I recommend Fahrenheit 451. 
 Impossible; for how many people did you know who refracted your own light to you? 
 I picked up Fahrenheit 451 with apprehension. Somehow, I'm dreading that the same crappy ending in 1984 will happen here... but I'm a happy camper! I liked Bradbury's short story since page 1. Liked it even more as it progresses. I thought, "yeah! that's what I want to happen, too"! 
 I was in a trance while reading the book. Bradbury's broody and flowery writing appealed to me for his dystopian theme. It made me pause, think, and agree.In the end of Part 1, I thought Guy was a hypocrite, but my sour feeling towards him didn't last. 
 For such a short read, Fahrenheit 451 was packed with a lot of punch. Never mind that I fear the world they are in, without books?!! But the spot-on not-so-impossible future crated by Bradbury was quite impressive. Well, he did write this fifty years ago! He has some inventive imagination going back then, and I applaud him for that. 
 The war was sketchy to me. It conflicted with the message being repeated by the Captain on why their Society is such in its current state: it's because people want to be "happy". So the Society gave them happiness. So what's with the war? 
 Fahrenheit 451 didn't disappoint. Finally! A classic that is right for my taste. =)