In 2021 I read Utopia by Thomas More.
Like almost all proscriptive utopian fiction, More’s book piques your interest at first because of its critique of the contemporary culture in which it was written - but ultimately becomes tedious as it attempts to describe a better way of doing things. (Which, I might add, did not age well with its over reliance on slavery and mercenaries in order to preserve the sensibilities of its citizenry.)
Though, it’s worth reading if only for its foundational place in the western literary cannon and its introduction of the concept of utopia.
Anyway. More’s novella is a 3, but the essays from Le Guin & Miéville in this edition are insightful and improve the experience enough that it’s overall a 4.