The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Set in the dystopian Republic of Gilead, this novel tells the story of Offred, a woman forced into servitude as a handmaid to bear children for the ruling elite. Atwood explores themes of power, gender, oppression, and resistance in a chillingly plausible future. Both unsettling and thought-provoking, The Handmaid’s Tale is a modern classic of speculative fiction.