loves this book

This is a powerful memoir about a girl who survived loss, betrayal, and physical and emotional abuse from an unstable and narcissistic mother. It was a harrowing and ultimately uplifting story about how the author found herself and became the woman and the mother she wanted to be. It reminds us that cycles of abuse can be broken.

By Cherie Karwoski ,

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1 author picked Just a Girl From the Valley as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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What happens when your childhood is shaped by loss, betrayal, and chaos—when the people meant to protect you are the ones who cause the deepest harm?From a young age, Cherie Karwoski asked herself: Who is safe? Who can I trust? Is this really what childhood is supposed to feel like?In Just a Girl From the Valley, Cherie shares her powerful story of growing up in the shadow of trauma and learning to survive when everything around her felt like it was falling apart:A devastating loss before she could understand what death truly meantEnduring abuse and neglect by those meant to…


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