The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Finally got round to reading this after I bought my own copy at a second hand bookshop - my sisters version is so annotated and highlighted you cannot even form your own thoughts. I found myself unable to put the book down after I had started, it's scary how addictive dystopia can be - especially when so many politicians today seem to share 'Gilead-like' aspirations. The only draw back about the book I found was that I had already seen most of the tv series (stupidly) which meant some moments just lost their orginal shock for me but it was still a really compelling read, nonetheless.