Anthem: the Classic Dystopian Novel by Ayn Rand

As Ayn Rand's predecessor to her later works, Atlas Shrugged, and, The Fountainhead, Anthem is a dystopian novella set in a dark and frightening future.
In the world of Anthem, individuality has ceased to exist. The main character, Equality 7-2521 reacts against the collectivist society and searches for a way to escape.
Written and originally published more than a decade before George Orwell's 1984, Anthem is a thought-provoking look at what it means for society to adopt Socialist policies.