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
3832 Blott On The Landscape Tom Sharpe 1975 British English
3877 Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 Hunter S. Thompson 1973 American English
3883 Woe From Wit Alexander Griboyedov 1825 Russian Russian
3914 The History Of A Town Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin 1870 Russian Russian
3922 She Stoops to Conquer Oliver Goldsmith 1773 British English
3953 Το φως που καίει Kostas Varnalis 1922 Greek Greek
3953 Ελεγεία και Σάτιρες Kostas Karyotakis 1927 Greek Greek
3953 Κατά Σαδδουκαίων Michalis Katsaros 1953 Greek Greek
3953 The Papess Joanne Emmanuel Rhoides 1866 Greek Greek
4058 The Woutertje Pieterse Chronicles Multatuli 1890 Dutch Dutch
4061 Down With Skool! Geoffrey Willans 1953 British English
4081 Diary Of A Madman Nikolai Gogol 1835 Russian Russian
4091 The School For Scandal Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1777 British English
4092 The Debt To Pleasure John Lanchester 1996 British English
4117 Hekeldichten Joost van den Vondel 1625 Dutch Dutch
4146 Vineland Thomas Pynchon 1990 American English
4149 The Tale Of Cross Eyed Lefty From Tula And The Steel Flea Nikolai Leskov 1881 Russian Russian
4157 The Assemblywomen Aristophanes -391 Greek Ancient greek
4168 Letters On England Voltaire 1734 French French
4178 Warenar P. C. Hooft 1617 Dutch Dutch
4225 Satires Horace 35 Latin Latin
4226 The Frogs Aristophanes -405 Greek Ancient greek
4230 The Wasps Aristophanes -422 Greek Ancient greek
4273 The Blue Book Mikhail Zoshchenko 1923 Russian Russian
4309 Augustus Carp, Esq. By Himself Henry Howarth Bashford 1924 British English
4309 No Bed For Bacon Caryl Brahms, S. J. Simon 1941 British English
4309 The Polyglots William Gerhardie 1925 British English
4309 Brewster's Millions Richard Greaves 1902 British English
4309 Charade John Mortimer 1947 British English
4309 The Westminster Alice Saki 1902 British English
4309 The Unbearable Bassington Saki 1912 British English
4309 Hurrah For St Trinian's Ronald Searle 1948 British English
4309 The Adventures Of Ferdinand Count Fathom Tobias Smollett 1753 British English
4309 Something Fresh P. G. Wodehouse 1915 British English
4309 Piccadilly Jim P. G. Wodehouse 1917 British English
4309 Afternoon Men Anthony Powell 1931 British English
4309 The History Of Pompey The Little Francis Coventry 1751 British English
4367 The Clockmaker Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1800 Canadian English
4386 It's A Hard Life Luciano Bianciardi 1962 Italian Italian
4386 Fratelli D'italia Alberto Arbasino 1963 Italian Italian
4401 The Revolt Of The Angels Anatole France 1914 French French
4420 Selections From The Tatler And The Spectator Joseph Addison, Richard Steele 1804 British English
4420 The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies James McNeill Whistler 1890 American English
4430 Das Große Protokoll Gegen Zwetschkenbaum Albert Drach 1964 Austrian German
4477 Comedies Of Aristophanes Aristophanes -425 Ancient greek
4523 The Situation Is Hopeless, But Not Serious Paul Watzlawick 1983 American English
4645 Alms For Oblivion Simon Raven 1964 British English
4657 Man And Superman George Bernard Shaw 1903 British English
4716 Office Politics Wilfrid Sheed 1965 British English
4768 Turnabout Thorne Smith 1931 American English
4778 Look Back, Mrs. Lot! Ephraim Kishon 1969 Israeli Hebrew
4787 The Way Of The World William Congreve 1700 British English
4790 Memento Mori Muriel Spark 1959 British English
4821 The Poet And The Lunatics G. K. Chesterton 1929 British English
4835 Vice Versa F. Anstey 1882 British English
4835 The Brass Bottle F. Anstey 1900 British English
4846 The World's Wife Carol Ann Duffy 1999 British English
4861 Het Leven Is Verrukkulluk Remco Campert 1961 Dutch Dutch
4893 Seven Men And Two Others Max Beerbohm 1919 British English
4899 The Memorandum Vaclav Havel 1965 Czech Czech
4899 Epigrammata Thomas More 1518 English Latin
4953 The Trickster of Seville and His Guest of Stone Tirso de Molina 1630 Spanish Spanish
4955 A Fallen Idol F. Anstey 1886 British English
5016 The Singapore Grip J. G. Farrell 1978 British English
5019 The King David Report Stefan Heym 1972 German German
5043 The Wonderful Visit H. G. Wells 1895 British English
5043 The Two Thieves T. F. Powys 1932 British English
5043 A Man Made Of Money Douglas Jerrold 1849 British English
5043 In Brief Authority F. Anstey 1896 British English
5131 Die Vollidioten Eckhard Henscheid 1973 German German
5188 A Man In The Zoo David Garnett 1924 British English
5241 The Life And Adventures Of Trobadora Beatrice Irmtraud Morgner 1974 German German
5254 The Harpole Report J. L. Carr 1972 British English
5261 Death And The Penguin Andrey Kurkov 1996 Ukrainian Russian
5304 My Search For Warren Harding Robert Plunket 1973 American English
5356 Tropic Of Ruislip Leslie Thomas 1974 British English
5360 The Portable Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker 1944 American English
5391 Poems Of Alexander Pope Alexander Pope 1711 British English
5412 Bad Science Ben Goldacre 2008 British English
5427 Squire Haggard's Journal Michael Green 1975 British English
5427 Venus On The Half Shell Philip José Farmer 1975 American English
5510 The Visit Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1956 Swiss German
5529 Caesar Jan Werich, Jiří Voskovec 1932 Czech Czech
5529 Balada Z Hadrů Jan Werich, Jiří Voskovec 1935 Czech Czech
5529 The White Disease Karel Čapek 1937 Czech Czech
5529 Saturnin Zdeněk Jirotka 1942 Czech Czech
5589 Love Among The Chickens P. G. Wodehouse 1906 British English
5660 The Evolution Man Or How I Ate My Father Roy Lewis 1960 British English
5683 Big Blondes Jean Echenoz 1995 French French
5702 The Complete Works of Nathanael West Nathanael West 1957 American English
5710 How To Suppress Women's Writing Joanna Russ 1983 American English
5722 Politics And The English Language George Orwell 1946 British English
5733 Vernon God Little DBC Pierre 2003 British English
5754 Concerning The Eccentricities Of Cardinal Pirelli Ronald Firbank 1926 British English
5779 Among Professors W.F. Hermans 1975 Dutch Dutch
5812 The Malcontent John Marston 1604 British English
5814 Epigrams Martial 86 Latin Latin
5824 Satires Lucian -160 Greek Ancient greek
5816 The Russian Debutante’s Handbook Gary Shteyngart 2002 American English
5832 Satires Persius 62 Latin Latin
5834 The Braggart Soldier Plautus -204 Roman Latin
5848 Love For Love William Congreve 1695 British English
5851 Major Barbara George Bernard Shaw 1905 British English
5853 The Servant Of Two Masters Carlo Goldoni 1746 Italian Italian
5860 The School for Wives Molière 1662 French French
5860 The Last Days of Mankind Karl Kraus 1919 Austrian German
5860 The Poems Of William Dunbar William Dunbar 1501 Scottish Middle scots
5860 After Midnight Irmgard Keun 1937 German German
5890 Antic Hay Aldous Huxley 1923 British English
5899 The Beggar's Opera John Gay 1728 British English
5901 The Country Wife William Wycherley 1675 British English
5952 A Good Man In Africa William Boyd 1981 British English
6002 The Ratcatcher Marina Tsvetaeva 1926 Russian Russian
6002 The Return Of Münchausen Sigismund Krzyzanowski 1927 Russian Russian
6002 Which Moped With Chrome Plated Handlebars At The Back Of The Yard? Georges Perec 1966 French French
6086 The End Of The World News Anthony Burgess 1982 British English
6151 CivilWarLand in Bad Decline George Saunders 1996 American English
6161 Slouching Towards Kalamazoo Peter De Vries 1983 American English
6178 The John Collier Reader John Collier 1972 British English
6183 The Tunnel Of Love Peter De Vries 1954 American English