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Nobody mentioned Margaret Atwood yet! The Handmaid's Tale is excellent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Handmaid%27s_Tale
Also Mary Shelley for Frankenstein !
It is a good book (I'm too much of a chicken to watch much of the show).
It is very immersive and a difficult read, but masterful storytelling.
I honestly think it should be required reading.
I tried reading The Handmaid's Tale several years ago and struggled to get into it, I felt like it kept jumping around but it wasn't immediately obvious right away. I think I ended up giving up about 25% the way through which I've never done with any book. I'd seen the show too which I thought would have helped. Maybe I'll give it another go sometime.
Yeah, I want to say the first half was pretty difficult reading. Very experiential and kinda postmodern. It's almost like being in shock.
It's also pretty difficult emotionally.
Amazing that it was written so long ago. I only made it about halfish into the first season of the show.