The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula Le Guin (1974)

I thought I wasn’t a “science fiction person” until I read this. I enjoyed being challenged by and experiencing discomfort through the lens of Shevek (a scientist visiting from an anarchic planet), the everyday luxuries of a capitalist society that we often don’t think about, like tap water that keeps running until you turn it off or “clothes that you wear while sleeping, while swimming, while playing games, while at an afternoon party, while at an evening party, while at a party in the country, while traveling […] acres of luxuries, acres of excrement”, and yet we want more. And now I want to read more(!) of Le Guin’s books, which luckily for us are numerous.