Dictatorship Books

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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,500,240 ratings — published 1945
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Matched (Matched, #1) Matched (Matched, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 3.62 — 813,728 ratings — published 2010
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Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 4.46 — 98,978 ratings — published 2009
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,401,340 ratings — published 1949
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The Orphan Master's Son The Orphan Master's Son (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 4.07 — 103,950 ratings — published 2012
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,817,434 ratings — published 2008
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The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 4.25 — 11,127 ratings — published 2011
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In the Time of the Butterflies In the Time of the Butterflies (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 4.15 — 79,085 ratings — published 1994
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,397,523 ratings — published 1985
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 3.89 — 277,966 ratings — published 2007
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The Feast of the Goat The Feast of the Goat (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 4.35 — 42,429 ratings — published 2000
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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 4.28 — 99,238 ratings — published 2017
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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 4.35 — 4,118,407 ratings — published 2009
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The Origins of Totalitarianism The Origins of Totalitarianism (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 4.30 — 14,604 ratings — published 1951
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Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 3.88 — 28,777 ratings — published 2003
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Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 4.27 — 5,195 ratings — published 2020
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How to Be a Dictator: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century How to Be a Dictator: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 3.69 — 2,746 ratings — published 2019
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The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 4.37 — 10,722 ratings — published 2018
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The Fountains of Silence The Fountains of Silence (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 4.31 — 81,644 ratings — published 2019
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Sostiene Pereira Sostiene Pereira (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 4.19 — 35,619 ratings — published 1994
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In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 4.48 — 103,733 ratings — published 2015
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From Dictatorship to Democracy From Dictatorship to Democracy (online)
by (shelved 4 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 3.83 — 2,092 ratings — published 1993
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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 4.30 — 123,017 ratings — published 1991
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Mao: The Unknown Story Mao: The Unknown Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 3.83 — 13,816 ratings — published 2002
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,806,395 ratings — published 1953
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The House of the Spirits The House of the Spirits (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 4.30 — 316,464 ratings — published 1982
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Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,214 ratings — published 2022
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War War (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 4.23 — 12,729 ratings — published 2024
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The Comedians The Comedians (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 3.99 — 10,056 ratings — published 1966
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The New Class: An Analysis of the Communist System The New Class: An Analysis of the Communist System (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 3.84 — 281 ratings — published 1957
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The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 4.19 — 7,018 ratings — published 2017
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Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956 Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 4.08 — 7,255 ratings — published 2012
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Gulag: A History Gulag: A History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 4.28 — 13,537 ratings — published 2003
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The Dictators: Hitler's Germany, Stalin's Russia The Dictators: Hitler's Germany, Stalin's Russia (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,040 ratings — published 2004
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Priča o vezirovom slonu i druge pripovijetke Priča o vezirovom slonu i druge pripovijetke
by (shelved 3 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 4.14 — 431 ratings — published 1947
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How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 4.16 — 32,062 ratings — published 2018
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A Long Petal of the Sea A Long Petal of the Sea (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 4.06 — 113,229 ratings — published 2019
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The Man in the High Castle The Man in the High Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 3.59 — 234,259 ratings — published 1962
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The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 3.82 — 12,023 ratings — published 2010
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A Case of Exploding Mangoes A Case of Exploding Mangoes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 3.77 — 12,245 ratings — published 2008
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Tengo miedo torero Tengo miedo torero (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 4.46 — 16,831 ratings — published 2001
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The Appointment The Appointment (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 3.38 — 4,187 ratings — published 1997
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The Land of Green Plums The Land of Green Plums (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 3.67 — 6,325 ratings — published 1994
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,687,830 ratings — published 2010
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Before We Were Free Before We Were Free (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 3.91 — 9,470 ratings — published 2002
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The Autumn of the Patriarch The Autumn of the Patriarch (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 3.86 — 26,485 ratings — published 1975
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The Red Web: The Struggle Between Russia's Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries The Red Web: The Struggle Between Russia's Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 3.95 — 695 ratings — published 2015
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The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,725 ratings — published 2019
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Lenin the Dictator Lenin the Dictator (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as dictatorship)
avg rating 4.25 — 2,761 ratings — published 2017
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Todor Bombov
“Of course, during the centuries the justice was always a rather elastic term, but always till now and “everywhere the justice is the same thing – the usefully for the stronger” (Plato, The Republic).”
Todor Bombov, Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism!: The Marx Code-Socialism with a Human Face

Edward Bond
“Your law always does more harm than crime, and your morality is a form of violence.”
Edward Bond, Lear

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