The Greatest Satire Books of All Time

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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.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
3831 Blott On The Landscape Tom Sharpe 1975 British English
3876 Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 Hunter S. Thompson 1973 American English
3882 Woe From Wit Alexander Griboyedov 1825 Russian Russian
3913 The History Of A Town Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin 1870 Russian Russian
3921 She Stoops to Conquer Oliver Goldsmith 1773 British English
3954 Το φως που καίει Kostas Varnalis 1922 Greek Greek
3954 Ελεγεία και Σάτιρες Kostas Karyotakis 1927 Greek Greek
3954 Κατά Σαδδουκαίων Michalis Katsaros 1953 Greek Greek
3954 The Papess Joanne Emmanuel Rhoides 1866 Greek Greek
4059 The Woutertje Pieterse Chronicles Multatuli 1890 Dutch Dutch
4062 Down With Skool! Geoffrey Willans 1953 British English
4082 Diary Of A Madman Nikolai Gogol 1835 Russian Russian
4092 The School For Scandal Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1777 British English
4093 The Debt To Pleasure John Lanchester 1996 British English
4118 Hekeldichten Joost van den Vondel 1625 Dutch Dutch
4147 Vineland Thomas Pynchon 1990 American English
4150 The Tale Of Cross Eyed Lefty From Tula And The Steel Flea Nikolai Leskov 1881 Russian Russian
4158 The Assemblywomen Aristophanes -391 Greek Ancient greek
4169 Letters On England Voltaire 1734 French French
4179 Warenar P. C. Hooft 1617 Dutch Dutch
4226 Satires Horace 35 Latin Latin
4227 The Frogs Aristophanes -405 Greek Ancient greek
4231 The Wasps Aristophanes -422 Greek Ancient greek
4274 The Blue Book Mikhail Zoshchenko 1923 Russian Russian
4310 Augustus Carp, Esq. By Himself Henry Howarth Bashford 1924 British English
4310 No Bed For Bacon Caryl Brahms, S. J. Simon 1941 British English
4310 The Polyglots William Gerhardie 1925 British English
4310 Brewster's Millions Richard Greaves 1902 British English
4310 Charade John Mortimer 1947 British English
4310 The Westminster Alice Saki 1902 British English
4310 The Unbearable Bassington Saki 1912 British English
4310 Hurrah For St Trinian's Ronald Searle 1948 British English
4310 The Adventures Of Ferdinand Count Fathom Tobias Smollett 1753 British English
4310 Something Fresh P. G. Wodehouse 1915 British English
4310 Piccadilly Jim P. G. Wodehouse 1917 British English
4310 Afternoon Men Anthony Powell 1931 British English
4310 The History Of Pompey The Little Francis Coventry 1751 British English
4368 The Clockmaker Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1800 Canadian English
4387 It's A Hard Life Luciano Bianciardi 1962 Italian Italian
4387 Fratelli D'italia Alberto Arbasino 1963 Italian Italian
4402 The Revolt Of The Angels Anatole France 1914 French French
4421 Selections From The Tatler And The Spectator Joseph Addison, Richard Steele 1804 British English
4421 The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies James McNeill Whistler 1890 American English
4431 Das Große Protokoll Gegen Zwetschkenbaum Albert Drach 1964 Austrian German
4478 Comedies Of Aristophanes Aristophanes -425 Ancient greek
4524 The Situation Is Hopeless, But Not Serious Paul Watzlawick 1983 American English
4646 Alms For Oblivion Simon Raven 1964 British English
4658 Man And Superman George Bernard Shaw 1903 British English
4717 Office Politics Wilfrid Sheed 1965 British English
4769 Turnabout Thorne Smith 1931 American English
4780 Look Back, Mrs. Lot! Ephraim Kishon 1969 Israeli Hebrew
4788 The Way Of The World William Congreve 1700 British English
4791 Memento Mori Muriel Spark 1959 British English
4822 The Poet And The Lunatics G. K. Chesterton 1929 British English
4836 Vice Versa F. Anstey 1882 British English
4836 The Brass Bottle F. Anstey 1900 British English
4847 The World's Wife Carol Ann Duffy 1999 British English
4862 Het Leven Is Verrukkulluk Remco Campert 1961 Dutch Dutch
4894 Seven Men And Two Others Max Beerbohm 1919 British English
4900 The Memorandum Vaclav Havel 1965 Czech Czech
4900 Epigrammata Thomas More 1518 English Latin
4955 The Trickster of Seville and His Guest of Stone Tirso de Molina 1630 Spanish Spanish
4957 A Fallen Idol F. Anstey 1886 British English
5019 The Singapore Grip J. G. Farrell 1978 British English
5022 The King David Report Stefan Heym 1972 German German
5046 The Wonderful Visit H. G. Wells 1895 British English
5046 The Two Thieves T. F. Powys 1932 British English
5046 A Man Made Of Money Douglas Jerrold 1849 British English
5046 In Brief Authority F. Anstey 1896 British English
5133 Die Vollidioten Eckhard Henscheid 1973 German German
5190 A Man In The Zoo David Garnett 1924 British English
5242 The Life And Adventures Of Trobadora Beatrice Irmtraud Morgner 1974 German German
5255 The Harpole Report J. L. Carr 1972 British English
5262 Death And The Penguin Andrey Kurkov 1996 Ukrainian Russian
5305 My Search For Warren Harding Robert Plunket 1973 American English
5357 Tropic Of Ruislip Leslie Thomas 1974 British English
5361 The Portable Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker 1944 American English
5393 Poems Of Alexander Pope Alexander Pope 1711 British English
5414 Bad Science Ben Goldacre 2008 British English
5429 Squire Haggard's Journal Michael Green 1975 British English
5429 Venus On The Half Shell Philip José Farmer 1975 American English
5512 The Visit Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1956 Swiss German
5531 Caesar Jan Werich, Jiří Voskovec 1932 Czech Czech
5531 Balada Z Hadrů Jan Werich, Jiří Voskovec 1935 Czech Czech
5531 The White Disease Karel Čapek 1937 Czech Czech
5531 Saturnin Zdeněk Jirotka 1942 Czech Czech
5592 Love Among The Chickens P. G. Wodehouse 1906 British English
5663 The Evolution Man Or How I Ate My Father Roy Lewis 1960 British English
5686 Big Blondes Jean Echenoz 1995 French French
5705 The Complete Works of Nathanael West Nathanael West 1957 American English
5713 How To Suppress Women's Writing Joanna Russ 1983 American English
5725 Politics And The English Language George Orwell 1946 British English
5736 Vernon God Little DBC Pierre 2003 British English
5757 Concerning The Eccentricities Of Cardinal Pirelli Ronald Firbank 1926 British English
5782 Among Professors W.F. Hermans 1975 Dutch Dutch
5815 The Malcontent John Marston 1604 British English
5817 Epigrams Martial 86 Latin Latin
5827 Satires Lucian -160 Greek Ancient greek
5821 The Russian Debutante’s Handbook Gary Shteyngart 2002 American English
5836 Satires Persius 62 Latin Latin
5838 The Braggart Soldier Plautus -204 Roman Latin
5851 Love For Love William Congreve 1695 British English
5854 Major Barbara George Bernard Shaw 1905 British English
5856 The Servant Of Two Masters Carlo Goldoni 1746 Italian Italian
5863 The School for Wives Molière 1662 French French
5863 The Last Days of Mankind Karl Kraus 1919 Austrian German
5863 The Poems Of William Dunbar William Dunbar 1501 Scottish Middle scots
5863 After Midnight Irmgard Keun 1937 German German
5893 Antic Hay Aldous Huxley 1923 British English
5902 The Beggar's Opera John Gay 1728 British English
5904 The Country Wife William Wycherley 1675 British English
5955 A Good Man In Africa William Boyd 1981 British English
6005 The Ratcatcher Marina Tsvetaeva 1926 Russian Russian
6005 The Return Of Münchausen Sigismund Krzyzanowski 1927 Russian Russian
6005 Which Moped With Chrome Plated Handlebars At The Back Of The Yard? Georges Perec 1966 French French
6089 The End Of The World News Anthony Burgess 1982 British English
6154 CivilWarLand in Bad Decline George Saunders 1996 American English
6164 Slouching Towards Kalamazoo Peter De Vries 1983 American English
6181 The John Collier Reader John Collier 1972 British English
6186 The Tunnel Of Love Peter De Vries 1954 American English