Animal Farm - George Orwell

George Orwell's Animal Farm (1945) is a brilliant allegorical novella satirizing the Russian Revolution, where farm animals overthrow their human farmer Mr. Jones to create a utopian society based on equality—"All animals are equal." Led by pigs Napoleon and Snowball, the animals rename the farm and establish Seven Commandments, but corruption creeps in as the pigs exploit power, rewrite history, and adopt human vices, culminating in the infamous twist: "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."​

This compact 112-page masterpiece critiques Stalinism, totalitarianism, and how revolutions devour their ideals, using simple animal characters like the loyal horse Boxer and scheming Napoleon to deliver timeless warnings on propaganda, class struggle, and authoritarianism.