Nineteen Eighty Four (1984): George Orwell

Society is under control of Big Brother. Every aspect of life is closely monitored and any hint of unorthodoxy is ruthlessly suppressed by the Thought Police. Winston Smith works in the Ministry of Truth, the Party's propaganda machine. Winston is a rebel - he keeps a diary as he searches for truth. He yearns for liberty and finds new hope when he falls in love with the earthy, sensual Julia. But he finds himself in a nightmare world of terror, where the price of existence is betrayal.