The most popular british writers

10. George Orwell

Early 1960s paperback cover of George Orwell’s 1984 by Chris Protopapas – Flickr
If you’re into dystopian fiction, you’re going to love George Orwell. You may have heard of him thanks to his well-known novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. “Big Brother is watching” ring any bells? Well, you’ll find that line many times over in Nineteen Eighty-Four. Most of Orwell’s works focus on social injustice and what can happen in a totalitarian society.
Start with: Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm
Conclusion
I hope you’ve been taking notes because you have a lot of titles to add to your reading lists! There are so many impressive British writers out there that it was extremely difficult for me to narrow them down to a list of 10, but I think that the author’s above are a great start!
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