Asking for recommendations of fiction books with a communist setting. Ideally with a “show don’t tell” narrative structure. That is, communism exists and works fine but the author does not say “this is communism”. Just existing in the background like any other normal thing.
There’s probably a trove of Soviet fiction literature just waiting to be transcribed. Just sifting through the comments, it seems like a lot of the Western books are more anarchist-y/ utopic (not that the books aren’t worth reading, they’re probably v lovely reads). It would be nice to find a proper communist fiction book that doesn’t have any hint of being ashamed about communism and explores cool themes lol.