We by Yevgeny Zamiatin (1924).

A dystopian (and somewhat romantic) novel, preceeding 1984 and Brave new world (it seems like both writers got some inspiration by it) and I think I liked it more than those other two.

The writer was a Russian mechanic, so those two attributes influenced his writing. The books was first published in English in 1924 and due to cenrsorship, it got published in 1988 in Soviet Union.

The main character is D-503 (yes, that's his name) and is the head mechanic of Integral, a space ship which will allow his country (the One State) to expand to other planets. He is living in a city governed by the Benefactor. ~All houses there are made of glass so that people can watch you. Almost all of their lives are programmed, they have such a strict schedule that they only have ~1-2 hours of "free" time, ~all else are determined by the State. He's living like a robot, until he meets I-330 :)

I think it goes really hard, harder than 1984 and Brave new world and I think it had a better-fuller plot than the other two dystopian novels (even if Brave new world seems more of a likely senario). It's about 300 pages. I also really like dystopian novels :))