As statues all over the United States are being destroyed or desecrated, churches vanadalized, Bibles burned and on and on and on, we ask ourselves, what possibly could be next?

Certainly, it is well-documented that past efforts to seize power, erase history and then rewrite it — eventually — have led to the burning of books that are deemed politically incorrect ... or otherwise dangerous by those with the muscle (politically, or otherwise). To that end, we at the Daily Planet submit for your consideration, dear readers, the  books we think would be first to be incinerated — if the nation morphs still further into anarchy and/or totalitarianism.

In our analysis, we chose to consider just the most popular and commonly known “dangerous” books, with two dystopian novels topping our list — George Orwell’s “1984,” published in 1949, and Aldeous Huxley’s “Brave New World,” published in 1932.

Orwell’s “1984” masterpiece introduced the world to Big Brother, Newspeak and other Orwellian bits of fascistic lingo. His work examines the role of truth and facts within politics and their manipulation. The story takes place in an imagined future, the year 1984, when much of the world has fallen victim to perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance, historical negationism and propaganda.

Huxley’s  “Brave New World” envisioned a future where society was repressed not by force or fascism, but by pleasure. While “Brave New World’s” futuristic society seems utopian on the surface, it’s actually much scarier and, just maybe, more relevant to today than “1984.”

In his 1985 non-fiction book “Amusing Ourselves to Death,” critic Neil Postman wrote, “What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.”

Indeed, with “screen” addiction resulting in most folks averaging 8 hours per day en route to becoming even less-informed, it may not even be necessary — this time — to burn books.