Shelfology Book Pairing

A Novel

by George Orwell

Portrays life in a future time when a totalitarian government watches over all citizens and directs all activities. In a bleak world where even thoughts are controlled by the Party, a minor bureaucrat tries to rebel.

by Frederick Douglass

A powerful autobiography of Frederick Douglass, detailing his life as a slave and his journey to freedom, highlighting the brutalities of slavery and his rise as a prominent abolitionist orator.