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We the Living
Jan 12, 2026 5:11 AM

Author:Ayn Rand,Leonard Peikoff

We the Living

Depicting the daily struggle of the individual against a tyrannical dictatorship, We the Living shows the terrible impact of a revolution on three people who demand the right to live their own lives and pursue their happiness. Kira, determined to maintain her independence and courageous in the face of starvation and poverty; Leo, upper class and paralysed by state repression; and Andrei, an idealistic communist and officer in the secret police who nonetheless wants to help his friends.

Reviews

[Kevin Brooks'] pacey plots, masterly style and philosophical ideas in novels such as Martyn Pig, Killing God and Black Rabbit Summer have made him a cult among teens. This, though, is the big one. Its power as literature draws on a reality that few adult novelists have the stomach to address. It should be read by everyone.

—— Amanda Craig , The Times

Children's Book of the Month: Gripping, streetwise and profound.

—— Geraldine Brennan , The Observer

iBoy is a hugely readable revenge fantasy....confoundedly gripping.

—— Nick Tucker , Independent on Sunday

A well-paced narrative with carefully crafted twists...intensely visual descriptions... Inventive in its form and often profound in its poetry, Symmons Roberts' gripping story is a meditation on the difficulty of forgiveness in wartime

—— Sunday Telegraph

Symmons Roberts is already a poet of note, and this...is discernibly a poet's book. Short and introspective, it stays in the mind and echoes

—— The Times

Magically spun out. An entrancing yet disturbing book

—— Sunday Express

An absorbing fable of the here-and-now

—— Independent

A call to embrace life

—— Easy Living

Praise for Liane Moriarty

—— -

Every single one of her books is a great read

—— E! Online

Staggeringly brilliant, literally unputdownable

—— Sophie Hannah

Keeps you guessing until the very end - perfect summer read

—— Reese Witherspoon

Moriarty writes vividly, wittily and wickedly

—— Sunday Express

The writing is beautiful: sometimes funny, sometimes sad but always compelling

—— Good Housekeeping

Like drinking a pink cosmo laced with arsenic . . . a fun, engaging and sometimes disturbing read

—— USA Today

Riveting drama packed with suspense and secrets

—— Woman & Home

Wise, honest, beautifully observed. One of the few writers I'll drop anything for

—— Jojo Moyes

Straight-from-life characters, knife-sharp insight and almost unbearable suspense will have you racing through it

—— Good Housekeeping

Perfect

—— Hello!

A hell of a good book. Funny and scary

—— Stephen King

A cracking story cleverly told

—— Fabulous

Fascinating and compassionate

—— Daily Telegraph
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