"Bunburying," as a category for books, refers to stories where characters engage in elaborate deceptions or adopt alternate identities to escape societal obligations, explore hidden desires, or experience life from a different perspective. Inspired by the term from Oscar Wilde's play "The Importance of Being Earnest," where characters create fictitious personas to avoid unwelcome duties, Bunburying books often blend humor, wit, and social commentary. These narratives typically involve intricate plots, clever disguises, and a playful examination of identity and societal norms, offering readers a delightful escape into worlds where the boundaries between reality and pretense are artfully blurred.

Satire is a genre of literature that uses humor, irony, exaggeration—or sometimes sharp critique—to expose and criticize human vices, follies, and shortcomings. It is a form of social commentary that highlights the flaws and absurdities of society, politics, and culture. Satirical books often employ sarcasm, wit, and parody to challenge the status quo and provoke thought in readers. Satire has been used throughout history as a powerful tool for social and political critique and can be both entertaining and thought-provoking.

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