The novel that I read is called Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and it was written and published in 1953. The story revolves around a man by the name of Guy Montag who is a fireman in a futuristic world where instead of putting fire out, firefighters start them. Books are banned and are burnt upon discovery. Guy had never questioned what he does until his wife attempted suicide and his neighbor, Clarisse, was killed in a car crash. With all this happening he realizes that people are willing to risk their lives for the books they own and this makes him wonder what is so precious about the books. In a state of curiosity, he looked to a book to see what it was all about. When one book turned into multiple as he kept stealing them from the houses