In 2020 I read The Blue World by Jack Vance.
Do not be deceived. What looks like a pulpy old paperback is in fact a searing didactic critique of modern American politics and society!
We begin with a simple account of the limitations and superstitions of a colony of humans forced to live on an ocean planet. Without warning the account shifts beneath our feet, and we embark on a wild romp through the collapse of once dependable institutions, the rise of theocratic fascism, and the ultimate triumph of nietzschean will to power.
Lest we forget, true freedom is only granted those who dare kill their gods.