What to Read After 1985
Readers who loved 1985 by Anthony Burgess keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where 1985 is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after 1985
Fighting Traffic
Letters to friends, family, and editors
The Spirit of Zen
The planiverse
One Fat Englishman
Ape and essence.
Down there on a visit
The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell
The Aerodrome
Changewar
Swastika night
A Modern Utopia
Little Wilson and Big God
The Pianoplayers
Any old iron
The complete Enderby
The Long Day Wanes
Nothing like the sun
Rosshalde
The wanting seed
The Acid House
What matters most is how well you walk through the fire
Books V. Cigarettes
Marabou Stork Nightmares