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Five Dystopian Books to Read During Quarantine

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2020 is a year that does not stop giving. With people all over, burdened with multiple simultaneous tragedies, this is not a year that anyone alive is going to forget easily. However, we need to find comfort in the fact that things could be a lot worse. The world is a strange place right now, and it does feel like the world as we know it has ended. We will have to embrace ourselves for a new normal whenever we get the chance to get back to our routine.  Thankfully though, many books have dealt with this already- albeit in different ways. Dystopian novels have been around for many years, intriguing us with varying kinds of end-of-the-world scenarios. These are surreal stories of oppressive regimes, genetic control, apocalypses, and are just as gripping as they are terrifying.  Here is a list of five of the most notable books of the genre. Whenever you feel the need to  escape to another more disturbing world, pick up a book from the list below: 1. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury