The Greatest Satire Books of All Time on Academia
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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 392 | Lucky Jim | Kingsley Amis | 1954 | British | English | |
| 1921 | Anglo Saxon Attitudes | Angus Wilson | 1956 | British | English | |
| 2962 | The History Man | Malcolm Bradbury | 1975 | British | English | |
| 3019 | Pictures From An Institution | Randall Jarrell | 1954 | American | English | |
| 3619 | Porterhouse Blue | Tom Sharpe | 1974 | British | English | |
| 5779 | Among Professors | W.F. Hermans | 1975 | Dutch | Dutch | |
| 6470 | The Belles Lettres Papers | Charles Simmons | 1987 | American | English | |
| 6567 | Nice Work | David Lodge | 1988 | British | English | |
| 7588 | Moo | Jane Smiley | 1995 | American | English | |
| 7678 | The Netanyahus | Joshua Cohen | 2021 | American | English | |
| 8369 | The Lecturer's Tale | James Hynes | 2001 | American | English | |
| 11874 | Monday Begins On Saturday | Arkadi Strugatski | 1964 | Russian | Russian | |
| 14011 | The Groves Of Academe | Mary McCarthy | 1952 | American | English | |
| 17120 | The Dictionary Of Fashionable Nonsense | Ophelia Benson, Jeremy Stangroom | 2004 | British | English | |
| 17120 | The English Experience | Julie Schumacher | 2023 | American | English |