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Dystopian & Utopian Options
Novel
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
Pages: 208
Lexile: 770
Novel
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
Pages: 288
Lexile: 870
Novel
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
Pages: 208
Lexile: 890
Novel
Anthem
by Ayn Rand
Pages: 272
Lexile: 880
Political Philosophy
Utopia
by Thomas More
Pages: 135
Lexile: 1390
Novel
The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
Pages: 384
Lexile: 810
Movie
Dr. Strangelove:
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Rated PG
95 minutes
Movie
Pleasantville
Directed by Gary Ross
Rated PG-13
124 minutes
Non-fiction book
The World Without Us
by Alan Weisman
Pages: 324
Lexile: ?
Novel
1984
by George Orwell
Pages: 304
Lexile: 1090
Novel
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand
Pages: 1,088
Lexile: 1070
Novel
Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka
Pages: 224
Lexile: 132
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Novel
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy
Pages: 304
Lexile: 670
Novel
The Flight of the Silvers
by Daniel Price
Pages: 608
Lexile: ?
Novel
Corpalism
by Arun D. Ellis
Pages: 298
Lexile: ?
Movie
Minority Report
Directed by Stephen Spielberg
PG-13
145 minutes