This book was the ultimate dystopia. And having been written in 1948, it's damn close to nowadays, I think. Well, not so extreme, but in the book telescreens(like cameras) watch and listen to everything and saying or doing the wrong thing will get you arrested. People are forced to love the authority figure 'Big Brother' and the committing of any 'thought-crimes' (basically the intent to hate on Big Bro or the Party/government) is handled in torture, forced labor camps, and eventually death. Obviously from this description, it doesn't sound a lot like now-a-days, but read in between the lines a bit. Cameras watching people all the time looking for criminals..o.O..Idk, just reading some of this stuff reminded me of some things today is all. Maybe I'm a conspiracy theorist *shrugs* but the guy who wrote it thought this of his own time, so, what the hell would he think of now? 
 Anyway, I liked the book, and it's rare I like a school book, nevermind actually read the whole thing cover to cover..very little skimming, I was impressed with myself Lol. Winston, the main character goes through quite a lot in his struggle to live in this society, but despite this he actually manages to find a special lady-friend. Thought-criminals, those two are. Lol 
 So I guess I'd recommend this to conspiracy theorists, and people interested in dystopia novels. I believe that this one may have been one of the originals.