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
6196 Tóték István Örkény 1967 Hungarian Hungarian
6207 The Midnight Examiner William Kotzwinkle 1989 American English
6212 The Monkey Wrench Gang Edward Abbey 1975 American English
6222 Boule De Suif Guy de Maupassant 1880 French French
6240 Volpone Ben Jonson 1607 British English
6247 Great Apes Will Self 1997 British English
6263 Thank You For Not Reading Dubravka Ugrešić 2001 Croatian Croatian
6276 Primary Colors Unknown 1996 American English
6297 Mark Twain's Which Was The Dream Mark Twain 1966 American English
6360 The Restraint Of Beasts Magnus Mills 1998 British English
6365 Cabbage And Kings O. Henry 1904 American English
6470 The Belles Lettres Papers Charles Simmons 1987 American English
6501 The End Of The Road John Barth 1958 American English
6565 Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming László Krasznahorkai 2016 Hungarian Hungarian
6567 Nice Work David Lodge 1988 British English
6583 Kvartetten Som Sprängdes Birger Sjöberg 1924 Swedish Swedish
6635 Life With Jeeves P. G. Wodehouse 1983 British English
6635 The Curse Of Lono Hunter S. Thompson 1983 American English
6668 Complete Short Stories Mark Twain 1957 American English
6679 A Fraction Of The Whole Steve Toltz 2008 Australian English
6758 The Light Fantastic Terry Pratchett 1986 British English
6788 The Investigation Stanislaw Lem 1959 Polish Polish
6821 Tales Of The Jazz Age F. Scott Fitzgerald 1922 American English
6821 Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography And First Romance Mark Twain 1871 American English
6831 The Uncommon Reader Alan Bennett 2007 British English
6837 Yellowface R. F. Kuang 2023 American English
6846 The Complete Short Stories Of Ambrose Bierce Ambrose Bierce 1970 American English
6878 Galantine De Volaille Pour Dames Frivoles San-Antonio 1987 French French
6919 S.C.U.M. Manifesto Valerie Solanas 1967 American English
6927 Travesties Tom Stoppard 1974 British English
6979 Reuben, Reuben Peter De Vries 1964 American English
6992 A Light Comedy Eduardo Mendoza 1996 Spanish Spanish
7062 Then We Came To The End Joshua Ferris 2007 American English
7082 The Scholars Wu Ching-tzu 1750 Chinese Chinese
7085 Nothing Like the Sun Anthony Burgess 1964 British English
7093 Small Gods Terry Pratchett 1992 British English
7120 The Color Of Summer Reinaldo Arenas 1991 Cuban Spanish
7144 Báječná Léta Pod Psa Michal Viewegh 1992 Czech Czech
7185 A Funny Dirty Little War Osvaldo Soriano 1983 Argentinian Spanish
7215 The Mandrake Niccolo Machiavelli 1518 Italian Italian
7215 Visions Francisco de Quevedo 1627 Spanish Spanish
7215 Satirical Letter Of Censure Francisco de Quevedo 1601 Spanish Spanish
7215 The Complete English Poems John Skelton 1500 British English
7215 Poems, Plays, And Masques Ben Jonson 1601 British English
7215 Hudibras Samuel Butler (poet) 1663 British English
7215 The Prose Works Of Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift 1701 Irish English
7215 Poems Of Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift 1701 Irish English
7215 The Man Of Mode George Etherege 1676 British English
7215 The Plain Dealer William Wycherley 1676 British English
7215 The Learned Ladies Molière 1672 French French
7215 School For Husbands Molière 1661 French French
7215 The Precious Ridiculous Molière 1659 French French
7215 Lutrin Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux 1674 French French
7215 The Lisbon Earthquake Voltaire 1756 French French
7215 Venetian Epigrams Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1790 German German
7215 Selected Writings Jules Laforgue 1901 French French
7215 Imaginary Conversations Walter Savage Landor 1824 British English
7215 Gryll Grange Thomas Love Peacock 1861 British English
7215 Complete Plays Of Gilbert And Sullivan W. S. Gilbert 1938 British English
7215 Bab Ballads W. S. Gilbert 1869 British English
7215 Essays Of Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde 1909 Irish English
7215 Essays And Reviews Edgar Allan Poe 1845 American English
7215 Seven Dada Manifestoes Tristan Tzara 1924 French French
7215 Major Critical Essays George Bernard Shaw 1930 Irish English
7215 Back To Methuselah George Bernard Shaw 1921 Irish English
7215 Nervous People And Other Satires Mikhail Zoshchenko 1927 Russian Russian
7215 The Travels And Adventures Of Benjamin The Third Mendele Mokher Seforim 1878 Israeli Yiddish
7215 It Can't Happen Here Sinclair Lewis 1935 American English
7215 A Cool Million Nathanael West 1934 American English
7215 The Journal Of Albion Moonlight Kenneth Patchen 1941 American English
7215 Europe After The Rain Alan Burns 1965 British English
7215 Lead Us Into Temptation Breandán Ó hEithir 1976 Irish English
7215 Seasons Of Anomy Wole Soyinka 1973 Nigerian English
7215 The Bloater Rosemary Tonks 1968 English English
7588 Memoirs Of A Gnostic Dwarf David Madsen 1995 British English
7588 Moo Jane Smiley 1995 American English
7603 Sin Remedio Antonio Caballero 1984 Colombian Spanish
7605 Les Praticiens De L'infernal Pierre La Police 1993 French French
7615 Everything Bad Is Good For You Steven Johnson 2005 American English
7611 Aunt Julia And The Script Writer Mario Vargas Llosa 1977 Peruvian Spanish
7678 The Netanyahus Joshua Cohen 2021 American English
7721 Pig Tales Marie Darrieussecq 1996 French French
7733 Despair Vladimir Nabokov 1934 Russian Russian
7807 Products Of The Perfected Civilization Sébastien-Roch Nicolas de Chamfort 1969 French French
7811 Cain José Saramago 2009 Portuguese Portuguese
7819 Five Novels Ronald Firbank 1949 British English
7871 Psmith, Journalist P. G. Wodehouse 1915 British English
7899 Capital John Lanchester 2012 British English
7914 The Braindead Megaphone George Saunders 2007 American English
7925 Letters From The Earth Mark Twain 1962 American English
7956 Das Frühstücksei. Gesammelte Dramatische Geschichten Loriot 1997 German German
8075 The Great Derangement Matt Taibbi 2008 American English
8141 Mort Terry Pratchett 1987 British English
8176 Cards Of Identity Nigel Dennis 1955 British English
8250 Serve The People! Yan Lianke 2005 Chinese Chinese
8320 The Truth Terry Pratchett 2000 British English
8347 Guards! Guards! Terry Pratchett 1989 British English
8369 The Lecturer's Tale James Hynes 2001 American English
8381 Guard of Honor James Gould Cozzens 1948 American English
8403 Wyrd Sisters Terry Pratchett 1988 British English
8460 The Age Of Openness Frank Dikötter 2008 Unknown English
8471 Three Novels Witold Gombrowicz 1960 Polish Polish
8471 A Dance Of The Forest Wole Soyinka 1960 Nigerian English
8471 Textermination Christine Brooke-Rose 1992 British English
8497 Serafim Ponte Grande Oswald De Andrade 1923 Brazilian Portuguese
8512 Expecting Someone Taller Tom Holt 1987 British English
8614 Civilisation Steve Braunias 2012 New Zealand English
8653 Domestic Manners of the Americans Fanny Trollope 1832 British English
8667 The Rape of the Lock Alexander Pope 1712 British English
8679 In Defense Of Sanity G. K. Chesterton 2011 British English
8699 Millennium People J. G. Ballard 2003 British English
8718 Prejudices H. L. Mencken 1919 American English
8725 The Living End Stanley Elkin 1979 American English
8736 The Dalkey Archive Flann O'Brien 1964 Irish English
8747 Reaper Man Terry Pratchett 1991 British English
8789 The Reivers William Faulkner 1962 American English
8798 The Revenger's Tragedy Thomas Middleton 1606 British English
8817 China In Ten Words Yu Hua 2011 Chinese Chinese
8860 The Warrior's Honor Michael Ignatieff 1997 Canadian English
8872 Yawning Heights Alexander Sinowjew 1976 Russian Russian