Here’s a look at what’s new on USA TODAY’s Best-Selling Books list… It’s 2017, but 1984 is all the rage.. George Orwell’s chilling 1949 classic, long a staple of classrooms, is No. 1 ...

A copy of George Orwell's novel "1984" is displayed at The Last Bookstore on January 25, 2017 in Los Angeles, Calif. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) With Meghna Chakrabarti Big Brother. 2+2=5.

After President Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway used the phrase “alternative facts” to defend a false administration talking point Sunday, several social media users unfavorably compared her ...

George Orwell’s ‘1984’ can teach us how to fight today’s totalitarians 75 years after he wrote it By . Daniel McCarthy. Published June 11, 2024, 7:13 p.m. ET.

With permission from the Orwell estate, Sandra Newman's latest novel takes place in the same world and with many of the same characters as 1984, but retold through the eyes of Winston Smith's love ...