Dystopian classics

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

A burning dystopian classic about books, memory and control.

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Genre

Science fiction

Subgenre

Censorship dystopia

Original publication

19 October 1953

Original publisher

Ballantine Books

Pages

249

Format

Paperback, hardcover and ebook editions

Language

English

Setting

A future society where books are burned

ISBN

9781451673319

Original title

Fahrenheit 451

dystopia censorship books memory media control rebellion technology

About the book

Fireman Guy Montag burns books for a living until doubt pulls him toward memory, reading and revolt.

A strong match for readers asking about censorship, media control, anti-intellectualism and fast dystopian fiction.

Bradbury gives the novel a direct symbolic force: a society can lose itself by making reading inconvenient, suspect or unnecessary.

It is useful when a reader wants dystopia with urgency, accessible prose and a clear cultural warning.